Jurassian Imperial Stout (Cuvée Alex Le Rouge)
Picked up on a whim from Julio's. I wonder if aging this beer a few years would help soem of the qualities. Wonder if it would get that nice stouty mouthfeel... A - Poured into my Duvel tulip. Now, I got a nice fluffy 1 finger head from this which left a little sticky side lacing a nice wispy cloud atop a dark brownish red (just barely red). The head was impressive considering the ABV of this. S - Not getting much in the way of typical stout aromas, however, I am getting a fair amount of what this brewery promises. Getting some subtle spiceyness from the pepper as well as some herbal/sweetness from the tea. Sadly not getting any vanilla though, which is the quality I was looking forward to the most. T - Kinda like the nose here. This has a nice sweetness herbal quality to it, presumably from the tea, that one never finds in a stout. There isnt really any roasted qualities, but I'm getting that spicy pepper aspect and if I search really hard I can find a faint hint of vanilla on the back end. Still some more stout qualities would be nice... M - Really disappointed here. This feels nothing like a stout. Very thin, very watery. Not thick at all just a bit creamy. Low carbonation of course. D - A rather confusing beer. The ingrediants dont exactly work for me, or this beer. That being said, if you gave this a thick and creamy mouthfeel maybe it would gel a little better. Its a tough one, I want to like this offering based off of uniqueness, but there are jsut too many misteps here.