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Hypnopompa
Omnipollo
- From:
- Omnipollo
- Sweden
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
Ranked #1,676 - ABV:
- 11%
- Score:
- 90
Ranked #10,298 - Avg:
- 4.01 | pDev: 9.48%
- Reviews:
- 52
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 04, 2022
- Added:
- Oct 20, 2013
- Wants:
- 9
- Gots:
- 32
Hypnopompa is our imperial stout brewed with almost 100 kilos of marshmallows and Tahitian vanilla beans (the size of cigars). Low carbonation and boiled a bit extra for good measure, this is a beer strictly for the stout inclined.
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Reviewed by NCSapiens from Indiana
3.96/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Not nearly as much vanilla or marshmallow flavor as I was hoping. Tastes more like weak roasted malt and burnt coffee with a backwash of vanilla and chocolate.
Jun 04, 2022Reviewed by hman43 from North Carolina
4/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Look: It pours black with a dark brown head. head retention is very good and the beading is very tight.
Smell: It has a strong initial coffee aroma. There is a low level of vanilla with hints of marshmallows.
Taste: It has a combination of coffee and chocolate with a low vanilla element. There are also a very low level of dark fruits in the background.
Feel: It has a full body with pleasant alcohol warming. The after taste has more of a marshmallow texture and flavor than the rest of the tasting experience.
Overall, I like the bitterness and roasted coffee and chocolate flavors. There are complex flavors with the vanilla and dark fruit elements. To me, it's more of an enhanced imperial stout than an actual pastry stout.
Nov 24, 2020Smell: It has a strong initial coffee aroma. There is a low level of vanilla with hints of marshmallows.
Taste: It has a combination of coffee and chocolate with a low vanilla element. There are also a very low level of dark fruits in the background.
Feel: It has a full body with pleasant alcohol warming. The after taste has more of a marshmallow texture and flavor than the rest of the tasting experience.
Overall, I like the bitterness and roasted coffee and chocolate flavors. There are complex flavors with the vanilla and dark fruit elements. To me, it's more of an enhanced imperial stout than an actual pastry stout.
Rated by Captain69 from Illinois
3.99/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.99/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
great flavorful stout sweet with hints of vanilla
Nov 06, 2020Rated by pathman from Ohio
4.25/5 rDev +6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
10/25/20 can @ home
Oct 25, 2020Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri
4.1/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
16oz can. Poured out an opaque, jet-black color with a small, light brown head of foam. It left some lacing on the glass. It smelled of vanilla, sweet chocolate, marshmallow and toffee. Strong roasted malt and coffee taste with vanilla, chocolate and toffee.
Oct 03, 2020Reviewed by Wkarr77 from Louisiana
4.06/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from tall can into snifter glass, small brown head that disappeared almost immediately. Nice smooth flavor, boozy, not great mouth feel, seems a bit thin when compared to other strong stouts. Overall, better than good but not great.
Jul 03, 2020Reviewed by Brutaltruth from Ohio
4.34/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
From the tall boy can in a snifter. This beastly brew pours
a rugged obsidian with a modest head of off white foam that sizzles
to a thin ring, light dusty layer, and displays light lacing. Nose of
dark roasted malt, dark coffee, anise, earthy vanilla, char, and booze.
Flavors exceed the nose with aplomb. Dark roasted malts, coffee, vanilla
cream, earthy anise, astringent booze, char, brulee, and earthy malts.
Nice mouth feel; full body, lightly slick, coating, smooth, rich, warming,
light carbonation, boozy as all get out, and finishing with a mighty nice
bitter malt finish that is lightly dry.
Overall, more greatness from this fine Swedish brewery!
skål!
Jul 02, 2020a rugged obsidian with a modest head of off white foam that sizzles
to a thin ring, light dusty layer, and displays light lacing. Nose of
dark roasted malt, dark coffee, anise, earthy vanilla, char, and booze.
Flavors exceed the nose with aplomb. Dark roasted malts, coffee, vanilla
cream, earthy anise, astringent booze, char, brulee, and earthy malts.
Nice mouth feel; full body, lightly slick, coating, smooth, rich, warming,
light carbonation, boozy as all get out, and finishing with a mighty nice
bitter malt finish that is lightly dry.
Overall, more greatness from this fine Swedish brewery!
skål!
Reviewed by Scotchboy from Idaho
4.08/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.08/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Batch #2 canning poured into a snifter.
A: Fairly opaque black with no light showing through; khaki head dissipates quickly.
S: Coffee is fairly forward, which surprises me; notes of vanilla and marshmallow sweetness, impressions of roasty malt and brown sugar.
T: Smooth sweetness, lots of sweet coffee and vanilla, milk chocolate and marshmallow. Roasty as well; not cloying. Hint of booze.
MF: Viscous full body, fairy sticky, dry-ish finish.
O: A good stout, fairly sweet, not quite in the same range as a Prairie beer in my opinion, but enjoyable, though I would prefer less coffee flavors in this brew. Surprised that it shines like this when the can doesn’t mention it as an adjunct.
Jun 13, 2020A: Fairly opaque black with no light showing through; khaki head dissipates quickly.
S: Coffee is fairly forward, which surprises me; notes of vanilla and marshmallow sweetness, impressions of roasty malt and brown sugar.
T: Smooth sweetness, lots of sweet coffee and vanilla, milk chocolate and marshmallow. Roasty as well; not cloying. Hint of booze.
MF: Viscous full body, fairy sticky, dry-ish finish.
O: A good stout, fairly sweet, not quite in the same range as a Prairie beer in my opinion, but enjoyable, though I would prefer less coffee flavors in this brew. Surprised that it shines like this when the can doesn’t mention it as an adjunct.
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.75/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Batch #2 can from Brewers Haven. The marshmallows made me buy this, unaware of the coffee in this batch. I was expecting a big sweet gooey RIS, and got a huge bitter coffee bite. Pours as black as oil slick, flat, still. Roasty aroma with some sweetness at the back. Coffee bitterness takes over from there, almost obscuring the vanilla, which makes a brief appearance at the finish. Smooth for 11%.
May 22, 2020Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
3/5 rDev -25.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -25.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
"Batch 002". Released late 2019/early 2020; drank 2/23/20 @ the Yarchives.
Black appearance.
A rough pour yielded a small, noisy tan head; decent lace.
Cream, dark roast coffee bean & fresh earth notes in the nose.
Sticky medium thick mouthfeel.
Fresh earth, cream & dark roast coffee bean flavors up front; dark chocolate & booze heat notes on the finish.
Rather than achieving balance, the competing sweet & harsh components don't mesh here. Tough to finish.
Feb 24, 2020Black appearance.
A rough pour yielded a small, noisy tan head; decent lace.
Cream, dark roast coffee bean & fresh earth notes in the nose.
Sticky medium thick mouthfeel.
Fresh earth, cream & dark roast coffee bean flavors up front; dark chocolate & booze heat notes on the finish.
Rather than achieving balance, the competing sweet & harsh components don't mesh here. Tough to finish.
Reviewed by sulldaddy from Connecticut
3.72/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.72/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Sampling a cellar temp 16 oz can poured into my snifter. The beer pours a dark coffee black color with fizzy tan head of 1 cm foaming up. No light passes through my glass when I hold it to the light.
The foam fades to a thin edge layer quickly and this remains through my consumption.
Aroma on this beer is surprisingly mild and underwhelming, but I do get some dark chocolate and molasses notes mixing together, there is a bit of roasted malt and some very mild general sweetness. I cant really say it is vanilla or marshmallow notes, more of a basic sweet note, but this isnt a very bold scent.
First sip reveals a medium body with smooth texture and fine slightly tingly carbonation. The beer leaves a little bit of a coating on my palate after each mouthful.
Flavor is similar to the nose with roasted malt notes and brown sugar. I also get some marshmallow here and some dark chocolate. No real hint of the higher ABV and hops are basically absent. The flavor has a little more of a presence than the nose, but I still dont get any vanilla that is promised on the label.
Overall this beer is fine, it doesnt wow me but also isnt flawed. Glad to have tried it, but wouldnt go looking for this one again.
Feb 23, 2020The foam fades to a thin edge layer quickly and this remains through my consumption.
Aroma on this beer is surprisingly mild and underwhelming, but I do get some dark chocolate and molasses notes mixing together, there is a bit of roasted malt and some very mild general sweetness. I cant really say it is vanilla or marshmallow notes, more of a basic sweet note, but this isnt a very bold scent.
First sip reveals a medium body with smooth texture and fine slightly tingly carbonation. The beer leaves a little bit of a coating on my palate after each mouthful.
Flavor is similar to the nose with roasted malt notes and brown sugar. I also get some marshmallow here and some dark chocolate. No real hint of the higher ABV and hops are basically absent. The flavor has a little more of a presence than the nose, but I still dont get any vanilla that is promised on the label.
Overall this beer is fine, it doesnt wow me but also isnt flawed. Glad to have tried it, but wouldnt go looking for this one again.
Hypnopompa from Omnipollo
Beer rating:
90 out of
100 with
201 ratings
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