Twin Bing Stout
Fernson Brewing Company
- From:
- Fernson Brewing Company
- South Dakota, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 8.8%
- Score:
- +1 rating needed
- Avg:
- 3.59 | pDev: 6.96%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 7
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 15, 2021
- Added:
- Apr 16, 2020
- Wants:
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Pastry Stout with chocolate, lactose, vanilla, cherry puree & raspberry puree.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Olesjm from Kansas
3.6/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.6/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A: deep opaque brown-black with a dark tan to brown short lived head. No lacing.
S: roasty, chocolate, and booze. Slight raspberry.
T: roasty backbone with a delightful chocolate raspberry chocolate cherry main flavor.
M: medium body
O: quite nice, the fruit and chocolate really shine through.
Sep 15, 2021S: roasty, chocolate, and booze. Slight raspberry.
T: roasty backbone with a delightful chocolate raspberry chocolate cherry main flavor.
M: medium body
O: quite nice, the fruit and chocolate really shine through.
Reviewed by Bitterbill from Wyoming
3.31/5 rDev -7.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.31/5 rDev -7.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Dot matrix dating is not readable by me. From Beer Drop.
Pours pitch black with a fast shrinking head of foam.
Smells of chocolate, cherries, mild roasted malt. It is mostly sweet.
Taste is chocolate, muted cherries, roasted malt is also weak. Again, mostly sweet.
Good mouthfeel. I reckon that it doesn't taste enough like a twin Bing candy bar.
Jul 03, 2021Pours pitch black with a fast shrinking head of foam.
Smells of chocolate, cherries, mild roasted malt. It is mostly sweet.
Taste is chocolate, muted cherries, roasted malt is also weak. Again, mostly sweet.
Good mouthfeel. I reckon that it doesn't taste enough like a twin Bing candy bar.
Reviewed by LunchMoney from Minnesota
3.45/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.45/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Appearance is the same as a cola, except the head dissipates quicker. Smell is a chocolate soda. Taste is kind of light on the stout. The cherry flavor seems to be at a good level - it’s there, but not overpowering. It’s just that the stout flavor itself seems to be lacking. The feel is bit thin and watery, but a lot of carbonation.
Jun 18, 2021
Reviewed by Roy_Hobbs from Connecticut
3.34/5 rDev -7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.34/5 rDev -7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Pours the color of a dark cola before settling into the glass where it is dark, dark brown and completely opaque. Loads of fizzy beige colored head, most of which dissipated quickly except for a thin layer that lasted a minute or two. Aroma is chocolate, raspberry and cherry. Taste is....interesting. I can't quite tell what it's trying to be. My nose smells the raspberry and cherry as I go to take a sip, but then I can't pick those up on the tongue. It's legitimately confusing me as I drink it because I don't taste what my nose tells me I'm going to taste. Feel is definitely thin. This is an interesting beer that goes down very easily / quickly, but I can't help but think that they didn't quite pull off what they were hoping for, but who knkows. In any event, really glad I got to try it.
Apr 04, 2021
Reviewed by Victory_Sabre1973 from Minnesota
3.93/5 rDev +9.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev +9.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pours a nice dark brown color. 3 finger fluffy looking tan head. There's some decent retention, but no lacing on the glass.
The nose has a slight chocolate and cherry aroma. Pretty faint.
Taste - Chocolate comes on first, but not too strong. It then turs full on rasberry and cherry on the back, that hit hard.
The body is ok, maybe a bit thinner than I was expecting from the pour.
Tasty, and interesting beer.
Mar 22, 2021The nose has a slight chocolate and cherry aroma. Pretty faint.
Taste - Chocolate comes on first, but not too strong. It then turs full on rasberry and cherry on the back, that hit hard.
The body is ok, maybe a bit thinner than I was expecting from the pour.
Tasty, and interesting beer.
Reviewed by hoptheology from South Dakota
3.25/5 rDev -9.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev -9.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
The Palmer Candy Company's flagship candy bar, the Twin Bing, features a soft cherry nougat covered in a milk chocolate coating with rolled nuts folded into it. It's a delectable treat and one worth seeking out.
Fernson got the green light from Palmer to make a beer version of the Twin Bing. Naturally, us midwestern beer drinkers were all excited. (I was a little apprehensive admittedly). It's not every day that the legendary Palmer Candy Company allows a brewer to stamp its legendary official logo on their can.
Special thanks to Kae for this can.
Pours a rust color from the can and forms a ruddy brown body with a large amount of transparency. Not a great start. Head starts at 2 fingers, recedes to a creamy ring. My first thought is, "this does not look like a stout" - this should be oil black.
Aroma is decidedly metallic with some elements of cocoa powder and faint sweet and sour raspberries. Not much else here.
IMO, the flavor resembles nothing of a Twin Bing. If I were to drink this on its own without foreknowledge of what it was supposed to be, I would say it tasted like a brown porter with lots of fruity yeast flavors. Light notes of cocoa powder. More fruity yeast. It does not taste like it should - not like a Twin Bing, and not like a stout.
Feel is thin which matches the rest of the rest of the beer's mediocre profile.
Overall, a big failure. Mixed reviews on the street about this one. I was afraid of this since our local brewers are still having trouble producing quality beers. Come on, guys. It's just a shame the Twin Bing name had to go down with the ship on this one.
May 18, 2020Fernson got the green light from Palmer to make a beer version of the Twin Bing. Naturally, us midwestern beer drinkers were all excited. (I was a little apprehensive admittedly). It's not every day that the legendary Palmer Candy Company allows a brewer to stamp its legendary official logo on their can.
Special thanks to Kae for this can.
Pours a rust color from the can and forms a ruddy brown body with a large amount of transparency. Not a great start. Head starts at 2 fingers, recedes to a creamy ring. My first thought is, "this does not look like a stout" - this should be oil black.
Aroma is decidedly metallic with some elements of cocoa powder and faint sweet and sour raspberries. Not much else here.
IMO, the flavor resembles nothing of a Twin Bing. If I were to drink this on its own without foreknowledge of what it was supposed to be, I would say it tasted like a brown porter with lots of fruity yeast flavors. Light notes of cocoa powder. More fruity yeast. It does not taste like it should - not like a Twin Bing, and not like a stout.
Feel is thin which matches the rest of the rest of the beer's mediocre profile.
Overall, a big failure. Mixed reviews on the street about this one. I was afraid of this since our local brewers are still having trouble producing quality beers. Come on, guys. It's just a shame the Twin Bing name had to go down with the ship on this one.
Reviewed by bbtkd from South Dakota
3.73/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Fernson Twin Bing Imperial Pastry Stout, 8.8% ABV. Pours dark brown, with a slight ring of bubbles. Nose is light cherry and chocolate. Taste is slight cherry and chocolate, very light sweetness and bitterness. Mouthfeel is thin and under-carbonated. Overall very good. Given that they label this a pastry stout, I expected stronger cherry and chocolate, some thickness, and some sweetness. I found it disappointing as a pastry stout. As a plain stout, it is pretty good.
Apr 17, 2020
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