Hornswoggler - Salted Caramel + Oreo
The Veil Brewing Co. - Production Brewery

 

 

 

 

The negative reviews are not exaggerating - this is straight drain pour status, if memory serves probably the only beer I've ever drain poured - and that includes some diacetyl-bombs I've grimaced my way through

Too sweet

The flavor and smell is not the worst thing ever but the mouth feel is. It absolutely ruined this beer for me.

Appearance: Truly pours our light sludgy, dirty motor oil, with the head percolating and then fading rather quickly; no lacing

Smell: Smells as advertised - Oreo cookies and overly salted caramel

Taste: Oreo forward with the salty caramel tones emerging; sweet and chocolately finish

Mouthfeel: Sludgy with no carbonation

Overall: This may be the lowest review I have ever given to a craft beer and that, by a good margin; a few sips and down the drain

 

I don’t even know where to begin with this mess, so here goes nothing. Upon cracking, the sludge begins to seep out into the rim of the can, as if it is trying to escape from itself. Immediately upon pouring you can see the thickness and viscosity of the liquid. I don’t mean that in a good way like you might expect from your favorite full bodied stout. You know when you have a nose bleed and you get that big, goopy, dark red clot thing that comes out when you blow? Upon pouring vigorously, a head of huge, thin, and loosely packed bubbles forms. It immediately disappears. The bubbles, light brown in color, have that rainbow hue like an oil slick on a wet street. The liquid starts to cascade, almost like a Guiness (boy I really wish I had one of those right now). The liquid itself is a still, opaque, dark brown color. Somehow this thing actually smells very good. It’s definitely a sweet aroma. And I even get some roast and nuttiness. Inviting dessert stout. Unfortunately, onto the flavor.
This beer tastes like someone extracted all of the salt from the Dead Sea, combined it with fermented oreo cookie stuffing, plus the contents of the stomach of a beached, decomposing, sperm whale, poured the concoction into the 1.8L engine of a Geo Prism, siphoned it off orally, swallowed it and then vomited back up. In addition, you know when someone bakes chocolate chip cookies but uses too much salt and/or baking soda, and you get that cookie filled with clumps of either. It also tastes like that. The mouthfeel is disgustingly thick. It’s like drinking a 16OZ glass of YooHoo with a cup each of sugar and corn starch stirred in. All I wanted for a night cap was a sweet milk stout with some nice flavors and I ended up with this glass of engine oil ocean mammal vomit. I’d pour this beer down my kitchen sink drain, but I’m afraid it will clog my plumbing or that the salt will erode the pipes. This one is going in the toilet where it can be safely diluted by water before I release it into the sewage system. God help all that sewage.