Valhalla
Four Fathers Brewing LLC

 

 

 

Received in a trade and shared with JLindros.

A - Poured into a Kate the Great tulip a nice dark brown almost black with a mocha head that fades to leave thick lacing and legs.

S - Aromas of pleasant dark fruits and nice char. Really good vanilla and some decent nutty coconut as well. Balanced and pleasant.

T - Taste is similar to the nose with good dark fruits and good char. Nice bright vanilla, smooth and balanced with good albeit super faint coconut as well.

M - Mouthfeel is lightly carbonated, really silky and luscious.

O - Overall this was a rather tasty beer with great vanilla note good light chocolate. Could use more coconut.

Serving Type: bottle

Thanx to rudzud

Big thick creamy darker colored frothy head with great retention and lacing, pitch black beer

Nose creamy lush cocoa, plenty of earthy vanilla, a bit of roasted malt, little burnt caramel, nutty and burnt roasted coffee, char,

Taste lush creamy little velvety, creamy lush cocoa milk chocolate, some bitter roast and mild charred malt but not acrid level, rich earthy vanilla and flashes of dark fruits, coconut finally starts to come add I let it sit in my mouth and warm up for a while, nutty cocoa, father bitterness on the finish spicy hop and bitter roasted malt

Mouth is richer lush creamy semi thick but not very heavy, decent carb but not a ton, mild tingly alcohol

Overall very nice, decent base beer still with good vanilla and mild cocoa

Appearance - The stout porued a black color with little visible carbonation in the mocha head.

Smell - The coconut in the nose, which should have been the highlight, was somewhat muted.

Taste - At the front, the coconut was present but a little light. With the coconut came honey, light ashy smoke, and rich baker’s chocolate malt. In the aftertaste, the chocolate and ash were strongest.

Mouthfeel - The body has a difinite thickness that allowed the aftertaste to linger.

Overall - I wanted more coconut.