I didn't notice the cinnamon, despite the fact that it was listed in the ingredients before the cocoa and coffee, which usually indicates there's more of it - which I find hard to believe. I didn't get much coffee either, but perhaps this is because I'm particularly sensitive to chocolate - it's that crude cocoa powder taste that I associate with drinking hot chocolate when I was a kid. I've had porters with added coffee grounds, which are also pretty revolting, in my opinion. Reinheitsgebot über alles! (Of course, with your aversion to cinnamon, that would have been the dominant flavour if you were drinking this beer!)
Come On You Hatters!
A delivery of stouts and porters from Beercraft in late Jan / early Feb included 3 of Tiny Rebel's Stay Puft Imperial Stout variants which I decided to give a try to tonight. I thought about calling my venue K's Bar, but I was reminded of this place in Dunstable I'd visited approaching five years ago, so thought better of it.
Tiny Rebel Stay Puft Imperial Irish Coffee Marshmallow Porter (9.0%)
The beer from this kiddie can poured rather flat with no head, and had a light nose of coffee with a residual hint of marshmallow. A subtle coffee mouthfeel was dampened by the marshmallow, the aftertaste solely boozy coffee. Probably the most drinkable of the three.
Tiny Rebel Stay Puft Imperial Honey Glazed Ham Marshmallow Porter (9.0%)
Wasn't sure what to expect with this one. If anything, I was expecting perhaps a hint of ham – "Imperial Stay Puft poured over honey glazed ham" the can stated. Poured with a faint head which soon died down, but what was most noticeable was the smell which initially seemed artificial but soon gave way to something of a whiff of strong bacon crisps – my other half was continually carping about the smell until I'd finally seen it off. An aftertaste of honey-glazed ham and no hint of marshmallow that I could discern. A novelty, and likely a 'seemed like a good idea at the time' job, but probably more a contender for Bloody Awful Beer of the Week.
Tiny Rebel Stay Puft Imperial Mint Chocolate Marshmallow Porter (9.0%)
The most effervescent of the three, this had a strong After Eights / Bendick's mints flavour – both in mouthfeel and aftertaste, over-powering anything else. Glad I ended on this and not the Honey Glazed Ham version as at least this one acted as a kind of palate-cleanser to finish the night off.
Last edited by Komakino; 19-02-2021 at 15:47.
"Breakneck speed we drown ten pints of bitter"
Are you sure? I think I've had this one.
Forget the jab, I'm having a beer and for starters is The Kernel Pale Ale Mosaic.jpgby The Kernel who in my opinion sit at the top table of British brewers. This particular beer comes in a 330ml bottle and fairly well carbonated but not excessively so, crisp and clean drinking , the unmistakable hop character is present in abundance, not everyone's favourite hop I know, (OB), but I could happily drink this all night long. 9/10.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields