Motor Oil No. 22
Alvarado Street Brewery
- From:
- Alvarado Street Brewery
- California, United States
- Style:
- Imperial Pastry Stout
- ABV:
- 13.7%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.34 | pDev: 9.22%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 25, 2026
- Added:
- Mar 12, 2026
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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The twenty second rendition of Motor Oil is a Nordic Pastry Stout brewed in collaboration with our stellar artisan neighbors at Ad Astra Bread Co on Alvarado Street. Built from a blend of fresh and barrel aged imperial stout, it draws inspiration from their highly celebrated cardamom buns, reimagined here in Scandinavian form, known for warm spice and citrus-bright aroma fresh from the hearth. This stout layers in cardamom, torched Ceylon cinnamon, Tahitian and Mexican vanilla beans, and a touch of bergamot over a complex and dense body. Deep, aromatic, and luxuriously smooth.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by jzeilinger from Pennsylvania
4.03/5 rDev -7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev -7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
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Many thx to tacosandbeer for this can.
A - Dark brown / black pour with uber thin lacing and little to no carbonation.
S - Light cardamom and cinnamon with a light chocolate malt base.
T - Chocolate malt base gets trodden down with a wall of cinnamon and cardamom spice with some firm Bourbon backing. Ends on the spicy boozier side.
M - Big silky medium body with some viscosity like oil (go figure, right?). Light warming in the back of the throat.
O - Solid!
May 25, 2026Many thx to tacosandbeer for this can.
A - Dark brown / black pour with uber thin lacing and little to no carbonation.
S - Light cardamom and cinnamon with a light chocolate malt base.
T - Chocolate malt base gets trodden down with a wall of cinnamon and cardamom spice with some firm Bourbon backing. Ends on the spicy boozier side.
M - Big silky medium body with some viscosity like oil (go figure, right?). Light warming in the back of the throat.
O - Solid!
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