Arriba! Mexican Hot Cocoa Stout
Stonehooker Brewing Company
- From:
- Stonehooker Brewing Company
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Imperial Pastry Stout
- ABV:
- 8.1%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.56 | pDev: 4.78%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 26, 2023
- Added:
- Feb 18, 2021
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Sammy from Canada (ON)
3.6/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.6/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A serviceable pastry type stout. chocolate syrup Spiced up by pepper. On draft at the source.A novelty, but Good drinkability for the summer if you are around this area.
Jul 26, 2023
Reviewed by TheHammer from Canada (ON)
3.34/5 rDev -6.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 3.5
3.34/5 rDev -6.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 3.5
Appearance: Poured with a single finger of head that produced some lace and retained moderately well, but the opaque black body is periodically interrupted by flakes of sediment the occasionally meet the sides of the glass.
Smell: This offering needed a bit of time to come out of it's shell, but when it does, dry cayenne pepper with a background of chocolate and I think some cinnamon. It's not bad, but it doesn't seem to quite hit the mark.
Taste: Starts with a thin chocolate malt taste that turns to hot pepper and a cinnamon and ginger note who the carbonation comes out in spades to bolster. The spiciness of the peppers takes a while to build to a desired potency, probably around the half way mark of the beer.
Mouthfeel: While I guess I can applaud the authenticity, I'm not a fan that while I am drinking this, I periodically am getting a weird semi gelatinous chunk, reminiscent of not quite dissolved hot chocolate powder. I don't think that is actually what it is, I think it's yeast, but there's no way to see another bit coming isn't helping things, It tastes like chocolate, but the texture throws you out of the moment. That said, I'm not sure if it's the carbonation or the spice, but it seems a bit abrasive in the aftertaste, and not that nice heat. It's only after several seconds do you get a slowly building heat cling to the beer.
Drinkability: The body here seems to wander somewhere between stout and porter in terms of thickness. The spice does make you keep drinking, although it just seems it should be thicker and bigger. Takes a while to get to a nice place.
Final Thoughts: I've had a couple of chile stouts before and it's usually a good combo, but this one seems to have problems finding it's way, as the chocolate doesn't stand out, and the peppers take a long time to kick in, but despite those items, it would still be decent if not for the chunks. I mean, if I was really craving a spicy stout and this was the only option, I'd probably pick it up again (and given the rarity of the style, that could be a distinct possibility) but I can't say I'd be seeking it out again otherwise.
Feb 18, 2021Smell: This offering needed a bit of time to come out of it's shell, but when it does, dry cayenne pepper with a background of chocolate and I think some cinnamon. It's not bad, but it doesn't seem to quite hit the mark.
Taste: Starts with a thin chocolate malt taste that turns to hot pepper and a cinnamon and ginger note who the carbonation comes out in spades to bolster. The spiciness of the peppers takes a while to build to a desired potency, probably around the half way mark of the beer.
Mouthfeel: While I guess I can applaud the authenticity, I'm not a fan that while I am drinking this, I periodically am getting a weird semi gelatinous chunk, reminiscent of not quite dissolved hot chocolate powder. I don't think that is actually what it is, I think it's yeast, but there's no way to see another bit coming isn't helping things, It tastes like chocolate, but the texture throws you out of the moment. That said, I'm not sure if it's the carbonation or the spice, but it seems a bit abrasive in the aftertaste, and not that nice heat. It's only after several seconds do you get a slowly building heat cling to the beer.
Drinkability: The body here seems to wander somewhere between stout and porter in terms of thickness. The spice does make you keep drinking, although it just seems it should be thicker and bigger. Takes a while to get to a nice place.
Final Thoughts: I've had a couple of chile stouts before and it's usually a good combo, but this one seems to have problems finding it's way, as the chocolate doesn't stand out, and the peppers take a long time to kick in, but despite those items, it would still be decent if not for the chunks. I mean, if I was really craving a spicy stout and this was the only option, I'd probably pick it up again (and given the rarity of the style, that could be a distinct possibility) but I can't say I'd be seeking it out again otherwise.
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