Barrel Aged Midnight Toffee Stout
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Not bad but wouldn’t get again unless a taster size.
Definitely way too sweet, even for a BA Stout.

 

 

16 ounce can, born on 02/04/23. Served in a snifter, the beer pours dark brown/black with about an inch tan head that didn't stay around for very long. Small amount of lacing. I like the aroma a lot, the brew smells like toffee, chocolate, vanilla, bourbon, cream, and some nuttiness. Taste is pretty much just like the aroma, but with the addition of some roasted malt, coffee, dark bread, caramel and some oak. Very sweet tasting but not to the point of being overwhelmingly so. Mouthfeel/body is full, it's rich and coating with a moderate amount of carbonation. I thought this was a pretty good overall brew, glad I have another can left and hope to find some more!

Grabbed a 2024 can at Perfect Pour. Happy to see some Angry Chair in Maryland. Kinda nondescript look. As expected with big ABV… no head/ no lacing/ no halo. Very dense dark, but to highlights/ garnet or ruby to light. A bit boring. Nose was relatively rich… which doesn’t happen much with my 71yo nose ;). Barrel and some dark fruit. Taste as expected was dessert forward sweet wise, but I liked the barrel and dark fruit. Didn’t really catch much of the maple others have noted. Body was smooth but oily. And while smooth there was a distracting bit of alcohol bite on back end. 15%…duh. But why bump it up if it brings on the burn? Reminds me of my days hoisting ‘em the big boys at Avery back in the day.
Overall, I’m a bit unsure what actually went into this…not a big fan of the word “artificial”…but still glad I tried.

Delicious maple syrup barrel aged stout. Definitely adjunct-laden, but not cloying or too artificial, unlike some other untitled art offerings.

 

On tap.

Black color. Thick.

Strong, warming, lots of barrel and bourbon. Vanilla, fudge, cake. The brown sugar and Belgian candi syrup show. Has a cola/dr pepper flavor finish. I’m always a bit skeptical with the “other natural flavors”. This was nice in a small dose.

 

A very good base stout. Unfortunately too sweet. I would welcome them to try again with a little less toffee and a less sweetness.

 

 

neat that this is a collaboration with angry chair, their stuff is hard to come by in these parts, but im not in love with the beer, its thick as taffy, a little forced and over flavored to me, not as natural seeming on some of the elements, perhaps a little overdone overall, with some exposed alcohol adding unneeded intensity to an already really bold drink, fun to sip on a few ounces of, but thats darn near the upper limit of this one for most mortal men i have to think. inky and viscous and leggy in the glass, seriously dense, with very little head and an oily sort of slickness to it. big vanilla in the nose, molasses and the brown sugar coming out, a lot of malt richness, concentrated maybe boiled forever, faint coconut, dark cocoa, cola, tobacco, and coffee beans, lots going on but real boozy and sweet is my main impression here, not poorly refined or anything, just colossal. the taste hits all at once, and for how big and ingredient driven it is, its kind of monotone to me, espresso and dark chocolate, the candy sugar and the brown sugar together with the sticky middle malt, vanilla all through it, chocolate fudge, subtle maple, but like its there and then its permanent, not a lot of evolution until some late onset roasty bitterness doing its best to give this some semblance of balance. sweet on the teeth, hot in the throat, heavy in the belly. definitely a wintertime beer, good without being amazing, less barrel character than anticipated but i get more and more of it as this warms. this seems kind of just huge for the sake of it, not a passion project or anything, it feels trend chasing rather and inspired and artistic, even if the overall execution is solid. is that overly critical? perhaps, but thats the vibe i get from this. a little goes a very long way, i think its a bit overrated here on BA...

16oz can pours out midnight-black with a small ring of khaki head. Strong, sweet impressions of candi sugar, molasses, brown sugar, toffee, caramel, and dark chocolate. Vanilla pops onto the scene on the palate as a nice warming oak/spirit barrel characteristic blends with that ever-present brown sugar and toasted caramel toffee. Borderline cloying but the barrel is an excellent addition to this one, brings some warming balance and complexity to a brew that was really just sugary sweet toffee originally.

 

16 ounce can into a snifter. Canned 2/4/23, had 5/19/23.

Pours near black and mostly opaque, with no head and no lacing. Aromas of brown sugar, malt, chocolate, toffee, caramel, oak, some bourbon. Similar flavors: brown sugar, caramel, toffee, malt, bourbon, chocolate, some oak. It’s fairly sweet. Smooth, a very good fuller body, appropriately carbonated.

The brown sugar is too dominant, and it’s pretty sweet, but overall this is really good. The barrels are a little restrained, but effective. Well worth a purchase.