Lost Prophet - Duvalin
AleSmith Brewing Company

Had on tap. Brown tinting to the roasty black stout body, brown ring. This is a throwback ba stout unafraid to have roast, barrel, char, and bitter chocolate lead with the hazelnut and vanilla accents this rugged and powerful and deep barrel base. True in the smell too, with hazelnut coming out more than the vanilla to be honest, barrel is deep but the overall depth is more shallow than the taste. Feel is dry and warm with earthy accents to the charred barrel, the wood translates so well to meet the adjuncts

2023-11-25
750ml bottle served in a smallish snifter. Vintage 2022. Bought it at Alesmith sometime around May.

Pours black with a late-forming head, very slow carbonation, looks thick and viscous. Smell is tons of booze and vanilla. Some barrel char, dark molasses, burnt toffee.

Taste actually balances out the booze. Screaming chocolate and hazelnut, luscious vanilla, a creamy note that makes me think of milk chocolate and vanilla ice cream.

Mouthfeel is big, soft, heavy, but not oppressive. Fluffy comes to mind. Overall...this is a really, really good stout.