Voodoo Doughnut Chocolate, Banana & Peanut Butter Ale! - Rogue Ales

EnderUSAF

4.9/5  rDev +74.4%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

I guess to each their own. I really loved this beer. It poured nice and dark like a stout with a nice latte like creamy brown head. The taste was quite different but very good. It kind of reminded me of when I make myself peanut butter banana protein shakes with chocolate protein powder. Overall I'd drink it again. I only docked half a point off the overall due to the price of this beer. 15 bucks for one bomber just seems a bit steep to me.

Serving type: bottle

12-27-2012 03:54:14 | More by EnderUSAF

djaeon

California

4.2/5  rDev +49.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

Pours very dark brown, almost black, with little head an little retention. Still has decent lacing. Peanut butter & chocolate are evident in the nose, but I'm not picking up any banana. Follows through in taste. Goes down super sooth. No aftertaste. A solid stout. Not as sweet as the bacon maple edition. I like both, but I think the bacon maple version is superior.

Serving type: bottle

01-13-2013 01:33:40 | More by djaeon

jjanega08

Minnesota

3.84/5  rDev +36.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

No freshness dating known.

A= Pours a nice dark black color with a tan two fingers of bubbly head that holds decent retention and lacing.

S= The smell is heavy chocolate with a more subtle banana note. The peanut butter is subtle if not nonexistant in my bottle for the nose. Other than those major points the beer beneath smells like a typical brown ale.

T= The taste is again heavy on the chocolate with a touch of peanut butter to it. The banana is more subtle in the taste but does come through perfecting the trifecta. The brown ale I got from the nose is missing among the powerful chocolate flavor and after the swallow there is a nice unison of all of the flavors.

M= This is a solid mouth for a beer that has peanut butter in the ingridient list. Granted it is peanut butter extract.

O= I don't know why people hate these beers. I think it's just fun to hate Rogue because they trick people into buying their beers by making new names for them. That and their yeast is a little sketchy for me. But these beers are fun. They collaborate with a famous local doughnut shop and make some beers that I would never have thought possible. Yeah it may not be a everyday drinker or maybe even a repurchase but they are fun beers. I like them and this is no exception.

Serving type: bottle

03-15-2013 00:25:54 | More by jjanega08

ngeunit1

California

3.63/5  rDev +29.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

A - Dark brown-black with a finger of frothy tan-khaki head. Fades normal.

S - Milk chocolate malts, cocoa, peanut butter, some caramel malts.

T - Milk chocolate and caramel malts, cocoa, peanut butter, banana, a hint of roasted coffee.

M - Medium-plus bodied, moderate carbonation. Smooth and a bit thick with a sweet finish.

D - Interesting mix of flavors. Not quite balanced, but somewhat enjoyable.

Serving type: bottle

01-12-2013 06:47:26 | More by ngeunit1

leaddog

Alberta (Canada)

3.41/5  rDev +21.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Appearance - Pours a dark chocolate brown with two fingers of creamy beige head.

Smell - Chocolate, banana, hint of peanut butter.

Taste - Chocolate followed up with banana and a bit of peanut butter flavour. Earthy hops at the end. Not sure if the flavours are mingling well together. Flavours come off as being artificial.

Mouthfeel - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.

Overall - Another creative entry for the adventurous palate by Rogue. Not as good as the last Voodoo brew, but it's not bad. I find the flavours are off balance - a lot of chocolate, some banana, and a hint of PB. Worth a try for novelty purposes.

Serving type: bottle

04-21-2013 04:21:48 | More by leaddog

thecheapies

Pennsylvania

3.39/5  rDev +20.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25

22oz bomber to pint glass. Pours dark brown with a coating bunch of suds that are beige in color. Mottled with sparse floaties, looking down on the breached surface. Lacing like hell. Looks pretty nice. I must commend.

Okay, the nose is a little muted, but here goes. Nutty chocolate, English-style malts, perhaps a tinge of peanut, creamy tang, earthy pseudo-hop, and a touch of artificial banana (like Laffy Taffy, but very distant). Smells like an opened pouch of Peanut M&Ms.

Stingy malts are English in character, but offer little in complexity. Some very tangy notes, coupled with bitterness, imply nutty notes of blanched peanuts, cola, more of that very artificial banana, staunch hop bitterness, earthy tones, and more nutty chocolate. Not that it's metallic, but there's a tinny flavor in the thinness of the malts and the use of extracts. Tastes a little homebrew-ish. This one didn't come to fruition the way Maple Bacon did. My friend at work was right, it's a little like a beer milkshake in flavor, and in feel. Surprisingly, I'd add that it's not as sweet as I'd want it to be. Not sticky at all, to note. Has some creaminess. Finish is marked by a minty carryover. Hops preserve its beeriness. Medium carbonation sustains. Light and drinkable. Just another ale, I'd say.

I'll take a Maple Bacon over this adventure any day and twice on Sunday. Time to move on.

Serving type: bottle

01-19-2013 04:57:57 | More by thecheapies

kaseydad

California

3.39/5  rDev +20.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

Wife brought this "pretty" pink bottle home. Uh-oh. Gotta get her on the price point thingy and I cringe at what "ugly" bottle she could have bought instead of this. Oh well. Checking it off...

I will say the bottles are pretty damn cool. Pours a dark, dark brown with a big beige foamy head. Starts out nicely. Impressive foamy staying power.

Getting nice banana whiffs right off the bat. Floral, sweet chocolate, roasted nuts, faint peanut butter and caramel.

The taste is a tad smokey with banana, bitter coffee, baker's chocolate, roasted malts and a peppery finish. Bland aftertaste. More spice in the aftertaste.

Slightly oily with good carbonation.

I'll say I liked the "other" pink version better, but overall this was not terrible. Gimmicky? Maybe. Awful? No. Obviously I knew what it was before I tried it and as a beer lover, enjoyed it for what it is. Not many others are attempting this (probably for a good reason) but I do applaud the effort of trying something out of the norm. Definitely enjoyed the experience and the thought-provoking it produced.

Serving type: bottle

04-12-2013 02:01:19 | More by kaseydad

vette2006c5r

Wisconsin

3.38/5  rDev +20.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 3.5

Voodoo Doughnut chocolate, banana, peanut butter ale pours a black color with a small lacing head that was withstanding. There is a sweet aroma, with strong peanut butter and banana. The taste had strong peanut butter flavors, with strong hints of banana, with just hints of the chocolates. Drinkable, but has a strange linger after taste, the peanut butter sticks out a little too much. Overall a strange beer, very very unique, it has to be worth a try just for being weird.

Serving type: bottle

03-02-2013 05:20:15 | More by vette2006c5r

biboergosum

Alberta (Canada)

3.35/5  rDev +19.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25

650ml pink-shellacked bottle, same as the Maple Bacon ale, but now made instead with chocolate, peanut, and banana extracts. Don't quite know where that exclamation mark on BA is coming from, as it doesn't appear on the label. Anyways, I sure hope this doesn't send me to the toilet, where I might expire (it is definitely not too soon).

This beer pours a very dark chestnut brown hue, with cherry cola highlights, and a voluminous amount of puffy, cushioned foamy beige head, which leaves some decent rime lace around the glass as it gently sinks away.

It smells of banana puree, pasty mixed nuts - peanuts in the minority, bittersweet cocoa, somewhat sour fruity caramel malt, a medicinal cough syrup astringency, and mild leafy, earthy hops. The taste is roasted caramel malt, veritable dark chocolate, candied banana throat lozenges (if that's a thing), natural vanilla, a filmy nuttiness still bereft of peanuts and their butter format, more sour dark fruit, and musty, earthy hops.

The carbonation is below average in strength, and mostly just supportive, the body an adequate medium weight, with hints of Dairy Queen sundae creaminess in its generally decent smoothness. It finishes off-dry, the chocolate, vanilla, and weirdly boozy banana giving off a dry Banana Foster dessert vibe, with an even stranger lingering medicinal note.

I had a peanut butter sandwich for lunch today, so I'm recently versed in that particular flavour, and buster (heh), it ain't here. However, the banana and chocolate do well enough to represent, but the overall effect is too busy, too scattered, and too askew to take as anything more than a novelty. Like the previous Voodoo Doughnut incarnation, I'm likely above average in my rating, but that's mostly because I don't think this, as strange as it is, warrants rubbing elbows with the true 'poor' beers out there.

Serving type: bottle

04-10-2013 03:38:23 | More by biboergosum

DonDirkA

Arizona

3.25/5  rDev +15.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

Its good but not great. I don't feel like typing a full on review, but it was pretty chocolatey, slightly banana-y and basically no PB at all. It was pretty average. Much better than Maple Bacon, but nothing special (and nothing worth $15) but still pretty good.

Serving type: bottle

12-24-2012 07:42:53 | More by DonDirkA

Aaron_Ramson

California

3.24/5  rDev +15.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25

A bomber of Voodoo Donut Chocolate, Peanut Butter, and Banana ale, served in a pink painted bomber from Rogue. Pours a rich Carmel brown with a creamy head; the nose left a bit to be desired as all I was able to detect was a light scent of cocoa, peanuts, and roasted grain. The most unfortunate aspect of this brew was the taste. Bitter, dry, with the acidic sour taste that you find in burnt coffee, this beer embodies none of the elements that you find in a tasty brown ale. I appreciate this offering as a bold and even risky gamble, but there needs to have been a head at Rogue who spoke up and called this formula for what it was and continues to be: a disappointment.

Serving type: bottle

02-22-2013 19:39:43 | More by Aaron_Ramson

UCLABrewN84

California

3.18/5  rDev +13.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Thanks to erichxedge for sharing this one at drewone's tasting.

Pours a murky dark brown with a foamy dark khaki head that settles to a film on top of the beer. Small streaks of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of dark roasted malt, cocoa, banana, and a slight nutty aroma. Taste is much the same with a mild roasty bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty average beer that sounds good but is not executed very well with a flavor that is very mild and muted.

Serving type: bottle

12-03-2012 23:23:43 | More by UCLABrewN84

sinstaineddemon

Connecticut

3.15/5  rDev +12.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

A - This Voodoo Installment had my excitement peaking. The pour was dark brown with a big tan, rocky, frothy head.

S - The banana and the chocolate are up front and easy to detect. The banana seems a little chemical, but the chocolate combos nicely and makes a great aroma. The peanut butter is absent from the aroma.

T - The chemical banana source created an unpleasant medicinal taste, and the chocolate seems like it wasnt from a malt source. It tasted more like that waxy chocolate from dollar store advent calendars. The peanut butter appears, but isn't a savior.

M&D&O - overall the beer is NOT bad. It just seems a little chemically, which detracts from the beer for me. My friends both enjoyed it. I was a little disappointed, but not heartbroked. I did like Maple Bacon better. Excited for the next voodoo.

Serving type: bottle

03-19-2013 14:31:21 | More by sinstaineddemon

Daktyls

Massachusetts

3.14/5  rDev +11.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25

A: Pours a dark brown color (almost like a porter, but lighter), with a two finger light mocha head that dissipates slowly into a rough, sea-foam like head and continues to collapse onto the beer.

S: Definitely picking up notes of chocolate and banana, but very faintly notes peanut butter, very hard to pick up on. Very interesting and good smelling nose, but different for a beer. Little else is discernible to me in the nose.

T: The flavors are for the most part, muted. The banana comes through towards the end, but it seems like there is so much going on that each flavor masks the others. Almost no peanut butter is detectable, with little to no chocolate as well. There is a slight earthy hop taste on the finish, but little else.

M: Definitely carbonated, almost a little too much carbonation, it tends to disguise the flavors, especially in a medium-light bodied beer such as this one. Slick on the tongue, almost watery.

O: Overall, a decent beer, interestingly flavored when the flavors can be picked out. I would stay away from this one again at the $16/bottle price point, too expensive for a not-particularly-memorable beer.

Serving type: bottle

03-25-2013 23:08:06 | More by Daktyls

tdm168

North Carolina

3.14/5  rDev +11.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3

Thanks to jtd1969 for opening this one up to share

A - black with a thick, dense, brown head that has great retention

S - fried banana chips and sugar

T - banana chips, peanut butter and jelly, nutty, creamy, chocolate ice cream

M - medium bodied, well carbonated

This is an interesting concept, but it'd didn't translate well. The banana was overpowering and seemed artificial. The peanut butter was present but underwhelming. The most interesting flavor was the chocolate which tasted like an odd type of chocolate ice cream. Overall, I'll give it points for uniqueness, but this was not pleasing at all. The flavors didn't mesh. It was like drinking an over-ripened banana split with weird ice cream. I'll pass in the future.

Serving type: bottle

04-30-2013 01:08:36 | More by tdm168

OWSLEY069

Pennsylvania

3.13/5  rDev +11.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3

Pours a deep amber to brown in color with a tan head. In the aroma, sugary banana with faint notes of peanut butter and chocolate. In the taste, dry banana and underlying flavors of peanut butter and chocolate in the end. A small bite and lighter bodied mouthfeel, with a dry banana skin and small peanut butter flavor in the aftertaste. Big banana all the way through, notes of chocolate and peanut butter, and a bit bit sticky.

Serving type: bottle

01-24-2013 20:56:24 | More by OWSLEY069

SHODriver

California

3/5  rDev +6.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

A: pourd into a pint glass to a deep brown with minimal light transmission and a two finger bone colored head. slow to fade and decent lacing
S: I get a lot of nuttyness in the aroma with a bit of chocolate and a hint of banana
T: taste is chocolate, peanut butter, a bit of banana plus a little bit of bready malt. slightly smoky too. swallow brings more nuttyness, and chocolate with a bit more smoke.
M: medium in the mouth with soft carbonation. slightly creamy texture and a refreshing finish
O: better than the maple bacon doughnut version but not an outstanding beer. I'd say it's pretty average. I applaud them for daring to be different but they need to make a better product.

Serving type: bottle

02-11-2013 02:24:30 | More by SHODriver

TheSixthRing

California

2.91/5  rDev +3.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

Appearance - Pours a deep, dark black with cola brown edging. The head is a coca powder in color, 3 fingers thick and with good retention. Good lacing with nice stick.

Smell - The aroma is fairly odd - the predominant smell is more butter-like than peanut butter, while the banana and chocolate characters are only subtle.

Taste - Follows the nose. Dominant butter flavor to start, while everything this beer promotes gets lost a bit in the shuffle. The chocolate comes through blackened with strong, unsweetened bitterness. The banana is subtle and comes across as bland and somewhat artificial. Hints of peanut butter peak through in the finish, but it's so faint it gets lost behind the bitterness. Sweetens slightly as it approaches room temperature.

Mouthfeel - Light in body, with carbonation that's fizzy and underwhelming. Almost flat.

Overall - I've gotta say, I've had dozens and dozens of Rogue brews over the 9 years I've been drinking craft beer, and in that time there's only been 2 I've genuinely disliked. This one makes a third. While not as bad as the other two, this is a beer I'd care to never have again. I really liked the Rogue Voodoo Maple Bacon; the flavors were cohesive and felt genuine. This one comes across as too bitter and the flavors too muddled. I fear they bit off more than they could chew with this one.

On a plus note, the empty bottle smelled fantastic the next day.

Serving type: bottle

12-12-2012 07:23:02 | More by TheSixthRing

Dope

Massachusetts

2.91/5  rDev +3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Here we go again. Last voodoo beer was an instant drainpour so here I am spending like $14 on another one. Mama never said I was smart.

A: Pours a very deep dark brown with an enormous and dense light light brown head. Head takes a century to fade away. Tiny splotches of lacing left behind. Great head retention.

S: Lots of banana, almost overpowers everything. There is decent chocolate. Not really getting any peanut butter, maybe the slightest hint of nuttiness. Could be the power of suggestion. Not bad, it smells like it's supposed to anyway.

T: Lots of banana up front. Chocolate is prominent but not a very good chocolate if I'm honest. Kind of like the cheapest walmart chocolate you could imagine. Oddly bitter chocolate, but not like a rich dark chocolate or baker's chocolate. Just bitter. Randomly bitter. Banana and that odd bitterness lingers in the aftertaste. It's some kind of hop bitterness that I can't quite place. Quite dry in the finish too. with a long lasting odd bitterness between sips. Again, no sign of peanut butter but I feel like there's the slightest hint in the middle. I still feel like it could be the power of suggestion but there's something there. It's like someone dusted this some peanut dust or something. Not a hearty peanut butter flavor, just a dusty dash.

M: Thin, watery.

O: Well, this is leaps and bounds better than the first voodoo ale - I drain poured that one instantly. It was undrinkable campfire ashes. This one just has some marginal and slightly unpleasant adjunct flavors in it. It generally resembles what they were going for so I have to give them points there. Having said that, is it good? No. Is it $15 good? Not only no, but hell no. It would be worth trying as an experiment for about a dollar. At this price point only loonies will buy it (present and accounted for).

Serving type: bottle

03-02-2013 04:17:10 | More by Dope

dbrauneis

New Jersey

2.85/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75

A: Pours a clear yet opaque very dark amber in color (approaching jet black) with some light amounts of visible carbonation and some cola brown highlights. The beer has a half finger tall beige head that reduces to an extremely thin film covering about 70% of the surface of the beer with a thin ring at the edges of the glass that is made up of some larger bubbles. Light amounts of lacing are observed.

S: The strongest element in the smell of this beer is that of artificial banana - it totally reminds me of the banana Now & Later candies of my childhood which I never enjoyed. As the beer warms there is a very light hint of chocolate in the smell.

T: Upfront there is a light to moderate flavor of chemicals with some moderarte amounts of artificial banana and bittersweet chocolate. It finishes with a flavor that is not dissimilar to that of bazooka bubble gum. Overall the flavors of this beer are just too artificial. I do not get any notes of peanut butter at all which I found disappointing. It is not sweet though.

M: On the lighter side of medium bodied with slightly less than moderate amounts of carbonation. Slightly thin/watery.

O: I probably would not recommend this beer to anyone (and I did not hate the Voodoo Maple Bacon beer) because the smell and flavors are just too artificial. Not easy to drink and not very enjoyable - I would recommend avoiding it.

Serving type: bottle

04-29-2013 01:09:30 | More by dbrauneis

metter98

New York

2.85/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.75

A: The beer is very dark brownish red in color (black when viewed from afar). It poured with a thin beige head that died down, leaving a thin layer of bubbles covering the surface and a collar around the edge of the glass.
S: Moderate aromas of artificial banana flavors are present in the nose. Hints of chocolate extract also become noticeable as the beer warms up.
T: The taste is similar to the smell but has a little more chocolately flavors. It's kind of like if you put banana and chocolate hard candies in you mouth without the associated sweetness. Faint hints of bitterness are present. I couldn't pick up any of the peanut butter.
M: It feels a bit shy of medium-bodied and somewhat thin on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer seems like it could use a heavier body because the banana and chocolate flavors don't seem integrated with the rest of the beer and just tastes like a light beer with some syrup flavorings added in at the end.

Serving type: bottle

04-29-2013 01:12:14 | More by metter98

kojevergas

California

2.8/5  rDev -0.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

"Chocolate, Peanut Butter & Banane Ale." Acquired at an L.A. beer store for $12.99. 1 pint 9.4 fl oz pink painted brown glass bottle with standard pressure cap served into a New Belgium stem-goblet in me gaff in low altitude Los Feliz, Los Angeles California. Reveiwed live. Expectations are average.

Served straight from the fridge. Side poured with standard vigor as no carbonation issues are anticipated.

Paired intermittently with salted pretzels.

A: Pours a two finger dark khaki colour head of nice cream and thickness, and good retention. Lacing is thin and somewhat pathetic. No yeast particles are visible. No bubble show. A typical appearance for a porter, but I'm unsure what to make of it given its current style designation. Nontransparent; opaque.

Sm: Sweet malts, banana, peanut butter, caramel, and some cream. A moderate strength aroma.

T: Chocolate, peanut butter, hints of artificial banana. Caramel, fairly dark malts. Cream. No yeast or alcohol comes through. A bit imbalanced, but generally enjoyable. Messy and sugary, to be sure. Malts are strange. Minimal hop character.

Mf: Smooth and wet. Slightly overcarbonated. Good thickness. Decent palate presence. Suits the flavour profile in a general sense, but doesn't feel tailored to it.

Dr: Drinkable but mediocre. A poor offering from rogue; it just doesn't deliver on its premise. It's maybe better than the maple bacon, but it's still artificial and obnoxiously built. I wouldn't get it again. Quite pricey. I like it generally, but its flaws are hard to get past. Not recommended.

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Serving type: bottle

01-07-2013 04:43:09 | More by kojevergas

GarthDanielson

New Hampshire

2.8/5  rDev -0.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75

Poured from a bottle into a shaker pint, the beer is a dark, ruby highlighted brown coloring with a dense, frothy, light tan head that starts around an inch, but settles in to a thin quarter inch layering. Aromas of chocolate syrup, both rich and sugary, with subtle banana notes and a hint of peanut butter. The chocolate really takes over the nose. Banana flavors are almost candy-like, with a weak chocolate syrup character and only hints of peanut butter here and there. Very awkward on the palate, and the flavors overpower the watery thin body. The aftertaste is candy-sweet once again, and the cloying sweetness lingers through past the quick, watery finish. This beer was a neat idea, but it really is all over the place.

Serving type: bottle

05-07-2013 00:37:34 | More by GarthDanielson

scottfrie

California

2.79/5  rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75

A: Pours near black beneath a finger of dense, frothy, dark tan head. Dense and soft looking.
S: Reeks of dayquil or nightquil, big synthetic banana and ripe fruit, and maybe a bit of peanut oil. Light cocoa powder.
T: Tastes pretty gross. Sickly sweet, medicinal, faint chocolate, faint nut, bitter hop finish, licorice, bitter aftertaste.
M: Medium-full body, frothy soft carbonation, sweet, slick mouth.
O: Overall a strange one, would have been better without the banana but I know that's not the point. Prob love it or hate it, but I definitely didn't like it.

Serving type: bottle

04-04-2013 23:05:35 | More by scottfrie

Maxwell

Massachusetts

2.73/5  rDev -2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5

The beer pours like dark chocolate milk, or dark roast coffee. The beer pours with a massive sandy head on top. The bubbles are creamy on the surface, but quite rocky beneath, leaving a sticky thick ring of lacing and lots of webs running down from that. The beer’s body is too dark to penetrate with the eye. On the nose, this beer smells like plastic banana chocolate. There are touches of chemical green apple in the nose as well. Really, this beer smells fake and chemically. The chocolate does lay a nice layer beneath the rest of the smells, and is thick and rich, but the other smells are really quite gross. On the tongue, this beer tastes watery with definite plastic notes. Sweet and bitter. The flavor begins as sweet chemicals, moving into a thick chocolate flavor briefly before washing into a watery taste that mixes bananas and chemical flavors in a slurry. A slight cocoa chocolate flavor brushes through the finish, but is not very long lasting. For part of this taste, the beer is pleasant, and then it gets really gross, and then it’s okay and then its gross again. This is certainly a weird beer, but overall I think it’s gross. It’s worth a try, but you should split this thing among a large group. In the mouth, this beer feels thin to medium in body with a light touch of dry roast. The beer leaves the mouth with a lot of astringent chemicals on the sides and back of the throat. Overall, this beer is weird, just like it promised to be. I really am not a fan of it, especially the chemical flavors that I get from it, but there are some strangely redeeming flavors present in this beer, and they make me keep sipping. This beer tastes horrible, but it isn’t a drain pour.

Serving type: bottle

03-15-2013 02:27:11 | More by Maxwell