The counter at Counterpart, well part of it anyway.
I was so looking forward to this Roxy Roller* and thought it might turn some heads tonight. I had visited Counterpart and even took a picture of the counter, well part of it anyway. The people there were very nice and it looked like a great place to partake in a brew or two, although I was only passing through, as I’m prone to do. And I had the perfect album cover for a background pick with Bad Company’s Straight Shooter. A tasty stout with some subtle sweets to go with my Leafs final Hockey Night in Canada of the season. The stars were aligned, or so I thought.
There were some warning signs, I’ll grant you that. The Bounty chocolate bar name and graphic on the can could have been the first indicator of super sweet suds. Coconut and vanilla announcements on the label, vanilla being a particularly difficult ingredient to get right in any brew. And the dice on the label are 2,3,4,6,6, which is a Yahtzee fail of a roll. No long or short straight, a mediocre chance score, and counting two sixes pretty well assures you of no bonus score.** Maybe the stars were starting to become misaligned, or even maligned.
A dark delicious looking pour rolling from can to glass, oatmeal thick and creamy. But even while pouring the sickly-sweet aroma of coconut and vanilla rises from the darkness. You can really smell the vanilla and coconut with this one, and I’m wondering if this will be a sweet dark treat like Evanescence, or death by sugar OD? The verdict? The taste is a very sweet vanilla coconut with a touch of espresso bitters on the finish. It does have a very smooth mouthfeel with the oats and lactose doing their bit. Super sweet as in too Bounty-ful. I didn’t really catch any cacao in the mix, but it seems like half of Madagascar’s annual vanilla production and half of Indonesia’s annual coconut production*** have gone into each can. As subtle as the freight train that ran over Jumbo the elephant.
And on top of all that a great Leaf’s comeback was thwarted with an OT loss to Detroit. Insult to injury.To be honest, I was looking for an Oatmeal stout and when I stepped up to the bar I didn’t realize it was a Bounty bar. Once again, the fine print has been the bane of my existence. This one was too sweet for me but like many specialty brews, it is what it is. For those who like a super sweet dessert stout, this Bud’s for you. I’m looking forward to sampling some of this beer’s counterparts.
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