Choice Bros Experimental Creme Brûlée Stout
Appearance:
Pours dark and thick, tan pillowy head with nice tight bubbles. Head lingers and looks like chocolate meringue. Very good looking beer.
Aroma:
Sweet malt/caramel/chocolate/vanilla/spice/coffee/coconut which all mingle together to a creme brûlée aroma. The aroma is very subtle and delicate, this is a very pleasing beer to bring up to the nose. What is also great is picking up the different aromas as the beer warms up. Aroma starts of delicate and then just become brûlée to the face.
Mouthfeel:
Mouthfeel is good, medium to full, Coats the mouth which helps the flavours linger on the palate. Carbonation once opened was a bit aggressive, but eases off into a nice light tingle on the tongue.
Flavour:
A very complex beer, sweet and rich. Vanilla/caramel/coffee/toffee/sweet malt, not much bitterness for the hops more of a dark malt bitterness, would say this is more of a dessert beer and at 9% it is very easy to drink. There is still a bit of alcohol burn, but with age, would mellow and smooth out. Not saying that it is not smooth now, but with dark beers, age does wonderful things.
Overall:
This beer is going down on a crap rainy/windy day very well. The brew is a great sipping beer. I am really enjoying the different aromas/flavours as this beer warms up, it's complex and moreish. At 9% it is not a sessionable beer but so very tasty and easy drinking! The beer is very enjoyable and I am quite honoured to get a bottle to try. I would love to try this beer aged for a year, just to see what flavours come out from behind the high abv.
At the end of the day this beer is big, sweet and very moreish. Damn tasty, and oh so good!
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