Ready, Set, Bake! Raspberry Ganache
Foundation Brewing Company

Beer Geek Stats
From:
Foundation Brewing Company
 
Maine, United States
Style:
American Imperial Stout
ABV:
11%
Score:
+8 ratings needed
Avg:
4.32 | pDev: 3.7%
Ratings:
2 | reviews: 1
Status:
Active
Rated:
Aug 02, 2021
Added:
Mar 14, 2021
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
Rich and decadent imperial milk stout with raspberries, cocoa and vanilla beans.
Recent ratings and reviews.
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Reviewed by LeRose from Massachusetts

4.16/5  rDev -3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
It looks like it should for the style almost black with a short-lived khaki he's, but does have some floaty yeasty bits. All the information about the brew on the can yet no date on the can...so maybe a tick off for the floaty bits.

The smell is mostly the Imperial Stout. No doubt about that. Clearly malty. Slightly sweet vanilla and a light contribution from the raspberry. Milk chocolate emerges as well and no hint of the 11% ABV on the nose.

The taste is heavy. Stout notes are Gladys and the rest of the "stuff" serves as the Pips. So it isn't really drinking like a full blown pastry type stout. Definitely stout first and foremost with the flavors in the background, some only showing strongly in the aftertaste. Slightly sweet, very deft hand with the vanilla, fruit, and cocoa. The raspberry and cocoa really come into play well after the swallow. So you get this layered effect of stout first then a light taste of chocolate, raspberry, and vanilla with just a touch of lactose sweetness in the aftertaste that lingers a bit. The oat adds smoothness and I think rounds what could be some pretty rough edges, but honestly if I didn't read the can I am not sure I'd pick it up on my own. Doesn't scream oatmeal stout at all, but has that smoothness.

The body is light to medium. This is not heavy, thick, or syrupy in the least. So it is drinking dangerously easily.

Quite liking this here brew. It is very well crafted versus being an overblown, overly sweet mess of flavors stuffed into a stout. I'd recommend this to the "dessert" stout naysayers because it hits all those targets without overdoing things. Nicely done, shows a lot of restraint and avoids the if some is good more must be better approach.
Aug 02, 2021
 
Rated: 4.49 by Fitzy01 from Maine

Mar 14, 2021