DUAL MEANINGS! look at my writing skills! I has them!
the title of this post relates to both the name of the brewery AND the fact I bough this beer from a cellar sale. I'm so dang witty, ain't I? Now let's drink, dammit!
Cellar Rats Brewery - Black Rat Imperial Stout
a 9.2% ABV Imperial Stout. I personally love seeing these higher ABV beers in 12oz format. Funny how the majority of them end up in 22oz bombers or 750ml cork-and-cage.. sometimes that can be just too damn much beer, even for someone like me. Heavy heavy carb on this one left me having to pour a few times and still ended up with almost a 2 inch head. Opaque brown/black with a strong sweet chocolate nose, a lot of vanilla and hints of bourbon (although this was not barrel-aged at all). They call it an Imperial Milk Stout - certainly fits that style. It's slick and medium-bodied, like blending Hersey's syrup with Kahlua. The obvious milk chocolate, with some smooth oatmeal flavors, sweetness from vanilla beans and iced Dunkins coffee. It gets a bit thicker as the beer warms.. more dark, bitter chocolate and some bourbon-esque bite. So slick but sweet on the finish. Again, happy to see higher ABV beers in smaller bottles.. but this one.. this one I wish I had a 22oz'er of. So delicious!
- - 7 Hops!
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