ReaperAle Mortality Stout

Brewed by Sudwerk Privatbrauerei Hubsch
Style: Foreign Stout
Davis, California USA

Pours an ink black that allows some light. The head is one finger thick and tan. The nose is sweet, rich, molasses, yeasty, mild metallic notes, chocolate, some strange tartness. Flavor is tart, some sweetness, weird flavors, metallic, old molasses. Palate is tart and metallic. Did not enjoy this one.

Bomber. Opaque with a creamy lasting disc of foam that completely frosts the glass. Nose is dark fruit, espresso, toffee, acidic berries and char. Flavor is a blend of tart berry, espresso, brown sugar, prunes, charred wood and dark chocolate. Tastes a bit like a Belgian-style stout. Nice dry finish of oak and bitter chocolate. Medium-heavy body is smoothly carbonated and slightly watery as befits a foreign stout.

Bottle thanks to zathrus13. Poured black with a firm tan head. Nose is hard roasted malt, coffee, and a touch of hops. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Flavor is roasted/burnt malt, smoke, diacetyl, and chocolate with some hops bitterness. Finishes dry with some lingering anise notes.

22oz bottle. Pours black with a small tan ring of lacing. Very carbonated. Aroma is of chocolate, hops, caramel, dark fruit, and alcohol. Taste starts off with lots of hops and assorted fruit. The fruit flavors throw the beer off right away. Has a strange tofu like character to it. Very buttery taste as well. It has the most minimal presence of a caramel malt backbone. Very creamy, carbonated mouthfeel. Lingering taste of alcohol and fruit. Finish is very dry. What a muddled mess.

Solid opaque black with a one finger head, good retention and minimal lacing. Rich malt character on the nose, featuring espresso and chocolate. Sweet chocolate and roasted malts are the most prominent flavors, with dark fruit and honey adding to the complexity. Medium, slighly watery mouthfeel, no carbonation to speak of, and a dark chocolate aftertaste.

Bottle pours a tan head with a dark brown body. Smells of roasted coffee and some smoke. Flavor is a little sour with some chocolate and smoke. Finish is a bit thin, metallic, and dry.

Weird. I thought for sure that this would be labeled a sweet stout, because what we found was a thick black malty beverage that was far too sweet for our liking. It needs to be a little roastier, or maybe a just a different malt profile? Or maybe the hop presence isn’t pronounced enough? Whatever, I didn’t like it. Maybe just a bad keg at the LA Beer Fest.

Pours very black with a thin tan head. Aroma is very sour smelling with lots of roasted malt and a note of dark fruit. Flavor starts off with an acetic/vinyl flavor up front which moves into a light coffee and dark roasted malt middle and ends with a sour prune/raisin sweetness. The beer does have a good density and the carbonation is perfect. The starting acetic/vinyl flavor is really off setting in my mind, providing a weird tartness that seems to linger through the rest of the tasting. Overall I did not care for this beer one bit and probably will never have it again. The flavor combination is questionable and produces a stout with unfavorable characteristics in my opinion.