Dark & Raspy
Ethereal Brewing
- From:
- Ethereal Brewing
- Kentucky, United States
- Style:
- Fruit and Field Beer
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.29 | pDev: 10.96%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Dec 04, 2016
- Added:
- Aug 25, 2015
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by BEERchitect from Kentucky
3.71/5 rDev -13.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.71/5 rDev -13.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
As the backdrop of toast, roast and cocoa to anchor the stout, the overcast of raspberries play out in true fruit form. Tangy, coffee-like and robust, the Ethereal brewers takes a brewing miscue and makes it happy. When life gives you lemons, then make beer!
Dark & Raspy kicks off with the expected dark bark-brown opaque shades with hints of rust and burgundy about its margins. Slim on head character, its calming scent is deep with fresh-ground coffee, cocoa powder, burnt toast and the tangy burst of raspberries that won't be denied. Its taste is lightly sweetened with burnt caramel and light molasses that's laced with bitter chocolate and coffee.
Moderate to its core, the stout's flavors open up over the middle palate with earthy dark-roast coffee, bittersweet chocolate, walnut and deeply seared in sweetness. And as the raspberry brightness turns towards a tarter and slightly more acidic character, the bitterness of roast grain is amplified and the fruit seems tart and slightly under-ripened.
And as the ale releases its mildly carbonated creaminess, the mouthfeel lightens considerably and becomes a surprisingly drinkable affair. It's roast-derived astringencies link up with a firm pectin bite to give the stout a slightly wine-like balance. With more body and slightly more sweetness, comparisons to savory raspberry chocolate deserts would easily come to mind.
Aug 25, 2015Dark & Raspy kicks off with the expected dark bark-brown opaque shades with hints of rust and burgundy about its margins. Slim on head character, its calming scent is deep with fresh-ground coffee, cocoa powder, burnt toast and the tangy burst of raspberries that won't be denied. Its taste is lightly sweetened with burnt caramel and light molasses that's laced with bitter chocolate and coffee.
Moderate to its core, the stout's flavors open up over the middle palate with earthy dark-roast coffee, bittersweet chocolate, walnut and deeply seared in sweetness. And as the raspberry brightness turns towards a tarter and slightly more acidic character, the bitterness of roast grain is amplified and the fruit seems tart and slightly under-ripened.
And as the ale releases its mildly carbonated creaminess, the mouthfeel lightens considerably and becomes a surprisingly drinkable affair. It's roast-derived astringencies link up with a firm pectin bite to give the stout a slightly wine-like balance. With more body and slightly more sweetness, comparisons to savory raspberry chocolate deserts would easily come to mind.
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