Variant - Dreamsicle
Bond Brothers Beer Company

 

Appearance - Pour black with nice dense tan head. Lacing coats all around the glass.

Aroma - Lots of orange, like orange slice candy orange. Vanilla, chocolate and hints of molasses. Nice sweet aroma.

Taste - Wow like a chocolate dreamsicle, this thing tastes great. Lots of candied orange, milk chocolate, vanilla, roasted malts and molasses. Excellent flavors.

Feel - Medium bodied, very smooth and creamy feel almost like velvet

Overall - A very well done stout, there is no sign of the 10.5% ABV flavors are well blended wonder all around.

 

Dreamsicle pours to a medium, slightly pebbly brown head on an effervescent, impenetrably black body with slight ruby footlights; head retention is modest and lacing is good, consisting of spiky bands and bitrotted sheets. The nose is big, leading with assertive milk chocolate and cocoa notes tempered by an orange candy character, backed by more subtle molasses notes and topped by moderate alcohol overtones. The palate is chocolate-covered orange candy, the chocolate character being fairly rich and complex, and a bit fudgy; moderate alcohol overtones top things off, and there is a bit of smoke on the back end. Overall, it lands a bit on the sweet side of the balance. The finish is a fair hit of orange and toffee, and is modestly warming; it is followed by the onset of a mild chocolate bitterness that lasts for a few minutes. Retrogustative olfaction is orangey. Mouthfeel is notably thin for the full body; the texture is sticky/creamy and very slightly peppery from the underexpressed carbonation. The employment of orange peel is masterful. (32 oz growler)

 

 

Bloodborne beer with a tan head. Aroma is tons of dark chocolate, orange, vanilla and roasted malt. The taste is amazing. Tons of orange and vanilla in a stout. Hard not to like this.