Hercule Stout
bought this beer in response of a beer thread about recapping a bomber of a heavy beer that you cant drink in one sitting. Watched the video on the hopry and decided to get a few swing top bottles for this reason. This was the beer i selected. poured into a tulip. Appearance: light to medium black body. Whitish tan head with lots of tiny bubbles. Plenty of lacing clinging to glass. Head dissapates into small ring around outside of glass. Smell: Roasty malts and oats. Dark fruits and oddly enough black olives. Taste: Roasted malts and some sweetness tasting like dark fruits. Moderate nutty flavors and some smoke. Maybe some very mild astrigency from the yeast and a little bite of coffee bitterness right at the end. Mouthfeel: The body is on the high end of a light body, but packs in some serious flavors. Carbonation is absolutely spot on for this beer. Overall: Massive flavor packed into a light bodied beer, but its not a light beer. Almost a walking contradiction, but its great! I can't beleive the beer is actually 9% abv, it has the same body as samuel smith oatmeal stout(thin), but has the flavors of really big beers. This is an awesome beer, that was a pleasant surprise.