Dessert Station - Rye Barrel Aged Hazelnut Chocolate Candy Stout
Corporate Ladder Brewing Company
- From:
- Corporate Ladder Brewing Company
- Florida, United States
- Style:
- Imperial Pastry Stout
- ABV:
- 13.5%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.3 | pDev: 3.72%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 16, 2023
- Added:
- Feb 10, 2023
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Imperial Stout aged in Elijah Craig Rye barrels for 24 months and then conditioned on Roasted Hazelnut, a blend of Cacao Nibs & Vanilla Beans.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by BEERchitect from Kentucky
4.12/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
4.12/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
As a child, those gold foil wrapped hazelnut and chocolate candies were the epitome of class. Now as an adult, the same flavors can be found in beer. Unfortunately, this level of candied flavors is the epitome of diabetes.
Very dark brown and easily mistaken as black, Corporate Ladder and Transient Artisan Ales team up with their Rye Barrel Aged Hazelnut Chocolate Candy Stout version of Dessert Station. As its frothy mocha cap rise, so does a sultry, savory scent of candy shops equipped with chocolate, nutella, vanilla, cream, caramel and toffee. To much satisfaction of the sweet tooth, a cloyingly sweet sip of milkshake comes with those toffee, chocolate, sweet cream, chocolate and praline malt and sugar additions.
As the heavy sweetness slathers the tastebuds, the entire middle palate is quickly coated with tastes and textures of cake batter in slow, sipping and savory form. About as refreshing as peanut butter, the nutty, toasty and coffee-like stout is unrelenting in its sweetness as it extends into a late palate of milk chocolate, nutella and a spicy warmth from the rye barrels.
Dense, heavy and easily the replacement for any dessert, the stout finishes deliciously smooth but sickly sweet. Any balance from roast or barrel is timid and pale in comparison to the lingering sweetness. So the question is- are we more likely to get a sugar rush or a booze buzz first?
Feb 10, 2023Very dark brown and easily mistaken as black, Corporate Ladder and Transient Artisan Ales team up with their Rye Barrel Aged Hazelnut Chocolate Candy Stout version of Dessert Station. As its frothy mocha cap rise, so does a sultry, savory scent of candy shops equipped with chocolate, nutella, vanilla, cream, caramel and toffee. To much satisfaction of the sweet tooth, a cloyingly sweet sip of milkshake comes with those toffee, chocolate, sweet cream, chocolate and praline malt and sugar additions.
As the heavy sweetness slathers the tastebuds, the entire middle palate is quickly coated with tastes and textures of cake batter in slow, sipping and savory form. About as refreshing as peanut butter, the nutty, toasty and coffee-like stout is unrelenting in its sweetness as it extends into a late palate of milk chocolate, nutella and a spicy warmth from the rye barrels.
Dense, heavy and easily the replacement for any dessert, the stout finishes deliciously smooth but sickly sweet. Any balance from roast or barrel is timid and pale in comparison to the lingering sweetness. So the question is- are we more likely to get a sugar rush or a booze buzz first?
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