South Pickett
Aslin Beer Company

The beer pours very little head and dissipates fairly quickly while the beer itself is dark chocolate brown with a nice texture to it.

The smell is delicious and indulgent. It has strong banana and peanut butter note upfront but eventually give way to a sweet chocolate and a nuttiness as well.

The taste is extremely sweet and indulgent. The taste starts with a good banana and peanut butter note. The peanut butter note stays through the whole thing while the sweet chocolate and hazelnut with a slight alcohol note in the finish.

The feel is good. It has a heavy body with a slight thin texture to it. There is some heat in the finish.

Overall, an extremely indulgent beer with a texture built for a very cold day.

Poured moderately hard from a tall can into a snifter glass, forming a tiny bit of head before immediately fading. Deep dark brown color. Smell is definitely banana and peanut butter. Taste is intense banana and peanut butter at first, with marshmallow sweetness. Gave me goosebumps it was so intense at first. Eventually mellowed a bit as it warmed, but definitely still sweet. Medium bodied, but pretty smooth with little carbonation. Super intense flavor, you better like peanut butter, banana, and sweet if you're going to try this one.

 

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10/02/2020


Can to tumbler.

LOOK: motor oil black, no head.

AROMA: all peanut butter and peanut.

TASTE: peanut butter, milk chocolate, cappuccino, hint of banana, marshmallow...but lingering, peanuts are the star here.

FEEL: flat, but super smooth. Thick. Full body.

Super tasty. Great beer.

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Poured from the can into a teku glass.

Silky and oily pour out of the can to a very dark bodied walnut brown. Head creation is minimal with a quick dissolve of its tan to mocha like nice contents. The beer sits with no collar (not unlike many of these Aslin stouts) and has a very liqueur to wine like appearance.

Real fun nose. The aroma is heavy on peanut butter, so much you can smell the crunch practically. It is very impressive but seems to dominate any other scents that might be present. There's some faint vanilla, a little roast, but not much sweetness which I think is a plus, and virtually no banana notes at all.

Palate goes in some similar directions. Palate is lush, with dark chocolate and peanut butter, but manages just a bit more sweetness and boozy heat that gets a bit much. Silky rich feeling palate. Finish is kind of hot, but also a little spicy sensing, prickly heat, touches even almost a pine prickling bitterness as well.

A good mix in the Aslin stout quality lineup, but lacks diversity in flavor of the ingredients and runs a bit hot.