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Transient Artisan Ales
- From:
- Transient Artisan Ales
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 13.75%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.49 | pDev: 4.45%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 03, 2020
- Added:
- Jul 02, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Blended imperial stout made with hazelnuts, peanut butter, vanilla, and marshmallow, aged in Henry McKenna, Elijah Craig 26 year, and Blis Maple Syrup bourbon barrels for 12-24 months.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Roguer from Connecticut
4.76/5 rDev +6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.76/5 rDev +6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Good head production, and considering the massive ABV and complex blend, really good retention.
The aroma is otherworldly and decadent; I can smell it from feet away, a rich blend of peanut butter, hazelnut, maple syrup, chocolate, vanilla, bourbon, and molasses. The peanut butter and hazelnut are by far the strongest components on the nose, and that's a bit to its detriment; while it smells vaguely wonderful from a distance, up close, it doesn't quite get to reveal its full treasures.
Immediately sweet up front, with the maple syrup influence prominent. Immediately, the peanut butter and hazelnut hit back, but then swirl back and forth with the bourbon barrels and vanilla in a complex dance on your palate. Sweet throughout. Red grapes, toffee, caramel, honeycomb, port wine, chocolate, oak (hiding behind the sweetness, but it's there).
What's truly remarkable is the balance in flavors. There's so, so much going on, and every sip reveals more. It's very sweet, but not overpoweringly so. With every sip I take, I wonder if this beer could taste any better - and I'm starting to think, well, no.
Nice warming heat in the chest and throat. Full bodied, rich, nearly chewy. Obviously potent, but never remotely aggressive in presentation; it's a beer you can slowly sip and savor, but I find the sweetness and richness makes me take my time far more than any booziness.
If there's one disappointment, it's that it is so rich and sweet and decadent and complex that the incredible barrel selection, while undoubtedly contributing to the overall marvel that is this beer, is largely lost on the consumer. In other words, the blend works so damn well, but it's not like I can appreciate what, exactly, the 26 year Elijah Craig barrels add to this as opposed to the Henry McKenna (BBA Blis maple syrup, on the other hand, is pretty obvious). I'm sure they chose these barres for a reason, and the resulting blend is nothing shy of phenomenal.
This beer is a marvel. It needs to come not in the Pliny-sized bottles, but in a pony keg. I want more of it that damn much. I want to sit and sip on this all day long until death takes me. I want to replace my blood with this beer, so that when I get a paper cut or a scrape, I can suck the sweet nectar from my flesh. I ... wait. Ummm. It's a really damn good beer.
Oct 03, 2020The aroma is otherworldly and decadent; I can smell it from feet away, a rich blend of peanut butter, hazelnut, maple syrup, chocolate, vanilla, bourbon, and molasses. The peanut butter and hazelnut are by far the strongest components on the nose, and that's a bit to its detriment; while it smells vaguely wonderful from a distance, up close, it doesn't quite get to reveal its full treasures.
Immediately sweet up front, with the maple syrup influence prominent. Immediately, the peanut butter and hazelnut hit back, but then swirl back and forth with the bourbon barrels and vanilla in a complex dance on your palate. Sweet throughout. Red grapes, toffee, caramel, honeycomb, port wine, chocolate, oak (hiding behind the sweetness, but it's there).
What's truly remarkable is the balance in flavors. There's so, so much going on, and every sip reveals more. It's very sweet, but not overpoweringly so. With every sip I take, I wonder if this beer could taste any better - and I'm starting to think, well, no.
Nice warming heat in the chest and throat. Full bodied, rich, nearly chewy. Obviously potent, but never remotely aggressive in presentation; it's a beer you can slowly sip and savor, but I find the sweetness and richness makes me take my time far more than any booziness.
If there's one disappointment, it's that it is so rich and sweet and decadent and complex that the incredible barrel selection, while undoubtedly contributing to the overall marvel that is this beer, is largely lost on the consumer. In other words, the blend works so damn well, but it's not like I can appreciate what, exactly, the 26 year Elijah Craig barrels add to this as opposed to the Henry McKenna (BBA Blis maple syrup, on the other hand, is pretty obvious). I'm sure they chose these barres for a reason, and the resulting blend is nothing shy of phenomenal.
This beer is a marvel. It needs to come not in the Pliny-sized bottles, but in a pony keg. I want more of it that damn much. I want to sit and sip on this all day long until death takes me. I want to replace my blood with this beer, so that when I get a paper cut or a scrape, I can suck the sweet nectar from my flesh. I ... wait. Ummm. It's a really damn good beer.
Reviewed by ovaltine from Indiana
4.43/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.43/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
So let me get this straight - this is aged in two different barrels and also includes hazelnuts, peanut butter, vanilla, and marshmallow. That’s it?
Needless to say, there’s a lot going on here. The look is to style with an onyx black body, and the dark tan head is beautiful, but very transient (see what I did there?) as it dissipates in a couple of seconds.
The nose is led by the peanut butter and hazelnuts, and there’s a significant vanilla note, but the star is the booziness from the Elijah Craig barrel and the Blis maple syrup barrel, and the taste is true to those notes, especially the barrels (yes plural) as this warms.
The mouthfeel is full and approaches creamy. What a magnificent beer this is.
Jul 16, 2020Needless to say, there’s a lot going on here. The look is to style with an onyx black body, and the dark tan head is beautiful, but very transient (see what I did there?) as it dissipates in a couple of seconds.
The nose is led by the peanut butter and hazelnuts, and there’s a significant vanilla note, but the star is the booziness from the Elijah Craig barrel and the Blis maple syrup barrel, and the taste is true to those notes, especially the barrels (yes plural) as this warms.
The mouthfeel is full and approaches creamy. What a magnificent beer this is.
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