Light in the Midst of Darkness
Myrcene Ale Company
- From:
- Myrcene Ale Company
- Connecticut, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 12.6%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.99 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 13, 2024
- Added:
- Apr 12, 2024
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Aged for over a year in a bourbon barrel from Litchfield Distillery, with deep roast and caramel hints, conditioned on cocoa nibs and dry roasted peanuts.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by sulldaddy from Connecticut
3.99/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.99/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Sampling a 2023 vintage bottle purchased at the brewery last fall. Beer is a waxed 750 with a bottle cap underneath. Bottle has been in my cellar since i purchased it. Sampling at cellar temp now and pouring into my snifter.
The beer pours a cola brown and rests slightly darker in my glass. A fizzy khaki to beige colored head of 2 cm foams up and then fades to a thin edge layer within a few minutes of the pour.
Aroma on this beer is some dark chocolate, husky and sweeter peanut butter notes. there is a faint hit of sweeter bourbon, but generally the aroma is more mild than I expected it to be. No hop hints and abv is masked and hidden here with no boozy or fusol notes.
First sip reveals a lighter body than I expected as well. Very fine tingly carbonation rolls across my palate and does add to the physical feel of the beer. The tingle even remains after each sip. Texture is smooth to a little thinner, with no stickiness nor coating of my palate from each sip.
Flavor is some roasted malts and dark chocolate mixing together this moves to a little sweet bourbon. Again, mild bourbon notes and note boozy or hot here. there is a hit of peanut butter, but it certainly isnt overbearing or take over the flavor. No hop hints and the only booze hit is some warming in my gut after each swallow.
Overall the beer is fine. Its a little thin on mouthfeel and the nose is a little mild, but overall its a fine beer. Hope to see some more robust examples of imperial stouts from this new(ish) CT brewery.
Jul 13, 2024The beer pours a cola brown and rests slightly darker in my glass. A fizzy khaki to beige colored head of 2 cm foams up and then fades to a thin edge layer within a few minutes of the pour.
Aroma on this beer is some dark chocolate, husky and sweeter peanut butter notes. there is a faint hit of sweeter bourbon, but generally the aroma is more mild than I expected it to be. No hop hints and abv is masked and hidden here with no boozy or fusol notes.
First sip reveals a lighter body than I expected as well. Very fine tingly carbonation rolls across my palate and does add to the physical feel of the beer. The tingle even remains after each sip. Texture is smooth to a little thinner, with no stickiness nor coating of my palate from each sip.
Flavor is some roasted malts and dark chocolate mixing together this moves to a little sweet bourbon. Again, mild bourbon notes and note boozy or hot here. there is a hit of peanut butter, but it certainly isnt overbearing or take over the flavor. No hop hints and the only booze hit is some warming in my gut after each swallow.
Overall the beer is fine. Its a little thin on mouthfeel and the nose is a little mild, but overall its a fine beer. Hope to see some more robust examples of imperial stouts from this new(ish) CT brewery.
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