Berserker Imperial Stout
Midnight Sun Brewing Co.

 

 

 

Midnight black body with a tan shallow head. Roasted malts fill the nose but have molasses, earth, smoke and dark bitter chocolate supporting. Frankly, I am in love with how rugged the flavor complexion is of this throw back stout: roasted and earthy malt with accents of smoky coffee, tobacco and earth, meet dark chocolate and black strap molasses on the second half that just glob onto the palate. Taste is just that tick more intense while still being drinkable. Which brings me to the feel, mirroring the taste, strong roast but refined by the finish with the bright sweetness of the molasses, robust yet smooth and quaffable.

Pours deep black color. Aroma is intense dark chocolate, caramel, coffee and booziness. Taste is a balance of the nose - bittervdark chocolate, coffee and booze. Mouthfeel is perfectly full.

Overall an incredible stout.

 

 

 

On draft at the brewery. Poured out an opaque, jet-black color with a small, khaki-colored head of foam. It left sticky rings of lace on the glass. It smelled of dark chocolate, dark dried fruit, tobacco, caramel and coffee. Big roasted malt taste with toffee, caramel and a sharp bitterness.

 

 

Hi fellow beer bro's! I'm the great Eric Lambino and I just wanted to pop in and say WOOWZEE WOWSERS this beer is a flavor EXPLOSION. From the caramel notes when it first touches your lips, to the smooth cocoa middle, to the crescendo of coffee to follow this beauty is a symphony of satisfaction. A melody of malt, a diddy of delight! Please, for me, the great Eric Lambino, give this beer a chance.. your life will never be the same again. Lambino out.

2012 vintage enjoyed 2-2021. First sip tasted of dark umami plum and rich dark chocolate, deep dark fruit, roasted malt char and has a mild bitterness.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.7% no bottle date seen.

Pitch black in the glass with a pinky worth of thick, caramel colored crown capping it off. Crown settles in to being a thick ring attached to the glass and a misty island covering the rest.
The nose brings dark, unsweetened chocolate mixing with hints of fruit. There is an almost peaty, smoky quality to it. That barrel really comes through with the charred oak.
The taste brings in that unsweetened chocolate again before turning into huge waves of dark fruit and charred wood. Sticky molasses and dry tobacco also show through. Maple isn’t too noticeable or overpowering anywhere in this thing, which is good for me.
The mouthfeel is sticky, medium bodied thickness with a smokey, charred quality of dry wood to it.
Overall, this is very well blended between all aspects.

 

 

 

 

Appearance - The beee poured a tar black color with a mocha colored head.

Smell - The nose was decadent with notes of rich dark chocolate and booze.

Taste - At the front, there were notes of dark chocolate, light coffee, maple, and coconut. The bitter notes helped to balance the sweet. The booze was the bond that held it together in the aftertaste.

Mouthfeel - The viscosity was a touch below used motor oil with low carbonation.

Overall - Newer, trender beers may have taken this one’s place in the top 100, but it is still very solid and worth seeking.

 

Poured 8/3/2018 from a 2017 bottle. Taste is identical to ten fiddy. Blind taste this to a little aged ten fiddy and it’ll be impossible to beat. A little deflated but still good. BA ten fiddy beat this for sure. Little to no maple or molasses come thru. Good stuff tho. Won’t seek out again

Bottle share. Dull pour, flat and oily, small ring of brown head. Aroma is harsh and wooden. Taste smooths out a little, Dirty, earthy, peaty, a bit of alcohol warmth, bitter at the tail. Salvages itself after a questionable start.Vintage pour, definitely gets better with she. Smooth, sweet and boozy

 

A - Midnight black, thick tan head with tiny bubbles that dissipates in about a minute.

S - Powerful, with prunes, molasses, bourbon, and other dark fruits.

T - Malt, prunes, molasses, bourbon, hints of oak. Not quite as strong as the smell.

M - Very thick, and a little flat. Not too syrupy.

O - Powerful smell and milder flavor. Easy to drink and very tasty.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A 22 fl. oz. bomber with no clear bottled on or best before date. Poured into a snifter.

Appearance: Black in colour with a one finger brown head that dissipated fairly quickly to a ring around the glass while leaving some sparse lacing.

Aroma: Molasses, brown sugar, maple, chocolate, banana bread and bourbon with hints of coffee and oak.

Taste: Sweet molasses, milk chocolate, maple, dark fruit and bourbon with hints of oak, bitter char, smoke and coffee.

Mouthfeel: Creamy, smooth, medium to full bodied with low carbonation.

Overall: Nice aromas and taste but perhaps just slightly too sweet for me. The molasses were also a bit overpowering and I would have preferred more maple coming through.

22oz bottle poured into a snifter. Bottle was cellared 2-3 years before consumption.

A: Motor oil black. Brown head settles out after a short time. Wispy lacing.

S: Blackstrap molasses, thick fudge sauce. Hints of roast and char. Smoke. Vinous in a pinot noir sort of way, with a lot of black cherry and blackberry. Oaky vanillins.

T: Thick fudge sauce up front. Acrid and burnt/roasty edge rides up. French roast coffee, smokey. Big wave of sweet and sticky molasses and maple syrup. Chocolate covered cherries. Black currant too. Vinous- Pinot Noir. Cedar. Warming bourbon, barrel char, and oak. Long finish as sticky sweet molasses tapers into a lingering smokey note.

M: Thick and heavy body. Sticky and coating- rife with residual sugars. Low carbonation further lets that texture set in.

O: A massive imperial stout. Big molasses and maple syrup additions sweeten things quite a bit, and actually to the point that they become somewhat cloying. Barrel aging and a good dose of roast and some acrid/smokey malt character struggle, and ultimately fail, to keep it enough in balance. Still enjoyable in smaller doses, as a slow sipper. Good as a digestive, or I'd pair it with a fruit-forward and hopefully tart/acidic dessert.