Well lookie here! I found a Winter Snack, and just in time for winter!
Combing through my collection of bomber and fifth beer bottles, I found this
bottle of Winter
Snack Holiday Stout from
Apocalypse Ale Works of Forest, Virginia. This is the 2015 edition, and from
what I can see the beer is quite different from the one they offer today.
From the label:
This is the winter blend of the already world famous award winning 6th Seal
Chocolate Stout. We have enhanced this with oatmeal, orange peel, raisins,
and cinnamon. Naturally the cocoa nibs are added to enhance the rich
chocolate presence. Never before has the likes of such an abominable force
roamed the winter realms since the splitting of the alpha and the omega.
The label also tells me that Winter Snack Holiday Stout has an alcohol
content of 10.1% by volume with 30 IBUs. Today, Apocalypse has a beer listed
on their website as 6th Seal Snack Chocolate Stout. It
boasts the same ingredients, but has a lower alcohol content of 7.5%.
Winter
Snack Holiday Stout
pours to a jet black color with a thick creamy tan head formation and a
robust nose that immediately reminded me of B & M Brown Bread. Taking a sip,
the beer is full in body with raisins, smooth chocolate, brown sugar, bright
citrus peel, and dark fruity raisin. It finishes warm with alcohol in the
finish.
The beer is not roasty really, but more dark malty with five years of age,
and I think that age may have enhanced the luscious raisin notes. As I
lingered over the beer, I was reminded of plum pudding and fruitcake as well
as the aforementioned brown bread.
Definitely a beer I would buy again, and one I am glad I was able to enjoy
this holiday season.
Glad I tried it?
T
Would I rebuy it??
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