Imagine Getting This with Your Teen Burger!
Dark times call for dark beers, as the saying goes.* And with the sun setting at 8PM these days it must be dark beer time. I think the spring and fall solstice is when the sun sets at the same time as Hockey Night in Canada starts, but I am not sure, I was never much for astrology anyway.**
By the way, did you know that Muddy Waters’ real name was McKinley Morganfield? I can understand why he would change his name. Being named after the 25th President of the USA may not get you much street cred in the Mississippi delta. However, Roger Waters’ real name is Roger Waters,*** just thought you should know that in case you were wondering if his real name was McKinley too. What a coincidence that would be.
This Cold Break stout in my Poppy’s Beer glass does a pretty good A&W Root beer impersonation, doesn’t it? Black and tan, a fine looking pour. A roasted cocoa aroma with all the traditional stout fixins too. The flavour is bold robust roasted malt and coffee, that’s what really stand outs. Some espresso bitters there in the finish with a coffee aftertaste makes it not as smooth as some stouts, but great full body flavour makes up for it. Coffee yes but no cocoa oh no, bitter not sweet. Ok maybe some cocoa in there somewhere as things mellowed a bit. My root beer mug is encouraging big swigs and I am easily swayed in that direction.
A full flavour stout, not a smoothy but not trying to be either.
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