La Catrina
Wander Beyond Brewing
- From:
- Wander Beyond Brewing
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 11%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.18 | pDev: 5.5%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Nov 08, 2019
- Added:
- Jun 14, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
-
-
No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by stoumi from California
4.43/5 rDev +6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.43/5 rDev +6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
La Catrina pours a thick, rich and inviting nearly black color, capped off with a full, complex and creamy light brown head.The smell is reminiscent of Mexican hot chocolate, as its got a nice rich chocolate aroma with hints of cinnamon, and vanilla. Oh this is lovely, velvety smooth and very rich over the palette, dominated by chocolate with a spicy bite from the cinnamon and chilies that lingers, yet carries a slight vanilla sweetness to it finishing with a bitter espresso without any hint of alcohol hotness.
Score this a 4.5, I will wander beyond for another crack at this banger. Cheers!
Nov 08, 2019Score this a 4.5, I will wander beyond for another crack at this banger. Cheers!
Reviewed by EmperorBevis from England
4.25/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Canned in a crafty big crafty craft can and drank in big night of drinking with chocolate sauce and liquorice novelties
Pours a jet black body with decent enough tan head
Aroma is Mexican hot chocolate
Flavour is chilli chocolate
Solid bodied
Aug 29, 2019Pours a jet black body with decent enough tan head
Aroma is Mexican hot chocolate
Flavour is chilli chocolate
Solid bodied
Reviewed by JonnoWillsteed from England
3.87/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.87/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
440ml can featuring a rather 'voodo style' caricature. At first I thought it was a stick-man with the body of a cigar and skull head, then I realised it's not rolled like a cigar, so perhaps it's an elongated hop, albeit dark brown. Surrounding it are several symbols, of ginger, cinnamon, chili, and various flowers. It's ABV is 11.0%, which makes it one of the top-10 ABV% beers I've had the pleasure to try, so I approach this with some caution...
L- WOW! This muct be the darkest beer I've ever seen. Held up directly in front of a halogen lamp not one photon pentrates the pint glass (unlike say Guinness which shows a dark red glint), It pours with a 3mm very dark tan head that's holding ok.
S- Chocolate! By the bucket-load. I check the can, surely it's contains cocoa? The lable lists Allergens, but not ingredients, and their website is simply a one page place-holder. But hold on, I've just noticed other images on the can, like small dark brown broad-beans, presumably cocoa nibs, aka cocoa beans. Their smell is that prominent that nothing else fights through it for me.
T- Pungent, huge cocoa on the front, then ginger, then a distinct chili zing, finishing with deep roasted coffee notes. This is like absolutely nothing I've had before; it's mind-boggling.
F- It is rich, as expected, and together with the coffee finish comes the liqour-ish brush of the 11%ABV. I'm well used to eating chili in food, and this has a prominent spicy zing to it. The chili heat/'burn' continues on my tongue and palate long after I've swallowed a mouthful. I'm not sure if anyone would claim this is refreshing, to me it's a slow-sipping dessert beer, which might work best in winter.
O- How does one go about rating such a thing, that is so completely non-standard? You need to like chili and cocoa to even think of going here. Rich, deep, roasty like an espresso coffee. Fascinating to try, but at the price I paid I don't think I can afford more.
£8.50 for a 440ml can (less 20% for take-out discount). Bought from House of Cans, in the new redevelopment just north of King's Cross station in London. Canned: 22/05/19 BBE: 22/05/20.
Jul 15, 2019L- WOW! This muct be the darkest beer I've ever seen. Held up directly in front of a halogen lamp not one photon pentrates the pint glass (unlike say Guinness which shows a dark red glint), It pours with a 3mm very dark tan head that's holding ok.
S- Chocolate! By the bucket-load. I check the can, surely it's contains cocoa? The lable lists Allergens, but not ingredients, and their website is simply a one page place-holder. But hold on, I've just noticed other images on the can, like small dark brown broad-beans, presumably cocoa nibs, aka cocoa beans. Their smell is that prominent that nothing else fights through it for me.
T- Pungent, huge cocoa on the front, then ginger, then a distinct chili zing, finishing with deep roasted coffee notes. This is like absolutely nothing I've had before; it's mind-boggling.
F- It is rich, as expected, and together with the coffee finish comes the liqour-ish brush of the 11%ABV. I'm well used to eating chili in food, and this has a prominent spicy zing to it. The chili heat/'burn' continues on my tongue and palate long after I've swallowed a mouthful. I'm not sure if anyone would claim this is refreshing, to me it's a slow-sipping dessert beer, which might work best in winter.
O- How does one go about rating such a thing, that is so completely non-standard? You need to like chili and cocoa to even think of going here. Rich, deep, roasty like an espresso coffee. Fascinating to try, but at the price I paid I don't think I can afford more.
£8.50 for a 440ml can (less 20% for take-out discount). Bought from House of Cans, in the new redevelopment just north of King's Cross station in London. Canned: 22/05/19 BBE: 22/05/20.
We love reviews (150 characters or more)! Check out: How to Review a Beer. You don't need to get fancy. Drop some thoughts on the beer's attributes (look, smell, taste, feel) plus your overall impression. Something that backs up your rating and helps others. Thanks!