Dessert Eagle: Turtle
Arkane Aleworks

 

8 ball black with a short mocha head fizzling out fairly quickly leaving a light chain around the edge.

Tons of creamy milk chocolate pours over the tongue up front, as a quick bourbon sting quickly surfaces at the swallow. It really is bringing me to the actual turtle inspiration, with its caramel sweetness and a nutty, roasted and earthy pecan, both of which feature most strongly in aroma. Just sitting on the coffee table, it smells like there's fresh turtle confections being made in the house. However, after time, it becomes apparent that taste is a little thinner and boozier, with a bit of a woody and contrasting cola note, before a touch of welcome char comes out on the exhale.

The medium body's soft then crisp carbonation fills the palate slightly, before some heat comes up from behind and cuts to a semi-dry, stinging swallow.

After splitting a bottle of this with the SO, the ol gut the following morning wasn't feeling so great, for either of us. I'm not sure if there was an unusually intense level of lactose in this compared to many of their other stouts, but it's the only thing I can point to from the night before to have caused this.