Oranssisen ja hailakan rusehtavaa ja ohuen sameahkoa. Olematon vaahto. Tuoksu runsaan, suolaisen ja happaman suolakurkkuinen, valkosipulinen ja yrttinen. Maku makean ja kevyen maltainen, runsaan, suolaisen ja etikkaisen happaman suolakurkkuinen, valkosipulinen ja yrttinen. Olueksi melko epämiellyttävät maut. Suutuntuma on keskitäyteläinen, kuivakka ja hiilihappoinen. Pelkkää mausteista ja ohuen maltaista suolakurkkuliuosta. Oluena 1/5, suolakurkkuliuoksena 5/5.

Bonuskierros. Maistuu vuosikausia purkissa olleelta suolakurkkulieneltä, johon on mennyt suolaa vähintään tuplana. Bloody Mary on vahvana tässä. Vähä freesimpi ja vähä vähemmän suolaa ja tomaatti pois, ni vois olla ok. Tällaisenaan ei kovinkaan häävi.

Ykshuikka -tasting EI!

Decent stout, chocolate but faint vanilla, cherries are present with slight bitterness on the backend.

At my son's house watching the Alabama Wisconsin game. We looked like Alabama again. This is a beer I brought home from Texas from Martin House Brewing. Short, creamy head with plenty of small bubbles. Aroma of european chocolate, caramel, and vanilla. Modestly creamy texture. Taste delivers a dry chocolate, toasted caramel and a liqueur alcohol licorice aftertaste. It slides silently into the finish with only a breath of hop bitterness. Good but not memorable.

Very good, nice thick pour, the whiskey rye barrel not overpowering, not a gut punch but a nice sipper.

This is another one of Martin House's two beers to a box series. Ryan and I shared a couple of the 2022 beers and gave it an enthusiastic 5.0. Really hope this is as good. Poured with a surprisingly small head. Aroma definitely has the coconut and cherry. There is also rum mixed in. First sip brought back vivid memories of the previous version. Same flavors, which are excellent, but in different intensities. While the previous version was dark chocolate dominant with wonderful coconut and cherries to follow, this one swapped levels of flavor. Now the authentic coconut and cherry puree are dominant with the dark chocolate in a subtle background. The rum feels like a blanket over the entire flavor profile. It's both soft and subtle. As the beer warms, the rum becomes more evident and a faint oak barrel reveals itself. Overall, it's definitely a little sweeter than 2022. There was no battle for this to receive a 5.0. With the previous version in my mind, this one only reaffirmed what I was hoping for. To take a wonderful beer and change its profile while keeping it's overlaying flavors, it was an excellent move. The same but different. Well done.

So excited! Ryan's diet has prevented us from having our normal amount of Duo beers. Tonight we are going to have a 14.2 % imperial stout from Texas. These Martin House, 2 beers to a box series are normally pretty good. Poured into the snifter glass with very little head, not many bubbles coming to the surface. Absolutely no light is shining through this. Strong aroma of whiskey and maple. A heavy soft texture while not being syrupy, still coats the inside of the glass with a tan ring. The first taste I get is a deep heavy sharp coffee. Then a natural raw maple sets in. This is followed quickly by sweet caramel. Each adds to the flavor while not replacing the previous. Last to join is the whiskey alcohol with its mouth warming and nasal tingling. All these flavors calm down as it travels into the finish while adding a mild peppery kick to end it all. With all these excellent ingredients, it's still somehow misses the mark. A little too sweet, alcohol doesn't seem so strong, coffee was not in its description, where did the Maple come from, and it seemed a little flat. Ryan and I agree that it seems like it was rushed, needing some small adjustments to make it really good. A good beer, yes, but fell short of what it could have been.

Muistatko vielä aikaa kun pienenä lapsena istuit hiekkalaatikolla ja mietit, maistaisko tänään soraa, havunneulasia vai kakkaa? Tuli oltua äsken vähän samassa tilanteessa, ipa, imppistoutti vai perus suolakurkkusour. Päädyin ruokajuomana listan viimeiseen kun arvasin ettei tuota saatanaa kannata sellaisenaan juoda. Ja kuinka ollakaan, taas kerran, olin täysin oikeassa. Hyi vittu! Maistuu ihan Hitleriltä jota on uitettu yhden hitlerjugend-leirin ajan etikkaliemessä. Jos tarvii joskus ostaa lahja mulkulle jolla on jo kaikkea, osta tätä.