Pelican Tsunami Stout

Brewed by Pelican Pub & Brewery
Style: Foreign Stout
Pacific City, Oregon USA

Bottle shared by chriso420. Thanks a lot! Roasty, slightly chocolate aroma with some milky and anise smells eminating as well. Mostly opaque black color with a creamy tan-colored head. Sweetish chocolate roasty start, which turns sweeter and a bit smokier to finish. Very rich and roasted. Mmmm, very tasty stuff!

Nice roasted, chocolatey flavor. Smooth and velvety in the mouth. Not the thickest but an excellent stout.

Any first impressions?
-A thin but covering foam dissipates onto the opaque blackness.
-Wealthy roasted malts and their dark chocolate acolytes rise distinctly to emulate a specialty sweets shop.
-Chocolate envelops the few coffee beans in a luxurious union only the talented can create.
-The body is huggable (to be polite), full of authentic maltiness, without too much residual sweetness.

What if you dig deeper?
-Sweet berry juice sneaks up behind the maltiness in the aroma.
-It finishes very quietly, which might be its only downfall imho; some more back roastiness or supporting hops would have been fun.
-Hops are of no consequence in my bottle; this is a malt lover’s dream stout.
-A rich and serene chocolatey stout which can reach both those looking for session stouts and those looking for nourishment in the form of a pint. Splendid.

Bottles.

Another fine beer from Pelican. Enjoyed a bomber with a friend. Pitch black color with a nice brown head. Huge hops flavor and full robust body that has flavors of toffee and chocolate. Well done indeed

Barrel Draught from the jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 30/09/2005 Black strong in alcohol and slightly rich on the palate. Some dryness in a roast finish.

(bottle - 22 oz) Dark black pour with a medium sized tan head. Aroma is very sweet, much sweeter than a normal stout in my opinion, loaded with malts and roasted chocolate notes. Flavor is very roasty as well with a nice sweet flavor with lots of roasted malts and a nice chocolate middle. Silky smooth and very well crafted. Quite an enjoyable beer.

Black. Rich black patent aroma has depths of espresso and dark chocolate. Richly roasty and bitter body with a brilliantly silky milk chocolate finish. Full body. Very well rounded, balanced character. Complex. This is a fully realized beer.

Pours with a creamy, dense, three-finger thick, full, milk chocolate colored head. The beer is a pitch black color, nice and opaque. The aroma is acidic up front; redolent of ample dark malts. Rich notes of dark chocolate, espresso beans dominate afterwards with sharp, burnt astringent grain husk notes in the finish, that aren’t nearly as harsh as it might seem. Actually the finish is quite nice, the overall aroma is quite warm and inviting.

The taste has a sweet chocolate note to it up front, which is quickly dominated by an ample roast character that reminds me of chicory, and black coffee. The beer has a nice palate fullness to it; coating but not cloying, just thick enough that the contemplation of the upcoming 22oz bottle is not too overwhelming. The beer finishes with a burnt acidity that actually tends to keep this Imperial Stout a bit lighter than it otherwise would be. This is pretty light on the hops, at least for this type of beer; there is a bit of bitterness just noticeable under all the dark malts (which means there is probably quite a bit), but not much in the way of any flavor hop additions. This lets this beer focus on the malt, which in this case is mostly the dark malts.

This beer is quite tasty, but it could definitely use a bit more general malt character; a bit thicker and maltier would make this beer a bit more balanced, but then it would be a bit harder to get through a 22oz bottle. As this beer warms up a bit it gains a bit more fullness in the mouth, and correspondingly a bit more malt character. It could still use a bit more, but it is a bit more balanced than it first was when it was 50*F.