(bottle opening)
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- What's up everyone,
and welcome to another
episode of "Uncanned".
Today I'm uncanning, Puff Pastry
from Arrow Lodge Brewing.
So, Puff Pastry is an imperial stout,
with cacao nibs, vanilla and marshmallow.
This baby is 12%.
And it was released as part
of Arrow Lodge's annual Best Buds Day
which is a big collaboration event
with Moe, from Craft Beer Kings,
on April 20, every single year.
And this is a very limited release,
as part of that celebration.
I can't wait to crack this baby open.
I don't know much more than that about it.
The can art is sick, love that.
Let's crack it open.
(can cracking open)
(upbeat jazz music)
Very aromatic beer.
So on the aroma here,
I gave that quite a vigorous pour,
so we got about two inches
of deep, dark brown,
and a oil slick brown
head, sittin' right on top.
Incredibly carbonated, very thick
and fluffy head here.
Gives me kind of a,
like a toasted marshmallow
appearance and also aroma.
Again, imperial stout here, so it's deep,
it's dark, it's black.
On the aroma, big roast character,
almost coffee, but none
of that bitterness.
Sweet, but not overly sweet.
Not as sweet as that
ingredient list implies there.
You definitely get marshmallow for sure,
big marshmallow component,
but this has a campfire
without the fire, to me.
This doesn't have any of that smokiness.
But it does have a lot
of that kind of rich,
sweet, sticky, dark aroma to it.
That head has settled in nicely there.
Let's give it a whirl.
(upbeat jazz music)
Everything on that aroma,
is carrying through to the palate there.
Very chocolatey.
And vanilla is very
present in this as well.
So when we said cacao nibs, vanilla
and marshmallow as the adjuncts,
and they're all shining
through beautifully.
Very sweet, I'm not gonna lie, very sweet.
but not as sweet as a lot
of these beers tend to be.
It has a great balance with
that stout roastiness as well.
The booze is nowhere to be found.
It's hidden by that big sweet flavor.
It's hidden by the roastiness.
It's hidden by the chocolate.
The chocolate is wonderful on this beer.
That's the star of this show.
It's a very delicious,
not too sweet, not too bitter,
really kind of rich chocolatey-ness.
It's coated my mouth, I'm
getting a lot of that.
So that chocolate is really great here.
This is a s'more in a glass,
without the smokiness.
Like I was saying, there's
no campfire in this,
but it's a very delicious beer.
It's smooth, it's silky,
on the mouthfeel as well.
And if you, I don't know
if I'm gonna be able
to capture this, but like,
you're moving that around the glass
and you're seeing the head and the liquid
just clinging to the sides.
It's not like, syrupy by any means.
But it's silky, it's almost fluffy.
It's that consistency that you love
in a good Hazy IPA,
they're pulling through
in an imperial stout.
Maybe it's that marshmallow.
Maybe it's that vanilla.
I don't exactly know
how they achieve this,
but a very great silky
smooth mouthfeel on this.
I really like this beer a lot.
I don't know if you guys can tell.
I'm a big fan of this beer.
Excellent roast, excellent
chocolate, excellent vanilla
and marshmallow, not overly sweet.
Hopefully you guys can get this beer.
I know this one sold out pretty quick.
So I heard that they're making more of it.
I don't know if that's been made public,
by the time this airs, it
might be out, might be gone.
If you see this beer, get it.
Why not?
If you like big adjunct
pastry stouts, do that.
But if not, consider Arrow Lodge.
Arrow Lodge is doing beers
just like this all the time.
I got sent two stouts last month.
Haven't opened them yet,
but I will and I'm very excited to do so,
especially after drinking this beer.
But they kill it across a
lot of different styles.
I just had a great Vienna Lager from them,
delicious Hazy IPAs, and
they do a ton of those.
But really the stouts, lagers,
they're really doing a great
job out there in Covina.
Grab Arrow Lodge.
Grab Puff Pastry if you can.
Guys, really, really well done.
All right, I'm gonna finish this beer.
Cheers.
(pouring)
