Evil Twin Soft Xmas - Evil Twin Brewing

TheCrowsNest

California

3.5/5  rDev -11.4%

01-25-2012 17:29:29 | More by TheCrowsNest

drgonzo2k2

California

4/5  rDev +1.3%

05-18-2013 15:18:50 | More by drgonzo2k2

4amepiphany

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -5.1%

05-14-2013 05:05:18 | More by 4amepiphany

DRBiser

Maryland

4.5/5  rDev +13.9%

05-03-2013 20:52:12 | More by DRBiser

Zachtheporter

Wisconsin

3/5  rDev -24.1%

03-13-2013 06:11:09 | More by Zachtheporter

laituegonflable

Australia

4.18/5  rDev +5.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5

Pours a very, very dark brown. Gorgeous ochre head, bubbly that settles out to a nice mottled crown. Decent lace. Colour is really quite gorgeous though.

Smells intense. Rich chocolatey aroma but a wood smoke note, loads of dark fruit reduction, raisins and prunes and a big pie spice note with traces of nutmeg and vanilla. Sweet; brooding and beautiful.

Taste is far more roasty, with bitter charry notes giving oak as well as some sour cherry character. Slight vinous, bit of smoke and some spicy prune as well. Plummy, cocoa notes and some pepper on the back. Dark and fruity; very interesting drop.

Slightly bitty feel and quite dry. Otherwise nice and fluid.

Lots of heavily-nuanced, variegated flavours here. Brooding, complicated beer that makes you want to love it, and maybe heal its pain a little.

Serving type: bottle

03-07-2013 03:22:24 | More by laituegonflable

TasteTester

Ohio

3.75/5  rDev -5.1%

03-04-2013 17:50:06 | More by TasteTester

MichPaul

Michigan

4.25/5  rDev +7.6%

01-17-2013 05:29:42 | More by MichPaul

iKrystin

4/5  rDev +1.3%

01-13-2013 21:29:04 | More by iKrystin

popery

California

4.25/5  rDev +7.6%

01-09-2013 06:29:45 | More by popery

twelveinches

Washington

3.75/5  rDev -5.1%

01-08-2013 18:45:25 | More by twelveinches

ngeunit1

California

4.33/5  rDev +9.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A - Dark black with a finger of frothy chocolate head. Fades medium.

S - Roasted chocolate malts, cherries and other dark fruits, vanilla, molasses, black licorice, coffee, and some booze.

T - Chocolate malts, cherries, dark fruits, vanilla, molasses, black licorice, some earthy malts, a bit of bitterness, some roasted espresso, and a bit of booze.

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

D - Bold and complex, but great balance. The extra vanilla and cherries are very nice.

Serving type: bottle

01-02-2013 06:14:32 | More by ngeunit1

atone315

Wisconsin

4.5/5  rDev +13.9%

12-28-2012 03:40:45 | More by atone315

strongaf

Washington

4/5  rDev +1.3%

12-18-2012 08:16:13 | More by strongaf

TheBronze

Ohio

4.5/5  rDev +13.9%

12-18-2012 04:46:14 | More by TheBronze

BeerBuddy2122

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +13.9%

12-16-2012 09:25:06 | More by BeerBuddy2122

marct

Nevada

3/5  rDev -24.1%

12-11-2012 05:17:23 | More by marct

takIANbacksunday

California

4.5/5  rDev +13.9%

11-13-2012 03:18:00 | More by takIANbacksunday

northyorksammy

Ontario (Canada)

3.75/5  rDev -5.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

More cherry stout than imperial stout with cherry. Expensive $16 bomber purchased in New York this year. Black with little head. A decent stout, and I do like cherry, but not the best balance of the two. Maybe some chocolate would help make it more of a dessert beer. Some roast aroma. Tarter cherry might be nice. Maybe it has to be drunk very fresh.Drinkable.

Serving type: bottle

11-11-2012 05:32:28 | More by northyorksammy

MrRockstar

Pennsylvania

2.75/5  rDev -30.4%

10-22-2012 23:07:01 | More by MrRockstar

lacqueredmouse

Australia

4.03/5  rDev +2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Bottle purchased from K&L Wine Merchants in Redwood City, CA, and brought back to Sydney to share with @LaitueGonflable and @tobeerornottobe.

Pours a deep, but relatively fluid red-black colour, with a mocha brown head shadowed with a tinge of pink. Head is crackly and fine, forming large bubbles in a milky film on the top of the glass. Body, as I said, is extremely fluid and surprisingly thin, even though it looks like it has some heft to it. Decent looking beer. Decent, but not exceptional.

Nose is very sweet and quite rich, with a big chocolate cocoa character dominant, with undertones of coconut and cherry. The cherry actually comes through more strongly the more I leave it, but it's intimately entwined with the chocolate, so much so that you can't separate the two aromas. It's like a dark-chocolate coated cherry, or a truffle filled with kirsch. Very interesting, and really well done.

Taste follows a similar line, in fact really drawing a kirsch character out with the booziness of it running wild. Chocolate sits around the edges, but feels a little dry, and not as rich as it would have been on the nose. The main drawback is the lack of fullness and depth in the body. It feels surprisingly thin for all the flavours it's doling out, and ends up being a bit too astringent and biting through the centre without the cushion of extra weight.

Still, this is very good stuff, and really interesting stuff. I think it's probably the best cherry-stout I've had, and I'm a sucker for fruit in dark beer no matter how it's done. This probably comes off a bit heady and boozy, but you can easily enough make that just all part of the enjoyment.

Serving type: bottle

10-13-2012 04:34:40 | More by lacqueredmouse

Exiled

Texas

4.25/5  rDev +7.6%

09-23-2012 00:51:47 | More by Exiled

4DAloveofSTOUT

Illinois

3.88/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Thanks to TATURBO for sharing this bottle!

poured into snifter glass.

Appearance: black bodied beer with thin cap of light to medium tan colored head. Spotty lacing.

Smell: tootsie rolls, jet fuel, bakers cocoa, and faint tart cherries.

Taste: big roasty stout notes start off this beer. Then it transitions into tart cherries and a touch of vanilla. The beer finishes with a flavor of booze soaked cherries in dark chocolates. Also an expresso finishes is also noted.

Mouthfeel: medium bodied beer with low carbonation. Moderately boozey. Slick and slightly oily body.

Overall: Great balance between the stout profile of this beer and the cherry fruit notes. All too often cherry stouts are hard beers to balance; causing a whimpy sout taste or a medicinal cherry cough syrup taste that is not desirable. Evil twin seems to find the delicate balance with this beer! Evil Twin should consider barrel aging this beer if they havent already!

Serving type: bottle

09-18-2012 03:08:21 | More by 4DAloveofSTOUT

Travisnin

Idaho

4/5  rDev +1.3%

09-13-2012 16:53:33 | More by Travisnin

WesM63

Ohio

3.83/5  rDev -3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Poured from a 22oz bottle into a tulip.

A: Pours dark browinsh red with a 1 finger brownish red head. Minor retention and lacing.

S: Smells of dark cherry and a tiny bit of malts.

T: Cherry! Some dark tart cherry with then some sweetness from the cherries.

M: Medium to full body and carbonation.

O: To me, this is almost over the top cherries. I get very little stout.

Serving type: bottle

08-18-2012 03:39:07 | More by WesM63