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Aslin Beer Company

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From:
Aslin Beer Company
 
Virginia, United States
Style:
American Imperial Stout
Ranked #152
ABV:
13.5%
Score:
97
Ranked #509
Avg:
4.46 | pDev: 6.05%
Reviews:
15
Ratings:
76
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 07, 2023
Added:
Mar 10, 2018
Wants:
  12
Gots:
  6
Our collaboration with Casa Agria Specialty Ales! Bale is a 13.5% Imperial Stout inspired by Peanut Butter turtle candies. The result is a rich stout with notes of coffee, caramel, peanut butter, & chocolate.
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Ratings by emerge077:
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Rated by emerge077 from Illinois

4.08/5  rDev -8.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Oct 14, 2018
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.34 by SierraFlight from Virginia

Jan 07, 2023
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Reviewed by EnderFett11 from Virginia

4.29/5  rDev -3.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Poured gently from a tall can into a snifter glass forming maybe a ring of lacing if anything. Very dark brown opaque color. The smell is very much caramel, maybe even a bit caramel popcorn. The taste is very similar, heavy caramel flavor with maybe a hint of peanut butter. Taste also reminds me of caramel popcorn. Definitely sweet, but no surprise there. Just slightly thick bodied with very little carbonation. A very unique dessert stout, and a must have if you like caramel.
Jan 03, 2023
 
Rated: 3.37 by KC_beerman from Missouri

Dec 23, 2022
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Reviewed by jrc1093 from Connecticut

4.1/5  rDev -8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
No canning date (released on 12/31/2020); consumed on 5/12/2022

Pours an inky midnight-black body capped with a short-lived half-finger of pale mocha foam, fading quickly to a glossy, blank surface, a paper-thin, frothy collar, and a seldom dotting of lacing around the walls of the glass.

Aromas of creamy peanut butter resound upfront, with shades of mild roast seeing a soft dark fruit interplay accentuated by cacao nibs over time as light caramel finds a silkiness closing the bouquet.

Taste opens to silky caramel and tinges of malt roast lingering to a mid-palate redolent of cake batter and accented with a nutty richness; charry peanut butter on the back end shows further depth while counterbalancing with a silky interlude through the finish.

Mouthfeel brings a full body sporting dense thickness and minimal carbonation, producing a slick, mildly sticky texture over the mid-palate as a delicate char scrapes across the back end, drying slightly on the finish.

Relative restraint in a pastry stout sees a deceptive balance of peanut butter encompass silky caramel and cocoa nibs, each element phasing cleanly into the other to blunt the effects of an ultimately well-tempered sweetness; a quality achievement for a profile so intentionally rich.
May 13, 2022
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Rated by Captain69 from Illinois

4/5  rDev -10.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
great chocolate peanut butter stout - creamy and lightly rich in flavors
Jun 05, 2021
 
Rated: 4.35 by sd123 from Georgia

Apr 30, 2021
 
Rated: 4.5 by buzzy from Pennsylvania

Feb 21, 2021
 
Rated: 4.5 by julielynndubee from Virginia

Feb 12, 2021
 
Rated: 4.5 by petewheeler from Maryland

Jan 24, 2021
 
Rated: 4.63 by Seanality from Maine

Jan 08, 2021
 
Rated: 4.5 by TallGuyCM from California

Jul 27, 2020
 
Rated: 4.49 by hopley from Massachusetts

Jun 08, 2020
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Reviewed by argock from Virginia

4.15/5  rDev -7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
No canned on date. Thanks Eric!

A: Opaque black with brown head which does give way pretty quickly with no lacing.

S: Really amazing aroma of milk chocolate, medium caramel without butteriness, and peanut butter coming strong but not overbearing. Slight extract tang.

T: Flavor is good in that it is bitter enough to reduce what could be a very sweet and difficult to drink beer. The stout backbone is solid with a touch of roast which then fades to peanut butter, milk chocolate, and super sweet caramel. I think the heavy sweetness of the caramel melts is what give this a weird, slightly chemical aftertaste.

M: Surprisingly drinkable both for the ABV and the lighter than expected body.

O: Enjoyed it but wouldn't want to go.to this place too often - very sweet without going over the top (see ST Creme Brulee).
Mar 16, 2020
 
Rated: 4 by atlbravsrno1 from Maine

Mar 14, 2020
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Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York

4.36/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
This one pours a very dark black color, with a small head, and not much lacing.

This one smells like creamy Reese's peanut butter - sweeter than the stuff out of the jar - with milk chocolate, sticky caramel, and a bit of vanilla and coffee on the back end.

This is assuredly sweet, but not overly so, and ever enters completely into cloying syrupy territory. The peanut butter is done well - peanut butter often comes off as too sweet, and even vomity and rancid sometimes. There's lots of sweet silky milk chocolate, along with a hit of bitter coffee like flavor, and even a bit of vanilla cream on the back end.

This is medium bodied, very silky and very velvety, with the typical mystifying absence of booze you get from basically every Aslin stout. Are these beers actually as strong as they say they are?

This isn't quite the supremely decadent experience of some of the absolutely best Aslin stouts, but it's still a very enjoyable pour. The peanut butter is done well, which is rare. This is a definitely recommended track down.
Mar 09, 2020
 
Rated: 4.5 by paulish from New York

Mar 08, 2020
 
Rated: 4.38 by khoff5 from Connecticut

Feb 27, 2020
 
Rated: 4.55 by TheBeerMaster1 from New York

Jan 24, 2020
 
Rated: 4.5 by lemmy187 from Missouri

Jan 12, 2020
Bale from Aslin Beer Company
Beer rating: 97 out of 100 with 76 ratings