Shakedown - Fat Head's Brewery & Saloon

Shakedown

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Overall: 8.76/10 by 1 dude

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Style: American Imperial Stout

ABV: 8.50%

Season: Occasional

Have Another: 100%

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  • A: 9.0 | T: 9.0 | L: 10.0 | M: 8.0 | O: 8.0
  • Color: Black
  • Pours opaque with no light penetrating the edges. An inch of mocha colored, thick, malty foam covers. Great retention. Lacing begins and lasts all the way through: sticky and thick.

    Aroma is the typical dark malt: chocolate, roast and coffee but tons of citrus and pine, more than likely from heaping helpings of hops.

    Taste more stout and hop combo. Chocolate, roast and char, almost smokey. Coffee and leather come in the middle. Leather lasts through to the end. Citrus hops are bigger than the pine but both aid the roasted malts in creating a bitterness to the finish. Although it seems more malt centric, even having a touch of the char, ash.

    Big mouth feel. Medium carbonation. Creamy finish that could feel more oily as the char transitions with age.

    Hops and stouts go well together when done right. This is done right. Plenty of dark malts mingle nicely with the citrus and pine west coast hop side. The char typically bothers me but wasn't overdone here. Enjoy!
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  • Reviewed: Friday, July 31, 2015 at 18:59:11
  • Tasted: Friday, July 31, 2015
  • $0.00 for 12 oz. bottle