Campfire Tales
Riverlands Brewing Co

22oz bottle poured into Crooked Stave snulip.

Appearance: dark black bodied stout with small cap that drops down to minimal head.

Smell: Lots of chocolate and vanilla. This smell like dessert.

Taste: Very sweet stout. Rich milk chocolate start things off. Transitions to vanilla and marshmallows in the middle. Hint of graham crackers in the finish.

Mouthfeel: full bodied stout. low and adequate carbonation. This stout is very thick and smooth. Practically no booze in this 12% stout. In fact the only other non- barrel aged stout without brewing using lactose that is this thick at 12% abv is Mornin Delight. I am really surprised that lactose wasn't used in this stout.

Overall: This is one of the better smores stouts that I have drank. It is very very sweet and very rich; a little pour goes a long way. 3 or 4 oz pours of this beer is about the right serving size because its that decadent. They nailed the smores flavor profile very well. The body is so thick. Riverlands has really improved their stout game.

 

 

Had on tap. The smell of this beer is intoxicating. Graham cracker and chocolate base, with huge marshmallow, vanilla, and smoke. Taste is a little more muddled, still has all of those flavors plus oat and malts, with bittersweet chocolate and smoke finishing. Feel is thick and viscous but not creamy. Like this, but with some refining could be world class