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Cosmos
Enlightenment Ales
- From:
- Enlightenment Ales
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Foreign / Export Stout
- ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 3.98 | pDev: 8.54%
- Reviews:
- 12
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 07, 2017
- Added:
- Jan 02, 2013
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 7
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by Smakawhat from Maryland
4.45/5 rDev +11.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.45/5 rDev +11.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Poured from the bottle into a nonic pint glass. Going for the big gulper!
Big looker out of the bottle. Excellent cascading mocha brown dark head, making a great fistfull of big capped retention puck. Not even budging, staring you down with swiss cheese fine appreciation. Body color is dark walnut brown and red. Hints of ruby glow. Great looking stout.
I love a good FES, and the aroma is delivering. Milk chocolate and light whipped up roast and milky quality. Thicker hints of husky and rich dark grains, and a faint hint of coffee like acidity. Excellent malt bill going on here, with fantastic roast flavors and balance.
Palate hits with great pleasure. Creamy but also quite light bodied and simple for a large abv. Still the flavors abound. Rich milk chocolate and vanilla characters, filling with light roast and whoppers like candy mixing malt. Thick coffee finish and roast warmth kicking in with a bit of booze like warmth adding to the mix. Even a bit of tangy fruit on the aftertaste and finish, just nicely put together.
A great Foreign Export Stout, I wish more people made beers like this.
Jan 07, 2017Big looker out of the bottle. Excellent cascading mocha brown dark head, making a great fistfull of big capped retention puck. Not even budging, staring you down with swiss cheese fine appreciation. Body color is dark walnut brown and red. Hints of ruby glow. Great looking stout.
I love a good FES, and the aroma is delivering. Milk chocolate and light whipped up roast and milky quality. Thicker hints of husky and rich dark grains, and a faint hint of coffee like acidity. Excellent malt bill going on here, with fantastic roast flavors and balance.
Palate hits with great pleasure. Creamy but also quite light bodied and simple for a large abv. Still the flavors abound. Rich milk chocolate and vanilla characters, filling with light roast and whoppers like candy mixing malt. Thick coffee finish and roast warmth kicking in with a bit of booze like warmth adding to the mix. Even a bit of tangy fruit on the aftertaste and finish, just nicely put together.
A great Foreign Export Stout, I wish more people made beers like this.
Reviewed by benzalman from California
3.77/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Perfectly serviceable stout. Bit on the dry side, but to be expected with an export. Very roasty. Glad I had it, would have it again, but wouldnt go out of my way to seek out.
Jul 25, 2015Reviewed by galwayjoyce from Massachusetts
4.98/5 rDev +25.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
4.98/5 rDev +25.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
Nose: OVERWHELMING Chocolate & Coffee, Dates.
Pitch black, amber head.
Rich, pleasant booziness at first. Dark chocolate/coffee/caramal notes, and fig/date. Very easy to drink.
Mouthfeel was a bit surprising. Much more carbonation than one would imagine, but not unpleasant or unwelcome.
REALLY good stout--curious how a nitro version would compare.
Mar 08, 2015Pitch black, amber head.
Rich, pleasant booziness at first. Dark chocolate/coffee/caramal notes, and fig/date. Very easy to drink.
Mouthfeel was a bit surprising. Much more carbonation than one would imagine, but not unpleasant or unwelcome.
REALLY good stout--curious how a nitro version would compare.
Reviewed by Beric from Massachusetts
4.13/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.13/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Serving: On tap into a snifter
Served: 18 Feb 2015
Appearance: Deep black with very little light escaping. The brewer calls it cosmos but it may as well be a black hole. Soft wisps of dark tan bubbles float around on top and congregate around the edges. Looks great.
Smell: Sweeter than what I was anticipating. Noticeable notes of vanilla lead me to believe this was barrel aged, but it's not (though it'd be an excellent candidate for doing so).
Taste: Great complexity- nice notes of roasted coffee, gooey caramel, and dark chocolate. Sweet for a stout. Some nice smoothing effects from the oatmeal used.
Mouthfeel: Huge body and medium-low carbonation makes this one a sipper.
Overall: Incredible depth of flavor and another astoundingly good product from this brewery. Would highly recommend.
Feb 19, 2015Served: 18 Feb 2015
Appearance: Deep black with very little light escaping. The brewer calls it cosmos but it may as well be a black hole. Soft wisps of dark tan bubbles float around on top and congregate around the edges. Looks great.
Smell: Sweeter than what I was anticipating. Noticeable notes of vanilla lead me to believe this was barrel aged, but it's not (though it'd be an excellent candidate for doing so).
Taste: Great complexity- nice notes of roasted coffee, gooey caramel, and dark chocolate. Sweet for a stout. Some nice smoothing effects from the oatmeal used.
Mouthfeel: Huge body and medium-low carbonation makes this one a sipper.
Overall: Incredible depth of flavor and another astoundingly good product from this brewery. Would highly recommend.
Reviewed by VelvetExtract from Massachusetts
3.81/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.81/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
ACBF sample
A-Pours very dark, nearly black. Head is a full, brown mass of foam.
S-Dark coffee and a bit of burnt malt. Dark chocolate or even cocoa powder. Burnt caramel.
T-Burnt coffee, some dark cooked fruit, roast and char. Bitter dark chocolate. Some root beer flavor.
M-Medium bodied. Well carbonated. Alcohol hidden effectively.
O-A roasty, bitter stout with plenty of flavor. Another good beer from Enlightenment.
Jun 01, 2014A-Pours very dark, nearly black. Head is a full, brown mass of foam.
S-Dark coffee and a bit of burnt malt. Dark chocolate or even cocoa powder. Burnt caramel.
T-Burnt coffee, some dark cooked fruit, roast and char. Bitter dark chocolate. Some root beer flavor.
M-Medium bodied. Well carbonated. Alcohol hidden effectively.
O-A roasty, bitter stout with plenty of flavor. Another good beer from Enlightenment.
Cosmos from Enlightenment Ales
Beer rating:
89 out of
100 with
59 ratings
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