Kitaen
White Elm Brewing Company
- From:
- White Elm Brewing Company
- Nebraska, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 14.8%
- Score:
- +3 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.33 | pDev: 6.7%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 24, 2022
- Added:
- Apr 18, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Kitaen is a 14.8% ABV imperial stout rested in Portuguese Tawny Port barrels with 5lbs of Ugandan Vanilla, Pink Peppercorn and Schizuan buttons. Best served on the hood of a Jaguar.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Oh_Dark_Star from Washington
4.46/5 rDev +3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.46/5 rDev +3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
L: A richly black brew with a short and short lived head and some partial rings of lacing.
S: So sweet and incredibly vanilla forward.
T: Like the nose this has all the makings of a luxurious milk stout. I don't get any of the pink or sichuan peppercorns unfortunately but the brew has plenty of roasty balance nonetheless. Some rich milk chocolate and not a hint of the high ABV.
F: Silky and creamy medium heavy mouthfeel.
O: I didn't get much boubon or barrel in this one but for a sweet stout - few beat it.
Jul 11, 2020S: So sweet and incredibly vanilla forward.
T: Like the nose this has all the makings of a luxurious milk stout. I don't get any of the pink or sichuan peppercorns unfortunately but the brew has plenty of roasty balance nonetheless. Some rich milk chocolate and not a hint of the high ABV.
F: Silky and creamy medium heavy mouthfeel.
O: I didn't get much boubon or barrel in this one but for a sweet stout - few beat it.
Reviewed by beergoot from Colorado
4.31/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.31/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Coal-black body; dense and creamy khaki head; light rings of lacing steep down the glass. Huge milk chocolate and vanilla nose; a rather murky spicy note as well. Rich chocolate and cocoa flavors with a slightly mint-like undertone; mild peppery spice flavor; some low-key chili pepper sneaks through as the beer warms. Heavy body; silky and creamy; dense residual sugars; very sweet with only the slightest hint of alcohol and pepper heat.
This is an impressive high ABV imperial stout. Supposedly barrel-aged, there is minimal suggestion of that or even the very high ABV - a neat trick for such a deceptively boozy beer. And I'm always impressed with any high ABV beer that maintains any semblance of a head, let alone a rich and creamy one. This is a collaborative effort with Drekker brewing company. This beer makes for one fine tasting experience.
Jun 03, 2020This is an impressive high ABV imperial stout. Supposedly barrel-aged, there is minimal suggestion of that or even the very high ABV - a neat trick for such a deceptively boozy beer. And I'm always impressed with any high ABV beer that maintains any semblance of a head, let alone a rich and creamy one. This is a collaborative effort with Drekker brewing company. This beer makes for one fine tasting experience.
Rated by BEER88 from North Carolina
4.25/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Solid, but the barrel was subtle
May 30, 2020
Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington
3.74/5 rDev -13.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.74/5 rDev -13.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
2020-05-15
16oz can served in a crystal snifter. If there is a date, I don't see it. I'm pretty sure @mr-jj gave it to me.
Pours black with a small head, some light carbonation. Smell is sweet -- smells like a pastry stout. Chocolate and loads of vanilla. Maybe booze.
Taste is sweet, chocolate, and vanilla. Might have a bit of a cherry cough syrup off flavor. Definitely boozy.
Mouthfeel is medium. Overall...it seems like it's almost really good. That hint of cherry cough syrup brings it down for me.
May 16, 202016oz can served in a crystal snifter. If there is a date, I don't see it. I'm pretty sure @mr-jj gave it to me.
Pours black with a small head, some light carbonation. Smell is sweet -- smells like a pastry stout. Chocolate and loads of vanilla. Maybe booze.
Taste is sweet, chocolate, and vanilla. Might have a bit of a cherry cough syrup off flavor. Definitely boozy.
Mouthfeel is medium. Overall...it seems like it's almost really good. That hint of cherry cough syrup brings it down for me.
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