Thick Mint
Southern Tier Brewing Company
- From:
- Southern Tier Brewing Company
- New York, United States
- Style:
- Sweet / Milk Stout
Ranked #95 - ABV:
- 10%
- Score:
- 92
Ranked #5,420 - Avg:
- 4.15 | pDev: 9.64%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 101
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 26, 2025
- Added:
- Jan 31, 2017
- Wants:
- 16
- Gots:
- 84
SCORE
92
Outstanding
92
Outstanding
Inspired by the legendary Girl Scout cookie, Thick Mint joins our world-class rated Blackwater Series of dessert beers alongside Creme Brûlée, Choklat Oranj, Salted Caramel & Choklat in 2017. This imperial stout is a mouthful of perfectly balanced mint & chocolate. Roasty malts coalesce with notes of Belgian dark chocolate, sweet mint & just a touch of sweet caramel. So decadently delicious, you’ll wish you’d bought another box... er, bottle.
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Reviewed by Sinfull from New York
3.73/5 rDev -10.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev -10.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Black color. Thin, beige head . Aroma of chocolate, cocoa, and peppermint. Flavors of peppermint and chocolate. Sweet with moderate roasted bitterness at the end. Reminded me of bubble gum from childhood.
Jun 26, 2025
Reviewed by ironprog from Florida
4.21/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.25
Note: I am in the process of moving all of my ratings from other beer sites to here, so that all of my ratings are consolidated in one place. The review below is an exact copy of my original RateBeer review from 05/27/2018.
12 oz. bottle.
AROMA: A nice bouquet of chocolate mint.
APPEARANCE: Pours an opaque black with a small, medium-tan head that dissipates quickly.
TASTE: It's fairly sweet (but not cloyingly so) with flavors of mint and chocolate. Basically, it's like drinking a liquefied Jr. Mint candy or Thin Mint cookie!
PALATE: Full-bodied with a creamy texture and average carbonation. The finish is long and sweet.
OVERALL: If you like beer and you like chocolate-mint anything, then you're going to love this beer. It is delicious!!
Jun 16, 202412 oz. bottle.
AROMA: A nice bouquet of chocolate mint.
APPEARANCE: Pours an opaque black with a small, medium-tan head that dissipates quickly.
TASTE: It's fairly sweet (but not cloyingly so) with flavors of mint and chocolate. Basically, it's like drinking a liquefied Jr. Mint candy or Thin Mint cookie!
PALATE: Full-bodied with a creamy texture and average carbonation. The finish is long and sweet.
OVERALL: If you like beer and you like chocolate-mint anything, then you're going to love this beer. It is delicious!!
Reviewed by beerthulhu from New Jersey
4.21/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.25
Imp. Milk stout.
A: Silky black roast coloring, slurps from the can with an motor oil viscosity. A dark peanut shell toned head is creamy, soft and cushy, like a pillowy cloud above providing a smooth covering at 1/4 inch, that lasted a good while. A great visual and exit , milky topping gives this a high visual regard.
S: Creamy girl scout mint cookies and fresh cream. A bit of sugar cookie spice, freshly cracked mint leaves and some dark rich chocolate as a base. Some graham cracker, as well, with a decent level of awareness.
T: Roasty flavor, dark, rich, silky with minty girl scout cookies. Fresh creamer and dark chocolate mix for a hearty base, with a nice bite of roasted coffee/chocolate on the swallow. Silky campfire ash lingers about, dark mineral and spicy birch. Some spicy coriander gives a bit of peppery flair along with some grains of paradise.
M: Silky smooth mouthful, thanks in part to the high creamy base and nitro. Roasty feel, playful on the tongue. Exceptionally smooth and silky.
O: Overall a great visual and aroma, loads of dark chocolate malt base and mint, along with a finishing mouthful that was exceptionally smooth and silky gives this high praise. If you are a big fan of mint cookies, and imperial milk stouts, then this is right up your alley. Campfire beer or a xmas dessert, you choose.
Aug 03, 2023A: Silky black roast coloring, slurps from the can with an motor oil viscosity. A dark peanut shell toned head is creamy, soft and cushy, like a pillowy cloud above providing a smooth covering at 1/4 inch, that lasted a good while. A great visual and exit , milky topping gives this a high visual regard.
S: Creamy girl scout mint cookies and fresh cream. A bit of sugar cookie spice, freshly cracked mint leaves and some dark rich chocolate as a base. Some graham cracker, as well, with a decent level of awareness.
T: Roasty flavor, dark, rich, silky with minty girl scout cookies. Fresh creamer and dark chocolate mix for a hearty base, with a nice bite of roasted coffee/chocolate on the swallow. Silky campfire ash lingers about, dark mineral and spicy birch. Some spicy coriander gives a bit of peppery flair along with some grains of paradise.
M: Silky smooth mouthful, thanks in part to the high creamy base and nitro. Roasty feel, playful on the tongue. Exceptionally smooth and silky.
O: Overall a great visual and aroma, loads of dark chocolate malt base and mint, along with a finishing mouthful that was exceptionally smooth and silky gives this high praise. If you are a big fan of mint cookies, and imperial milk stouts, then this is right up your alley. Campfire beer or a xmas dessert, you choose.
Reviewed by SapphireNightStand
3.62/5 rDev -12.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.62/5 rDev -12.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Midnight brown on liquid, persistent thin muted-beige foam.
Local market chain mint chocolate chip ice cream that you swear is better than "Great Value".
Ice cream disappears on forward sip, mellow on the mint; white chocolate with hint of agreeable bitter. Aftertaste, however, morphs into "better than 'Great Value'" again, dulling out overall.
Somewhere between a velvety leaf and true autumn. Maintains the quotient thereof.
Joy in this beer for those that want to remember the best qualities of a mint chocolate chip ice cream. To push any mentioned flavors beyond their distilled qualities is beyond the scope of this beer.
Apr 15, 2022Local market chain mint chocolate chip ice cream that you swear is better than "Great Value".
Ice cream disappears on forward sip, mellow on the mint; white chocolate with hint of agreeable bitter. Aftertaste, however, morphs into "better than 'Great Value'" again, dulling out overall.
Somewhere between a velvety leaf and true autumn. Maintains the quotient thereof.
Joy in this beer for those that want to remember the best qualities of a mint chocolate chip ice cream. To push any mentioned flavors beyond their distilled qualities is beyond the scope of this beer.
Reviewed by HoppingMadMonk from New Jersey
4.24/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Solid black color with medium light carbonation. Has an above average body with a thick,creamy feel
Aroma is roasted malt,mint, dark chocolate, espresso, black coffee alcohol
Taste is mint ,chocolate, espresso and roasted malt.
Overall it's an above average dessert beer with a high abv that is fairly well hidden. Totally worth a try
Mar 17, 2019Aroma is roasted malt,mint, dark chocolate, espresso, black coffee alcohol
Taste is mint ,chocolate, espresso and roasted malt.
Overall it's an above average dessert beer with a high abv that is fairly well hidden. Totally worth a try
Rated by pathman from Ohio
4.25/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
10/19/18 bottle
Jan 01, 2019Reviewed by hoptheology from South Dakota
4.25/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Year : 2017. Bottled 12/21 at 12:21 AM. This must be a sign. Poured into Crane snifter. $4.49 a bottle from Total Wine in Daytona Beach, FL. Was a $21.99 4 pack but they split it up for me (2 bottles) and gave me a discount.
If there's a beer any more shiny, I'd like to see it. Absolute polished black leather shine, I can see everything in the room in it - like a mirror. Head is a thin half finger of beige.
Aroma is dead-on Girl Scout's Thin Mints...how'd they do it? I'd bet you couldn't tell a difference if you had them side by side (maybe a touch more chocolate from the real thing, but it would take a discerning and critical nose).
Flavor hits with a rush of chocolate, then wafer cookie, then a strong soapy hop bitterness, and then a fresh leaf of mint. Forget about brushing (no, don't) because this brings the mint big time. Alcohol heat builds and then settles on the tongue, and grows more intense the more it is sipped.
Feel is slick, oily almost, with a moderate to heavy carbonation level, and alcohol heat with some real nice burning freshness at the end.
Overall, I think impressive is the word. It's not as tasty as it is impressive, mostly because of that nose. The soapy hop bitterness as usual (it plagues all of Southern Tier's dessert beers) is its downfall, but I notice it less here than I have in other beers. Overall, while in Florida it was a $21.99 4 pack, I think if you can get it on sale for $5 bucks or more cheaper, it's a good deal.
Nov 12, 2018If there's a beer any more shiny, I'd like to see it. Absolute polished black leather shine, I can see everything in the room in it - like a mirror. Head is a thin half finger of beige.
Aroma is dead-on Girl Scout's Thin Mints...how'd they do it? I'd bet you couldn't tell a difference if you had them side by side (maybe a touch more chocolate from the real thing, but it would take a discerning and critical nose).
Flavor hits with a rush of chocolate, then wafer cookie, then a strong soapy hop bitterness, and then a fresh leaf of mint. Forget about brushing (no, don't) because this brings the mint big time. Alcohol heat builds and then settles on the tongue, and grows more intense the more it is sipped.
Feel is slick, oily almost, with a moderate to heavy carbonation level, and alcohol heat with some real nice burning freshness at the end.
Overall, I think impressive is the word. It's not as tasty as it is impressive, mostly because of that nose. The soapy hop bitterness as usual (it plagues all of Southern Tier's dessert beers) is its downfall, but I notice it less here than I have in other beers. Overall, while in Florida it was a $21.99 4 pack, I think if you can get it on sale for $5 bucks or more cheaper, it's a good deal.
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