Imperial Peanut Butter Chocolate Banana Death Roll
Red Cypress Brewery

 

Red Cypress Brewery Imperial Peanut Butter Chocolate Banana Death Roll

An Imperial Milk Stout coming in at 9.8%

Given to me in person by @FrankenMiller when we met in Orlando earlier this week for some beers. Thank you, Gene!

Appearance: The beers looks viscous as it pours from the can. You know when the beer is still and you get these huge, thin bubbles that attempt to from a cohesive head? Burnt sienna, large, thin and loosely packed bubbles. As I continue pouring, a beige, foamy head forms. It eventually settles to just a thin layer across the top of the glass, finally to the point where the beer looks still. The color of the beer is black. Opaque. As I drink the beer there are some thin streaks of lacing.



Smell: This beer smells like peanut butter and chocolate. I would not call is Reese’s which has an artificial aroma to it. This actually smells like peanuts and real peanut butter. The chocolate is milky. There is overly ripe banana aroma. It’s bready. Banana bread with chocolate chips. No indications of the ABV on the nose

Taste: Up front this beer is sweet, although far from cloying. The peanut butter definitely comes through and carries on throughout the entire beer. Peanuts, peanut butter and peanut skins. Milk chocolatey. However I am not getting any banana on the palate. I suspect it contributes to the overall sweetness of the beer, without standing out. A nice surprise not always present with these desserts stouts is some roasted malt bitterness that helps to dry out the beer on the finish and complements the overall sweetness.

Mouthfeel: The brewery has created a super creamy mouthfeel that mimics peanut butter. It’s a bit heavy on the palate but works with the flavors. Zero carbonation. The finish is actually semi-dry.

Overall: This beer is a good dessert stout. I think it hits on all advertised aspects and does it well, without being cloying and while retaining some stout qualities without being overshadowed by the “dessert” as aspect of this beer.

12oz can poured into a snifter. Canning date of 10/31/18 printed on the bottom of the can. The nose is dominated by salted peanuts with a hint of banana in the background. Thick mouthfeel leads to a smooth, sweet stout with chocolate up front with the salted peanut taste lingering in the finish breaking up and counteracting some of the sweetness. Overall, a really tasty treatment of Death Roll.