Whipped Volume 1 (Nitro Imperial Chocolate Stout)
Oliver Brewing Company

 

 

 

look is great dark with a nice creamy head, but down hill from there. Overall for the ABV and style it feels me wanting more. The nose is muted and the taste follows very little malt or stout like flavors. Great pour but seems more a gimmick then a great beer

 

 

I just wrapped up my stated intention for New Beer Sunday (Week 687) & while I was not done for the day, I decided to close out there. The CANQuest (tm) CANtinues with this N2 CAN.

From the CAN: "The Can That You Shake!"; "Keep Me Ice Cold"; "Get Whipped[:] 1[)] Gently Shake the Can to Activate Nitrogen. 2[)] Open Then Invert Can Over Your Glass And Pour Hard."

I had kept it cold, but I read in several places that agitation led to gushing so I erred on the side of caution. My Crack! & inverted Glug may have been a bit less aggro than the brewers intended, but it all seemed to work out. I got a decent cascade that formed two-plus fingers of dense, foamy, deep-brown head with excellent retention, still hanging in as I type. Color was dead Black/Opaque (SRM =44), allowing ZERO light penetration. In fact, I thought that it might be sucking the light out of the room. Nose was definitely chocolate, but it was a dark/baker's/semi-sweet chocolate. This was no playing around, especially with its ABV. Mouthfeel was big, thick & full, like a dollop had been scooped onto my tongue. The taste was rich and chocolaty, but really smoky and bitter. Whew! Finish was definitely dry and bitter, but with a lingering chocolate aspect.

 

 

Poured from a 16 oz can into a nonic pint glass. 12/27/17 on bottom of can.

A: Black body with 2-finger medium beige head with staying power but a little lackluster on the lacing.

S: Delicious dark chocolate and medium caramel aromas with a little nutty note in there. I don't get much vanilla per se, but I think the intensity of the other aromas is heightened due to this addition.

T: Flavor is a disappointment with a good blast of medium bittersweet chocolate with caramel sweetness but then it just heads to bitterness which seems off to me. The roast quality is too intense as well and does not work well with the above-average bitterness for the style. Alcohol presence is not heavy and there is no yeast character.

M: Not as smooth as I was expecting due to the spiky bitterness. Medium body and low carbonation character due to the nitrogen.

O: Decent beer but not a good value at all. I am not sure the imperial milk stout style works well but especially when the roast and bitterness is amped up like in this beer.

 

 

Poured from can. It instructed to "shake gently" and can still exploded when I opened it. Inverted the can while pouring and it formed a beautiful buckwheat pancake batter head. The beer is pitch black in color.Very rich aromas of milk chocolate and roasted malt but then it kind of cuts short. The tasting notes had very rich milk chocolate, almost brownie battered flavored with a rich sweet malt backbone. Just subtle hints of sweet vanilla at the finish. The mouthfeel is thick and creamy, very dense. Overall I find the aroma and flavors just a little muted, thanks to the nitro. Also more expensive when compared to the Lefthand Milk Stout. Still good beer overall. It really doesn't taste like an 8% beer.