Weathered Souls: PB Fusion Technique

This was good, but got a bit too sweet for me as it warmed. Second half of the glass was almost overly sweet. To each their own though.

 

Great beer!

Take home points: very sweet novelty/dessert beer. Tastes like a peanut butter melt away. Alcohol is well hidden.

My full review. Overall score 4.28

Nose is very heavy on peanut butter. A little bit of brownie fudge and the coconut got lost in translation. Heavy on chocolate malt as well

Flavor is much like the nose. A hint of coconut upfront with a lot of peanut butter and a chocolate malt backbone. Finish is all peanut butter. It tastes 100% like a peanut butter melt away at the end.

Body is heavy and very smooth and sticky with low carbonation.

Overall this is a great novelty beer. It's very sweet and the alcohol is well hidden. A little too sweet and heavy to enjoy a large serving of. Definately a dessert beer. Perfect to split with someone!

 

My lead off Stout from the Extreme Beer Box. Lots of peanut butter and chocolate. I'm not getting any coconut though. It's pretty sweet for my tastes, but YMMV. Alcohol is quite well hidden. Not something that I could consume in quantity, but it's fun as a one-off sipper.

 

Nice pastry stout - Big peanut butter in the nose. Tastes of chocolate & peanut butter. Coconut is mostly un-noticeable. Thick & rich. VERY sweet, but that's part of the pastry stout game, no? Couldn't have this every day, but tasty & well-crafted.

 

#3 from box. Another very good selection. Pours extremely dark and oily- love it! Peanut butter on nose, strong chocolate and PB flavors. Minimal coconut. Just a very tad bit of smoke on the finish. Sweet, as would be expected for a pastry stout. Alcohol well hidden for an 11% ABV. Love PB stouts and this one did not disappoint. 3/3 Todd.

 

Enjoying this right now. More fudge than peanut butter up front but they are working well together. The peanut butter comes on a bit stronger at the finish as the coconut asserts itself. Good stuff, I want a candy bar that tastes like this.

 

3rd sample out of the EBB: Big Stouts. Between ruby brown and dark brown. Thick brown head that started out at 1/2” thick, but blew up to overflow the glass. Creamy. Sweet. More coconut than peanut butter. Difficult to tell the difference. Both well done. Either one might be impressive. But they are confusing together. Very good Stout. But I’m not crazy about it.

 

Got this in the Extreme Beer Big Stout box from Beer Advocate. The second one I'm trying. My first beer from Weathered Souls. Poured out deep dark midnight brownie brown with a HUGE head, maybe 2 inches of dark brown foam that just kind of lingered and didn't want to go anywhere. Very cool. Oh. My. Freaking. God. The smell is absolutely WONDERFUL, it is like a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, or a peanut butter brownie. In the olfactory realm, this is one of the best smelling beers I have ever encountered. Now a sip - holy cow, wow, jeez, this is an EXCELLENT beer. It is rich and creamy, full and sweet. Brownie batter fudge dream, like I'm licking the batter right off the spoon from some peanut butter fudge cake. A hint of coffee and plenty of baker's chocolate to provide some bitterness, and a good amount of sweet foamy richness that delivers some kind of wonderful delivery punch that makes me want to really savor every sip. Mouthfeel is thick and full, moderately carbonated. MAN! This beer delivers! I LOVE It! This is like all the dark nocturnus fudge I ever wanted, I can literally chew this and savor it in all its chocolatey glory. This beer is incredible, probably the most successful peanut butter imperial stout i've EVER had. If I could get a hold of a dozen cans of this, I would. But for now, I'll have to settle for one can, enjoyed to the last swallow on this cold winter night. DAMN i'm impressed! This gets my TOP marks.

 

Beer #5 from the box. Watching the Eagles-49ers game (quick aside: @FBarber I’m guessing you’re happy about the halftime score!) This is a treat! Smooth, creamy, chocolatey, with a good mix of PB and coconut. The aroma is awesome, though. Tons of delicious peanut butter fudge, not much coconut coming through. It’s not overly sweet and there’s a nice bitterness underneath it all (@Eddieeight is spot on with “baker’s chocolate “). It has a thick body, but my pour had minimal head and seems only slightly carbonated. The flavors clash slightly on the finish, but it’s still an impressive beer. I do suspect that these flavors might work better as an actual brownie, but I appreciate the creativity and execution of this one.

 

This is a tasty-ass beer. I love the peanut butter explosion, coating your mouth with lingering coffee-chocolatey goodness.

4th beer from the box; first to raise a head, especially with a vigorous pour. Thick, yet surprisingly slick, in the mouth. Peanut butter dominates the first sips, but chocolate rises along with its temperature. Aroma takes some warming to relax into the expected pb cup sensation. Coconut is so well integrated it's not apparent, but surely it's what takes this into proper pb cup territory. Superb.

 

Baker's chocolate indeed!

 

not bad! definitely less sweet than i expected it to be. aromas of chocolate peanut butter cookies. the flavors are there too but the finish lacked a little of the initial upfront flavors. still, highly enjoyable. cheers!!

 

Oh boy. Only #3. Now I'm behind. But this is really good. The PB is strong - thankfully, too many PB beers end up being very subtle or more peanut than butter. The chocolate and peanut butter are very obvious and help balance each other out, although it's still a bit on the sweeter side. It definitely delivers on the fudgey peanut butter brownie quality. Or a buckeye? Coconut is harder to detect here, but yeah, baker's chocolate adds good bitterness. Pretty thick and motor oily without any head to speak of, smells like it tastes, smooth and very easy to drink. Too bad there's only one, I know some people who would love this.

 

I'm one of those people who does not like the taste of peanuts or peanut butter, so I thought I would just knock this one off as my second stout from the box before I move on to those that really sound good. Damn, was I wrong! This is perhaps the first peanut butter flavored beer that I would consider buying again. The peanut butter flavor is in a tight tango with the chocolate resulting in a pretty nice dance. While there is an obvious PB taste, the overall impression that I get is something unique and surprisingly good. One of the reasons I wanted to order the Extreme Beer Box - Stouts box was to broaden my beer horizon and PB Fusion is the poster child for why keeping an open mind is good (not to mention tasty)! Thanks Todd for including this in the box!
Cheers!

 

Seriously. Made me think I was in the kitchen making brownies. Stunning.

 

Thought this was a good overall brew, definitely knew it was a peanut butter brew as soon as I opened the can!

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Cheers!

 

Deep dark chocolate peanut butter fudge goodness, wow! An excellent fusion of aromas and flavors. Delicious!