ReaperAle Mortality Stout

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

aged fruit wine and malt aroma with similar taste this brew has a little silk in the mouthfeel with fleeting taste touch of cocoa and perhaps faint expresso but, these last two features dissipate quiickly in the glass and leave the one dimensional off beat yet somewhat predictable fruit taste in wine that is insufficient as a stout,for the name and for its deep black color. i was using a 7 inch tall straight corvoisier tumbler. touch more alcohol flavor or spice or concentration of the usual flavor suspects will turn this into a real winner but it is just lacking a final ??!! although it is winter and as i think of it this would probably be a real go to stout in the heat of summer and will add 1 point on that premise.

Deep completely opaque black. Tiny hint of brown at edge, tan head with lace. Aroma of dark coffee, and deep dark, sweet chocoate, hints of green apple, molasses, Thick body with decent carbonation. Taste mirrors the aroma. Stars crisp fresh green apple, very evident malt base, develops into bitter chocolate. Finishes with the mild clean bitterness of iced coffee. Bitterness lasts at back of tongue, and sweetness on tip of tongue. Great balance of biter, crisp and sweet,

Bomber. Poured rich, deep brown with a shorter-lived cap of tan head. The aroma picked up roasted barley and black patent malts with lesser baker’s chocolate.. mild smokage and earthy character to it. The flavor didn’t pop as well, with kinda generic black patent supporting a hint of molasses and more smoke.. lightly sour, and more so through the long finish. Medium-bodied with lively (but not excessive) carbonation on the palate.. dried out at the finish. This went slightly downhill from the initial impression, but I’d gladly drink it again.

2007 Bottle shared by Butters @ the Barrios tasting. Poured black with a thin off-white head that left light lace. Aromas of chocolate with a light smoked background. The flavor found a little more smoke with chocolate and a roasty coffee. Medium body, dry, nice!

22 oz bottle courtesy of Butters at the Barrios Nashville tasting. Poured a dark brown color with a thin tan head. The aroma was strong with chocolate (milk and bitter), coffee and smoke. The flavor had smoked meat, coffee and roasted malt. The palate was average, with a medium body, soft carbonation and a clean mouthfeel. The palate was a bit disappointing. With a little fuller body, this could have been a very good stout. Still, it was very good, and I am glad to have tasted it.

Bottle at Barrio’s tasting, I forgot who brought this. Pours black with a brown head that dissipates. Aroma is a bit on the weak side, but I pick up roast and ale esters. Nicely balanced flavors of chocolate, coffee, and light smok with just the right amount of residual sweetness keeping this out of Sweet Stout territory. .Moderately bitter finish that has a slight tang. A very solid beer and example of the style. I would drink again.

Black, brown at edges, slight tan head faded totally. Aroma is lightly roasty with a twang, hitting that foreign stout note. Light bodied, flavors were twangy roast and light fruity esters. The lightness of body detracted from this, almost like I had a foreign porter as opposed to a foreign stout. I just haven’t been feeling these Reaper beers.

Bottle at Barrios’ Impromptu Tasting to pop Smitty’s Surly. Very dark brown pour with some ring of head. Nose and flavor notes is full of roast, smoke, ham, milk chocolate, bitter chocolate, licorice. Coffee on the finish. Very well balanced. Dry and easy drinking. Medium thin on body but that is what I have come to expect from a foreign stout. Nicely done!