Hive Mind Imperial Stout
Brussels Beer Project
- From:
- Brussels Beer Project
- Belgium
- Style:
- Russian Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 12.1%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.22 | pDev: 4.74%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 17, 2021
- Added:
- Jun 18, 2021
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by JonnoWillsteed from England
4.01/5 rDev -5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.01/5 rDev -5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Blind-tasted except for the beer's name and brewery/country, zero reviews below read (yet!)...
L- Pours inky black, with one of the darkest brown heads of foam I think I've ever seen... really quite something. It's a 1Cm foam cap which at this ABV% is an astonishing achievement. ps. @+10mins. Some head continues to hold up, now 3mm, but it's formed heavy lacing all the way down - remarkable! [I rate 4.5, one of the highest ratings I have ever given for Look].
S- More subtle than expected, I was expecting a blaster here. Toasty, rich and some cocoa.
T- WOAH, BOOM!! Good lord, this is SURELY liquor barrel aged. Pungent liquor, deeply toasty, rich though not in any way sweet, then off into a smokey notably bitter... dark cocoa(?) finish. The finish is bitter enough that it leaves the roof of my mouth feeling slightly numbed. However the richness/pungency it somehow doesn't matter as it's within balance of the other extremes...
F- Very big, very pungent. Do not try and sample/review anything else after a can of this; at least not for a good palate-cleansing while. I'm getting the cocoa a bit more clearly now BTW...
O- A can of this is absolutely made for sharing, it's so full on I can imagine many people getting worn-our palates sooner than they expect. Good for slow-sipping, good for colder months and Xmas, meanwhile today is 28C and it's good tho not a refresher...
Review/scoring all done, now the reveal, I get to read the lables to see what I missed! ==> Contains walnuts and honey - not that I specifically noticed.
440ml can BB: 01/04/2022 £6.20 Bought from TremblingMadness, York/UK as part of a large pick-your own consignment to London.
Jul 17, 2021L- Pours inky black, with one of the darkest brown heads of foam I think I've ever seen... really quite something. It's a 1Cm foam cap which at this ABV% is an astonishing achievement. ps. @+10mins. Some head continues to hold up, now 3mm, but it's formed heavy lacing all the way down - remarkable! [I rate 4.5, one of the highest ratings I have ever given for Look].
S- More subtle than expected, I was expecting a blaster here. Toasty, rich and some cocoa.
T- WOAH, BOOM!! Good lord, this is SURELY liquor barrel aged. Pungent liquor, deeply toasty, rich though not in any way sweet, then off into a smokey notably bitter... dark cocoa(?) finish. The finish is bitter enough that it leaves the roof of my mouth feeling slightly numbed. However the richness/pungency it somehow doesn't matter as it's within balance of the other extremes...
F- Very big, very pungent. Do not try and sample/review anything else after a can of this; at least not for a good palate-cleansing while. I'm getting the cocoa a bit more clearly now BTW...
O- A can of this is absolutely made for sharing, it's so full on I can imagine many people getting worn-our palates sooner than they expect. Good for slow-sipping, good for colder months and Xmas, meanwhile today is 28C and it's good tho not a refresher...
Review/scoring all done, now the reveal, I get to read the lables to see what I missed! ==> Contains walnuts and honey - not that I specifically noticed.
440ml can BB: 01/04/2022 £6.20 Bought from TremblingMadness, York/UK as part of a large pick-your own consignment to London.
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