Hello beer lovers and welcome to another edition of the
NorCal Beer Blog's brew review.
Tonight’s featured beer is Modern Times Beer City Of The
Dead Stout. I picked this bottle up at The Wine Club in San Jose (here). They have a small craft beer
section, but they have an incredible selection. If you're anywhere near
The Wine Club go visit them and tell 'em Mark from NorCal Beer Blog sent you!
From the Modern Times Beer website: “City of
the Dead is a big, full-bodied stout with lots of chocolate undernotes
dominated by the bourbon barrel aged coffee. The beer is dosed at 1 pound per
barrel, and has a distinctly rich, bourbon coffee aroma and flavor. As the beer
warms, the bright bourbon aroma settles in and the coffee base really shines.
This is the first commercially bottled barrel aged coffee beer in the world
(that we know of!)”
Let’s get started!
Appearance: Pours
black with a dense brown head and lots of lacing.
Aroma: Dark
chocolate, coffee, vanilla, caramel, roasted malt, toffee, some oak and
bourbon.
Taste: Dark
chocolate, coffee, toffee, vanilla, caramel, roasted malt, some oak and
bourbon.
Overall: Rich,
creamy and easy to drink, Modern Times Beer City Of The Dead Stout is
enjoyable. This 7.5% ABV offering is
certainly worth a try.
Cheers!
Mark Harvey
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