11.2 oz bottle poured into a Mikkeller Bangkok mini-wine glass.
Omnipollo is one of the few true premier craft breweries in Europe that is well known by US craft enthusiasts, and probably the only Swedish brewery I could name. One of my favorite beers of all time is a collaboration between Omnipollo and Oklahoma's Prairie Brewing (see my #5 from this recent post)
Noa Pecan Mud Cake pours thick and viscous-y black with a dark cocoa slight head. I can tell this is going to be a thick one even before I taste it.
Smells like chocolate and pecan pie. Smell wise, it's tough to get more excited about a stout. I can tell this is going to be sweet. Happy I saved this for dessert.
The beer is as thick (think borderline motor oil, but in a good way) as I thought it would be based on taste, and spot on for the flavor profile. It tastes like a chocolate pecan pie, but it's not as sweet as I thought it would be, which is a good thing. The pecan "nuttiness" does a great job of balancing out the chocolate/sugary sweetness. For it's thickness, it's really smooth - the moderately low carbonation works well with the flavors.
A really spot on beer. Something I'd normally love to get my hands on more of if it weren't for the price - around $12 for a 11.2 oz bottle (normally I like to pay less than $1/oz for something unless it's really special). Figured I'd take a chance on this one though.
And it was a definite home run.
Overall Rating: 9.8/10
Omnipollo is one of the few true premier craft breweries in Europe that is well known by US craft enthusiasts, and probably the only Swedish brewery I could name. One of my favorite beers of all time is a collaboration between Omnipollo and Oklahoma's Prairie Brewing (see my #5 from this recent post)
Noa Pecan Mud Cake pours thick and viscous-y black with a dark cocoa slight head. I can tell this is going to be a thick one even before I taste it.
Smells like chocolate and pecan pie. Smell wise, it's tough to get more excited about a stout. I can tell this is going to be sweet. Happy I saved this for dessert.
The beer is as thick (think borderline motor oil, but in a good way) as I thought it would be based on taste, and spot on for the flavor profile. It tastes like a chocolate pecan pie, but it's not as sweet as I thought it would be, which is a good thing. The pecan "nuttiness" does a great job of balancing out the chocolate/sugary sweetness. For it's thickness, it's really smooth - the moderately low carbonation works well with the flavors.
A really spot on beer. Something I'd normally love to get my hands on more of if it weren't for the price - around $12 for a 11.2 oz bottle (normally I like to pay less than $1/oz for something unless it's really special). Figured I'd take a chance on this one though.
And it was a definite home run.
Overall Rating: 9.8/10
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