Imperial Stout

I kept seeing an advertisement for Milk & Cookies on YouTube. So I saw Milk & Cookies at my local grocery store and bought a pack. Great advertisement. It made to want to buy some. This Imperial Stout is from Wicked Weed Brewery in Asheville, North Carolina. It weighs 8.7% ABV and has golden raisins, cinnamon, and vanilla. I love to have a glass of milk with way cookies. Dunking the cookie in the milk is the best. This big stout pours black with a tan/beige three- finger steady head. The aroma is of oatmeal, and cinnamon/vanilla sweetness. The taste is oatmeal, sweet with cinnamon and vanilla, with a light bitterness. Then this beer finishes with a sweetness, like milk that has cookie crumbs from dunking. Then the aftertaste is dark and sweet. This beer is surprisingly light for a beer that is 8.7% ABV, but it is not lightweight either. It’s good too. I give Milk & Cookies a B. It’s not too heavy, and it’s not too light either. But it doesn’t have a big milk flavor. It has some vanilla but not enough to make it take like milk. But it was still a good beer. I think you should try this Milk & Cookies. Please be kind, stay safe, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Made with marshmallow, graham cracker, cocoa nibs, and cinnamon, is Gates of S’Mordor Imperial Stout, 11% ABV from Westbrook Brewing Co. This big stout; was made down in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina. It only comes in a bomber bottle (1 pint .6 fluid ounces). Now I generally like Westbrook beers. This particular Westbrook beer; pours a thick oil black color with a barley two-finger beige head that is slightly quick fading. The aroma of this stout is chocolatey, and there is cinnamon and vanilla marshmallow. It smells strong. The flavor on this beer is again chocolatey, thick-bodied, cinnamon, vanilla, and marshmallow. The mouthfeel is full and thick. It just sticks to your mouth and tongue. Then it finishes with some roasted chocolate, marshmallow, and a bitter note. Then the aftertaste of lite chocolate and some alcoholic notes. This stout is a big beer. It does get stronger as it warms but does not change much on the flavor profile. Gates of S”Mordor Imperial Stout taste like a nice s’more. I give it a B+. The strength holds it down a little, but I still recommend this imperial stout. Please be kind, stay safe, and enjoy responsibly! Cheers! 

Wicked Weed Guilty Pleasures S’Mores Imperial Stout, 9% ABV. The last beer in the Guilty Pleasures variety pack. S’Mores brewed with chocolate, vanilla, and cinnamon. This imperial stout pours black with a one and half finger beige steady fading head. The nose is sweet with vanilla, some cinnamon, and chocolate. The taste is somewhat similar to the nose, and you get vanilla/chocolate sweetness, a bit of a dry not from the chocolate, and some light cinnamon. The mouthfeel is thick with a bit of milk like creaminess. S’Mores imperial stout finishes with a bit of a roasted burnt/ashy. The burnt/ashy flavors carry into the aftertaste with a boldness. That was not good, and it was a bit off-putting. I would say Wicked Weed Guilty Pleasures S’Mores Imperial Stout is not that great, and I would give it a D+. The aftertaste was just not great. But the initial flavor was okay. 

Now Wicked Weed Brewing Guilty Pleasures variety pack overall was not that great. Some of the beers were not good. Some of the flavors didn’t seem to belong in the beer. I give Wicked Weed Brewing Guilty Pleasures variety pack a D-. I would not recommend purchasing it at all. It is too much money for not great beer. Please stay safe and enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Wicked Weed Brewing Guilty Pleasures German Chocolate Cake Imperial Stout, 8.8% ABV is the third beer in The Guilty Pleasures variety four-pack. This beer pours a thick black color with a three-finger rocky beige head that slowly dissolves. It gives off sweet chocolate/coconut aromas with a slight roasted coffee note. The flavor is bittersweet with some chocolate, coconut, and roasted coffee. Mouthfeel is thicker. There is a semi-sweet finish that has more bitterness, similar to dark chocolate. The aftertaste is bittersweet with a vanilla coffee. The aftertaste is only around for a quick minute, poof it’s gone. Overall Wicked Weed Brewing Guilty Pleasures German Chocolate Cake Imperial Stout is the best so far, getting a B-. It has a little too much bitterness on it, and the coconut flavor is average at best. This beer taste like your average German chocolate cake. It’s not a bad pick of the bunch. Please stay safe and enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Wicked Weed Brewing Milk & Cookies Imperial Stout, 8.5%, is the second beer from their Guilty Pleasures variety four-pack. This imperial stout, made with golden raisins, cinnamon, and vanilla. It pours black with a one and a half finger beige head that is slow to fade away. The aroma is sweet with big vanilla, some slight cinnamon. Now the taste is sweet with vanilla, roasted like malt flavors. Some light raisin and, there is a cinnamon flavor on the back of your tongue. Milk & Cookies finishes with a nice amount of cinnamon and some faint vanilla sweetness that then carries on to the aftertaste that lingers with a roasted cinnamon note. This beer is better than the Brownie imperial stout. I give Wicked Weed Brewing Guilty Pleasures Milk & Cookies Imperial Stout a C+. It wasn’t bad. I found it average. There are better sweet imperial stouts out there. If you come across this beer, it wouldn’t be a substandard selection, in my opinion. I am not a big fan of cinnamon, but I don’t mind it. I wouldn’t rush to have this again. Please stay safe and enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

I spotted a Wicked Weed variety four Pack, Guilty Pleasures Imperial Stout at Total Wine. I purchased it. I then thought that I would review each imperial stout and the whole pack and see what I find to be the best and worst of the variety pack. So stay tuned here for the next week or so.

The first beer in the Wicked Weed Guilty Pleasures is Brownie Imperial Stout, 8.7% ABV, which brewed with chord natural hemp-like flavors. Brownie pours a black color with a two-finger slow beige head. The aroma is of bitter dark chocolate, dry notes, and a slightly burnt smell. The flavor is bitter, with a bar of dry, dark chocolate, hoppy notes. Brownie finishes dry and bitter with an off brunt flavor and a bitter aftertaste. The mouthfeel is full and rough. Overall this Wicked Week Guilty Pleasures Pack is not off to a good start. I give Wicked Week Guilty Pleasures Brownie a D. The bitter notes were not great, and I think that was from the hemp-like flavor that also clashed with the chocolate flavor, which is not good taste. We’ll see how it goes from here. Please stay safe and enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Clown Shoes Beer Undead Party Crashes American Imperial Stout, 9% ABV. This beer is made in Boston, Massachusetts, and Winsor, Vermont. It’s only available in fall/winter. This imperial stout pours a motor oil black color with a three and quarter beige, khaki head. The head is slow to fade into itself. It is quite a thick head. Now to the aroma. The aroma is of licorice, dark chocolate, dark roast coffee. The flavor is bitter with dark chocolate, licorice. There also is a nice hit of dark roast coffee and some dry note. The mouthfeel is full and a bit dry. This stout finish with a bitter roasted dark Chocolate flavor. It has a bitter dark chocolate, licorice aftertaste with a hint of dark coffee. Clown Shoes Beer Undead Party Crashes American Imperial Stout grows on you. I give Clown Shoes Beer a B-. It’s not a beer that I would have more than one of or one that I would drink quickly. It’s something of a sipping beer. It has a little too much bitterness for my liking, but that is the only negative I have for this imperial stout. But I did enjoy it. Please stay safe and enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Not too long ago I reviewed New Anthem Beer Project and this another is New Anthem Beer Project, Cinders and Rain Imperial Stout, 12% ABV which I purchased from my favorite beer shop, Pop The Top Craft Beer Shop here in Charlotte, North Carolina. Cinders and Rain pours a thick oil black color with one and a quarter finger beige/tan khaki head that does stick a little with a nice aroma of bitter dark roast coffee with nice malt notes and some bitter dark chocolate wafting into your nose that leads you to a flavor it’s bitter with dark roasted coffee with hints of bitter dark cocoa chocolate that comes in on the middle that has a burnt malty quality on the back that all comes to a bar of bitter chocolate roasted coffee finish that continues into the bitter aftertaste with a full mouthfeel that coats your mouth. The bitterness on Anthem Beer Project, Cinders and Rain Imperial Stout didn’t really sit well with me and my tastebuds and I give Cinders and Rain a D+, and as this big beer warms up the bitterness grows. All that bitterness does affect all the other flavors of this Imperial Stout. I know New Anthem brews good beers, but this is not one of them and I may not go back for Cinders and Rain again. Please stay safe at home and please enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Mission Brewery in San Diego California brewers some popular beers Dark Seas Russian Imperial Stout, 9.3% ABV is one of those I’ve not had any Mission Brewery beers before so Dark Seas is my first which I receive quite recently in a Brewpublik delivery. Dark Seas pours a pitch black color with some beige edges and a two finger beige/brown quickly fealing head that leave a tiny beige halo behind with aroma of big roasted coffee notes slight sweet chocolate with faint molasses and black licorice that leads you into tastes of roasted notes, coffee, a bittersweet chocolate, slight bakers cocoa that finish with a strong roasted flavor with barely a touch of sweetness and a big coffee roasted aftertaste that lingers for a while with a tiny ash-like note all with a full rich mouthfeel. I thought this Mission Brewery Dark Seas Russian Imperial Stout wasn’t the greatest but was still good, average, C+. I like the roasted notes throughout and in the aftertaste but I would’ve liked a touch more sweetness to add more to the roasted notes, but this beer was okay. I kind of would recommend this, but I wouldn’t rush out for Dark Seas. It was average. Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly!