Heaps
Drekker Brewing Company
- From:
- Drekker Brewing Company
- North Dakota, United States
- Style:
- Sweet / Milk Stout
Ranked #326 - ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 88
Ranked #17,405 - Avg:
- 4 | pDev: 7.5%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 6
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 28, 2024
- Added:
- Mar 10, 2022
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
88
Very Good
88
Very Good
Heaps is a Coconut Milk Stout brewed with a big, smooth, chocolatey malt bill with a chef's kiss of lactose to pump up that body and then it was conditioned on cacao nibs and heaps on heaps of toasted coconut! Heaps, we tell ya! ⠀
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Reviewed by colts9016 from Idaho
3.79/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Review: 2233
Name: Heaps
Brewery: Drekker Brewing
Location: Fargo, ND
Style: Milk Stout
A.B.V.: 7%
Canned: 03/04/2022
Date: 27 October 2024
After inventorying my cellar, I came across a few beers that made me scratch my head as to why I cellared this. A couple of those were an enormous surprise and were delicious. A few were given to me; honestly, they do not sound appealing. I don't know why I held onto this beer for two years; it sounds like a mounds bar in a can. I still have a few more to get out and down on paper. Hopefully, the trend continues, and this is good.
I am using a pint glass and serving the beer at 44 degrees. Prying the tab, a lovely carbonation hiss emerges. The pour created an airy, foamy, two-fingered head, light tan head with average retention. The somewhat slow dissipation left no lacing on the glass. The beer's color charts at SRM 34 dark brown, nearly black, and opaque. The appearance of the beer is average for this style.
Nosing the glass, I smell dark chocolate, coconut, raisins, burnt sugar, light char, malty sweetness, and cream. Smelling the glass again, I notice caramel, toffee, toasted bread, coffee, and earthiness. It does not smell like a Mounds bar but is reasonably close; the chocolate is darker and less waxy.
The first sip starts with cheap dark chocolate and coconut from the grocery store. Sipping the beer again, I tasted toasted bread, vanilla, caramel, molasses, light char, cream, earthiness, burnt sugar, and malty sweetness. The beer is less sweet than I would have anticipated, which is a bonus for me; I'm not too fond of cloyingly sweet beers.
The mouthfeel is thin, finishing, bitter, and dry. The body is medium and has medium carbonation.
The sip was different from what I anticipated. The body is smoother and creamier than expected from this beer style. The coconut flavor diminishes, and the chocolate is more of a thought. I have sipped beers without chocolate, and they have more flavor. Overall, it's not one of my favorites from Drekker.
Oct 28, 2024Name: Heaps
Brewery: Drekker Brewing
Location: Fargo, ND
Style: Milk Stout
A.B.V.: 7%
Canned: 03/04/2022
Date: 27 October 2024
After inventorying my cellar, I came across a few beers that made me scratch my head as to why I cellared this. A couple of those were an enormous surprise and were delicious. A few were given to me; honestly, they do not sound appealing. I don't know why I held onto this beer for two years; it sounds like a mounds bar in a can. I still have a few more to get out and down on paper. Hopefully, the trend continues, and this is good.
I am using a pint glass and serving the beer at 44 degrees. Prying the tab, a lovely carbonation hiss emerges. The pour created an airy, foamy, two-fingered head, light tan head with average retention. The somewhat slow dissipation left no lacing on the glass. The beer's color charts at SRM 34 dark brown, nearly black, and opaque. The appearance of the beer is average for this style.
Nosing the glass, I smell dark chocolate, coconut, raisins, burnt sugar, light char, malty sweetness, and cream. Smelling the glass again, I notice caramel, toffee, toasted bread, coffee, and earthiness. It does not smell like a Mounds bar but is reasonably close; the chocolate is darker and less waxy.
The first sip starts with cheap dark chocolate and coconut from the grocery store. Sipping the beer again, I tasted toasted bread, vanilla, caramel, molasses, light char, cream, earthiness, burnt sugar, and malty sweetness. The beer is less sweet than I would have anticipated, which is a bonus for me; I'm not too fond of cloyingly sweet beers.
The mouthfeel is thin, finishing, bitter, and dry. The body is medium and has medium carbonation.
The sip was different from what I anticipated. The body is smoother and creamier than expected from this beer style. The coconut flavor diminishes, and the chocolate is more of a thought. I have sipped beers without chocolate, and they have more flavor. Overall, it's not one of my favorites from Drekker.
Reviewed by barnzy78 from Illinois
4.18/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.18/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
16oz can
canned 03/04/22
I lived in ND for 3 years, and I’ve been excited to see Drekker slowly creep towards Chicago over the past couple of years
L: near black with a tall and foamy khaki head
S: sweet; lactose, coconut, cacao, caramel, candy bar
T: sweet & rich; heaps of toasted coconut & chocolate laced with lactose; caramelized grain, vanilla, oats, and modest earthy hops
F: medium-to-full body, ample carbonation, sweet beginning to end
O: good if you like your stout sweet
Jun 12, 2022canned 03/04/22
I lived in ND for 3 years, and I’ve been excited to see Drekker slowly creep towards Chicago over the past couple of years
L: near black with a tall and foamy khaki head
S: sweet; lactose, coconut, cacao, caramel, candy bar
T: sweet & rich; heaps of toasted coconut & chocolate laced with lactose; caramelized grain, vanilla, oats, and modest earthy hops
F: medium-to-full body, ample carbonation, sweet beginning to end
O: good if you like your stout sweet
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.61/5 rDev -9.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.61/5 rDev -9.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
16oz can from Tavour. Black pour with a dissipating beige head. Sweet, dark chocolaty aroma, roasty malts, light coconut. Taste leans more on the chocolate than the coconut. Sweet, smooth
Jun 05, 2022
Reviewed by DokiDokiLitFam from New Jersey
4.01/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.01/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pours out a dark brown with some translucence. Finger and a half of light sand colored head. Great looking on the pour.
Nose is mild chocolate, slight roasted malt, the coconut is faint. It doesn't really remind one of Mounds or candy in general, but more of baked goods. Baked bread with coconut and perhaps ribbons of chocolate running through it. Not a strong nose, but a pleasant one.
Taste shows a little more of the roasted malt, but other than that very similar to the nose. Chocolate sweetness, coconut nuttiness. Not too sweet, some bitterness.
Mouthfeel is smooth but a little thin. Carbonation is surprisingly high for a stout. Not necessarily vibrant but a good amount of bubbles dance on the palate.
Overall, not too bad. Perhaps a little high ABV for a session stout, but easy drinking and of course I'm always down for the coconut thrown in.
May 31, 2022Nose is mild chocolate, slight roasted malt, the coconut is faint. It doesn't really remind one of Mounds or candy in general, but more of baked goods. Baked bread with coconut and perhaps ribbons of chocolate running through it. Not a strong nose, but a pleasant one.
Taste shows a little more of the roasted malt, but other than that very similar to the nose. Chocolate sweetness, coconut nuttiness. Not too sweet, some bitterness.
Mouthfeel is smooth but a little thin. Carbonation is surprisingly high for a stout. Not necessarily vibrant but a good amount of bubbles dance on the palate.
Overall, not too bad. Perhaps a little high ABV for a session stout, but easy drinking and of course I'm always down for the coconut thrown in.
Reviewed by bbtkd from South Dakota
4.5/5 rDev +12.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +12.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Drekker Heaps Coconut Milk Stout, 7% ABV. Pours dark black with a 1.5 finger medium brown head that left spotty lacing. Nose is coconut and strong cocoa. Taste follows, strong chocolate, moderately sweet, faintly bitter. Decent mouthfeel, though a bit watery, and negligible carbonation. Overall, an outstanding cocoa beer, for a coconut beer.
Apr 10, 2022
Rated by mothman from Minnesota
3.5/5 rDev -12.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -12.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Can. Brown color. Little tan head.
Coconut and cocoa. Chocolate. Hershey’s syrup. Nice milk stout vibe. Decent offering.
Apr 02, 2022Coconut and cocoa. Chocolate. Hershey’s syrup. Nice milk stout vibe. Decent offering.
Reviewed by gatornation from Arizona
4/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a murky mohogany color with a tan head. Smell is chocolate.vanilla nod coconut. Taste follows nose milk chocolate with light coconut,roasted malts and baked bread. Mouth feel is creamy chocolate /vanilla and coconut mix well , soft creamy delicious
Mar 15, 2022
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