Hard day at work deserves a good beer and pizza. Finding a good Texas beer in Alabama isn't easy so this is fun. Watched him pour it in the glass and there wasn't much head. Dark brown opaque color. Strong peanut butter aroma. Really smooth and soft texture. I was worried it might be artificial, but I'm not getting any of that. A little over sweet, but the peanut butter is pretty good. A pretty simple beer in that there's not much else going on. It's the same from first to last. Just a smooth, soft creamy peanut butter without any of the roasted or bitter qualities.

Having this Texas Imperial Stout as a Duo with Ryan on my father's birthday. Sure miss him. Another one of Martin House's two beers to a box specials. You can smell bananas as soon as you pop the top. Strong aroma along with an intense alcohol. Pours into the glass like a cola, semi-transparent but becomes opaque in the snifter. A small amount of head but it disappears quickly. Swirl it in the sniffer and it coats the glass with a crystal clear film. First sip is that banana. Strong. A sweet banana flavor that reminds me of the banana toffee candy I had as a child. The alcohol is also strong, definitely whiskey, no bourbon. As the middle arrives so does the milk chocolate. The finish adds just the smallest amount of bitterness as the chocolate whiskey flavor becomes dominant. This is an unusual beer in that each flavor seems to push the boundary to the edge of what is acceptable. It's really sweet but not too much. The alcohol is intense and pushing the limit, but doesn't cross the line. The chocolate should be a dominant flavor but it does finally arrive in the finish. Somehow it stays within the boundaries of being balanced, but just barely. It's like, we're going to kick ass and see what happens. So, they made a big alcohol beer, 14.6%, threw in a ton of flavor and through caution to the wind. Is it a great beer? Nope, but I did enjoy it.

Lunasti lupauksensa

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.