Son Of A Berserker! - Midnight Sun Brewing Co.

HuskyinPDX

Washington

3.95/5  rDev -6.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

6oz stubby pint pour at MS.

A - Served a dark brown with a few dark tan bubbles clinging on the edge.

S - Oak, wood, malt, pretty mild.

T - Smokey dark burnt malts. Wired, but I like it.

D - Lighter, thin body with good carbonation.

O - Light, smokey, bring on the big brother.

Serving type: on-tap

05-02-2012 01:13:19 | More by HuskyinPDX

ccrida

Oregon

4.65/5  rDev +10.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

On draught at the MSBC loft, SonofaBerserker is black with a small tan head that leaves scattered, sticky lace.

Smell is like super dark chocolate, sweetening as it opens up, with a little herbal hops as well. Intense but appealing.

Taste is very robust, big bitter dark chocolate and char, but with just enough caramel providing balance. None of the intense caramel and maple sweetness I recall from Berserker, it's nevertheless a really nice RIS. It blows my mind this is a 2nd running beer, so big, it really puts Berserker in perspective!

Mouthfeel is on the lighter side for the size, lacking the super creaminess I expect from MSBC, almost a bit cask like, although the foamy rises on a swish.

Drinkability is really good, this brings to me the perfect balance intense roast and sweetness, enough alcohol to get my ears glowing without knocking me out. Loving this, very dangerous.

Serving type: on-tap

07-20-2010 00:35:21 | More by ccrida

AKBelgianBeast

Alaska

4.1/5  rDev -2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

SonofaBerserker is a small beer (8.5% small beer. haha) made from the runoff of the 2008 batch of Berserker.

Pours a deep pitch black with a nice tan head that dissipates fairly quickly leaving moderate lacing.

Nose is very roasty, with some deep dark malt flavor, some chocolate and vanilla, and a bit of grain.

Taste pretty much follows. A very smooth chococreamy stout, with some vanilla flavors, dark roasted malt, suprisingly roasty. A bit of metallic alchohol in there, but not much. Drinks insanely smooth for a beer that weighs in at the same abv as many imperial stouts. Finish is nice and slick, lingering roast and chocolate.

Mouthfeel is pretty good here, a bit slick, and slightly undercarbonated Id say, just slightly, but this one is hard to knock.

Drinkability is defenitely where this one shines. A ton of flavor packed into an 8% package that feels like a 6% package. Goes down slick and easy, and is quite sessionable for the abv.

Overall a nice, not so in your face, version of Berserker, for those days that you just dont feel like commiting to a bomber of 13%. (Although I have yet to have one of those! haha) Suprisingly roasty for being a runoff brew. A very cool take on a neglected method of brewing. Good stout.

Serving type: growler

12-31-2008 04:15:37 | More by AKBelgianBeast