Medianoche
WeldWerks Brewing Co.

I've heard about this beer and finally had a 2019 22 oz bomber in July, 2023.

Poured viscous oil like dribbles, pretty amazing looking thick beer.

Smelled like heavy roasty char dark chocolate.

The dark char dominated the taste with very little barrel.

Mouthfeel was about as thick and cloying as you can get, for better or worse.

Overall - I can't say I was overly impressed with this beer as the char was overpowering, and the barrel was underdeveloped. I'll take the mouthfeel as that's a feat in itself, but despite the craftsmanship in putting this beer together, it is not my thing and I had a hard time drinking it.

Bottle at share. Near black pour , relatively flat. Aroma is rich, whiskey, coffee, burnt toast and mild sweetness. Taste is more of the thick black roasty body with elements of vanilla and coconut. Very boozy.

fobab 2022. 2022 edition.

 

 

 

2022 Vintage. 13.7% ABV. Opened 12/14/2022.

First “regular” Medianoche I’ve experienced; a very solid non-adjunct expression. Boozy oak, dark fruit, & baking chocolate. With temp, noticeable tannin, prune, and a touch of charred barrel and umami. Finishes smooth albeit heavy and sticky.

 

2022 edition: Thicc as usual, this year's bottle has a lot less chocolate notes than the previous few years, but that just allows the barrel notes to step to center stage, reminiscent of Voodoo-level barrel notes.

Pitch black pour with a brown head. Giant chocolate fudge and bourbon barrel lead the nose, vanilla, wet earth and molasses support. Taste is a clinic in how to get heavily mashed malts to bond with the barrel: rich chocolate fudge, full molasses, bourbon, toasty oak with vanillins, drier dark fruits, and caramel, while still having some earth, a kiss of anise, and leather to balance. Feel shows off the barrel to with strong and complex character, yet smooth, warm, and thick malts carry through the sip with some chew and depth.

500 mL bottle. 2021. Inky black, viscous. Smells of heavily roasted malts, bourbon, vanilla, a little oxidation. Tastes of sweet fudge, bitter roasted malt, oak, bourbon, and alcohol. Sweet, heavy, thick, boozy. Tough to drink much of and it hits very hard, but it's tasty.

2021 version.

Pours black that sits in the glass like some sort of black fountain pen ink. No head formation. It somehow has a visible weight to it, foreshadowing a heavy beer. Heavy oily legs cling to the glass after the slightest of swirls turning the glass into a caramel color.

Aroma is heavy fudge, chocolate, and molasses with hearty roasty and toasty malts underneath. More subtle notes of spice, char, and dark fruits create a little more subtlety in this dark liquid. It pushes the hearty brownie batter, fudge notes hard, with a soft emphasis on barrel.

Flavor profile is roasty and toasty malts with heavy fudge, chocolate, molasses, dark fruits, and caramel. Dark fruits are the only departure from the otherwise whiskey-soaked brownies. Barrel elevates the finish, brining with it some extra roasty char that counters some of the initial soft sweet notes. Balance is right down the middle, offering a little natural sweetness that concludes with a mild bitterness.

Mouth feel is thick and slick with a near creamy consistency. It has just enough river silt in the bottom to lose that rich creaminess, though it doesn't detract from the experience.

Overall, rich and full with a steadfast focus on plain hearty imperial stout. Not much else to say, it's not adventurous in flavor profile, instead providing a wonderful, straight-forward barrel aged imperial stout.

Served in a 15.5oz Spiegelau tulip from a 500mL bottle. 2021 version. Bottled 08/17/2021.

 

 

2021 bottle. Poured like syrup, like, literally. At the nose is a ton of dark bitter cocoa, not overly sweet. Taste is again heavy baking cocoa. As it warmed up, it became a little more complex, with notes of soy sauce and Port, especially near the finish. Abundant oak and bourbon when nearly room temperature. Sweetness minimal, I wouldn’t describe this as a pastry stout. The combination of flavors seem somewhat odd and viscosity is off putting but still tasty nonetheless!

2021 bottle.

No head, black color, thick and oily.

Rich, thick, velvet chocolate and fudge. Roasted, oaky, bourbon, vanilla, caramel, Black Forest cake. Seems heavily charred.

Weldwerks stouts are great, but they are becoming too thick. This is another example of that. It’s more a solid than a liquid at this point. Everything is great, just tone it down a bit.

 

 

Wow big smoke tobacco if you told me this was made by those German fuckers at Eicht schlernkla I’d probably believe you this goes extendo extendo smoky
For your standard bba not sure which barrel (s) promulgated this big thick milkshakey and massive Smokey chocolate vibes they definitely melted a Fuxk ton of choclarine in here I feel anyway you know it’s good and unique but maybe 75$ Secondary tops.
Alll in all It’s. A nice bba stout 2021 edition with exarcebated smoke chocolatey
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