Symposium
River Styx Brewing Company
- From:
- River Styx Brewing Company
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 12%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.8 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 22, 2023
- Added:
- May 08, 2023
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Our collab with Buttonwoods brewery! A rich stout with notes of dark chocolate and conditioned on cardamom, toasted coconut, and vanilla bean!
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Cathartes from Massachusetts
3.8/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
3.8/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
Acclimated to 55°F and poured properly into a snifter.
Pours a dull (dull in saturation, not in pitch), very very dark brown, looks black unless up close, with a quickly dissipating 1.5 finger dark tan head
Initial aroma is roastiness and coconut, with alcohol coming after, a rich smell promising a rich body and taste. The second to fourth sniffs revealing sweetness and notes of chocolate. After agitating the alcohol intensifies, almost smelling of rubbing alcohol at first. I also smell malt reminding me of caramel, and I may have gotten a whiff of vanilla.
Initial taste before swallowing is alcohol and sweet caramel. When it goes down I get heavy caramel with a hint of chocolate, an alcohol burn that reminds me of vodka or gin, something clear hits the front of the tongue, it's not highly unpleasant but it's definitely there. I continue to notice the chocolate and alcohol burn more than anything else, and what's interesting is that when I sampled it at the brewery I could taste the cardamom and coconut clearly. Letting the aftertaste sit for an extended period I taste sweetness heavy in malt, and what seems like sugar, as well as maybe a hint of coconut. As I get further in I'm mostly tasting heavy sweetness with heavy chocolate notes and an alcohol burn, but a note of black licorice has appeared as well.
Mouthfeel is sticky and syrupy, very nice if you enjoy that. A luxurious ichor of sweetness which clings to the pallette after physically leaving it.
May 22, 2023Pours a dull (dull in saturation, not in pitch), very very dark brown, looks black unless up close, with a quickly dissipating 1.5 finger dark tan head
Initial aroma is roastiness and coconut, with alcohol coming after, a rich smell promising a rich body and taste. The second to fourth sniffs revealing sweetness and notes of chocolate. After agitating the alcohol intensifies, almost smelling of rubbing alcohol at first. I also smell malt reminding me of caramel, and I may have gotten a whiff of vanilla.
Initial taste before swallowing is alcohol and sweet caramel. When it goes down I get heavy caramel with a hint of chocolate, an alcohol burn that reminds me of vodka or gin, something clear hits the front of the tongue, it's not highly unpleasant but it's definitely there. I continue to notice the chocolate and alcohol burn more than anything else, and what's interesting is that when I sampled it at the brewery I could taste the cardamom and coconut clearly. Letting the aftertaste sit for an extended period I taste sweetness heavy in malt, and what seems like sugar, as well as maybe a hint of coconut. As I get further in I'm mostly tasting heavy sweetness with heavy chocolate notes and an alcohol burn, but a note of black licorice has appeared as well.
Mouthfeel is sticky and syrupy, very nice if you enjoy that. A luxurious ichor of sweetness which clings to the pallette after physically leaving it.
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