Trademark Dispute Orange Label (Coconut)
Cycle Brewing

 

 

22 ounce bottle into snifter, 2016 vintage bottling. Pours opaque dark brown/black color with small fairly dense tan head with poor retention, that reduces to nothing pretty quickly. Minimal lacing on the glass, with a fair amount of coconut floaties on the top. Aromas of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, coconut, caramel, molasses, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, toasted oak, roasted nuts, and dark bread/crust; with lighter notes of licorice, raisin, prune, fig, date, smoke, oak char, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toast/oaky earthiness. Minimal booze in the aromas as it warms. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malts, coconut, bourbon barrels, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop notes; with big strength. Taste of huge milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, coconut, caramel, molasses, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, toasted oak, roasted nuts, and dark bread/crust; with lighter notes of licorice, raisin, prune, fig, date, smoke, oak char, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toast/oaky earthiness. Very mild herbal, grassy, roast, charred bitterness; and bourbon/oak tannin spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, coconut, caramel, molasses, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, bourbon, toasted oak, roasted nuts, dark bread/crust, licorice, dark fruit, light smoke/char, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toast/oaky earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, coconut, bourbon barrels, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with a solid roast/hop bitter/sweet, and bourbon/oak spiciness balance; with no cloying, acrid, astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitter/spiciness. Medium carbonation and super full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/velvety, fairly slick, and lightly sticky/chalky/tannic mouthfeel that is fantastic. Mild increasing warmth of 12% and spice heat; with no lingering barrel booziness after the finish. Overall this is a fantastic barrel aged flavored imperial stout. All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, coconut, bourbon barrels, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the huge ABV, with the mildly bitter/spicy/tannic/drying finish. Fantastic soft/silky feel for the ABV. Fantastic balance between super rich malts, coconut, and bourbon barrel presence/integration; mild earthy hops and fruity yeast. Not overly sweet/heavy from lingering dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and outstanding style example as expected. Not overwhelming on any aspect, aged amazingly well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drinking this right now at a friends bottle share. VERY good! First from Bottle Logic, hope there’s many more because wow this is one thick, tasty stout!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tasted from bottle. Pours black with beige head. Aroma of cocoa, bourbon, toffee, coffee. Taste is moderate to heavily sweet. Flavors of chocolate, coffee, bourbon, molasses, caramel, toffee, and coconut. Very well done BA stout.