Cathedral Square Holy Moly Russian Imperial Stout

Cathedral Square Brewery
Brewed at Weston Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Saint Louis, Missouri USA

Serve in Snifter

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Once poured, this beer is black as sin with a medium tan head, and the aroma fuses the strong scent of roasted malts and a subtle undercurrent of wood fire. The taste is quite umami, mildly sweet, and slightly bitter, which makes your mouth muscles pucker ever so slightly with pleasure; furthermore, the palate combines a medium body, thick texture (the two of which in combination make for a very complex mouthfeel, especially once the umami is factored into the equation), soft carbonation, and a long and slight bitter finish.

One of St. louis best local imperial stouts. Thick and creamy, roasted flavors but not smokey, and a good alcoholic bite. Great price.

22oz bottle thanks to jdskinns: Pours a barely transparent dark mahogany with a stringy-lacing beige head. Has a fresh piny hop nose with some roasty dark malty notes and a touch of espresso. Starts with good fullness and sweet dark caramel maltiness with rich roasty notes and dark chocolate before a drier bittersweet finish. Well-balanced, true to style and enjoyable.

22 oz. bottle from Randall’s. Nice to see a new local imperial stout. Pours a deep, mostly opaque dark brown with an initially very large, rocky, frothy tan head that leaves a lot of lacing in the glass. Aroma of bitter dark chocolate, deep, dark, and roasted malts, earthy hops, and cocoa. The flavor has the same amount of bitterness from super dark chocolate and earthy, citrusy hops, along with coffee and more roasted malts, and cocoa. Medium-bodied, with modest carbonation and a smooth, bitter mouthfeel. The body thins as it warms. Impressive first crack at an imperial stout with a lot of hop character. Reminds me a lot of Great Divide Yeti.

Purchased a bomber from Whole Foods in St. Louis for $5.99. A fantastic value for the style and a strong entry for a brewery that needed some body. Beautiful, inky pour with a tan head that builds quickly, but doesn’t hold up. Lots of strong American hop character and a mouth that isn’t quite velvety, but isn’t disappointing either. The malts are beyond simply toasted - they’re almost charred, but it isn’t overwhelming and to some palates may add flavor. I’m really encouraged to see CS moving this direction. I hope to see even bolder moves from them. It would be interesting to see a future batch of the Holy Moly aged with some oak or hit with some smoke. It’s a solid base, and it compliments food well. Not quite mellow enough for a session beer, but very approachable for a wide range of drinkers. I could see this being a go to beer for bringing to parties.

22oz bomber from Pick’s poured into a snifter. Pours black with almost 3 fingers of dark tan head. Aroma is strongly milk chocolate with a little bit of caramel and some sprucy hops. Taste is medium bitter. Lots of dark coffee with chocolate and spruce. Medium bodied with a somewhat oily yet thick texture. Lively carbonation and a very long, very bitter finish. Overall, I’m really digging this beer. Probably the best beer offered from Cathedral Square.

WooHoo! First to rate this beer! A black pour with crimson highlights and a fluffy, brown head. The aroma is a wonderful mixture of hot cocoa with toffee and some light pine. The medium body has an oily texture with average carbonation. The taste increases in bitterness all the way to the long, dry finish. This is a unique take on the style.

Pours a deep brown black color with a tall, very creamy, tan head that has a lot of staying power. Aroma has a very full, fresh malt nose with lot of toasted malt presence, light chocolate and some burnt acidity at the tail end. Flavor matches the nose perfectly. A complex malty flavor overall with strong toasted malt notes early, a light chocolate flavor in the middle, coffee presence shows up later in the flavor and finishes with a light earthy hops presence. Body is modest in density with a very creamy feeling. Overall a very enjoyable beer. I love that this RIS stuck with the more toasted malt aspect as opposed to the more common dark fruity aspect the RIS style can incorporate. Can’t wait to get my hands on another one of these bottles.

Bottle. Poured a black color with a large frothy brown head that lasted with good lacing. Moderate to heavy roasted chocolate, caramel and alcohol aroma. Medium to heavy bittersweet roasted malt flavor with a medium to heavy bittersweet and small alcohol bite finish of moderate to long duration. Full body with a smooth texture and flat carbonation. This is a very good beer.

Sampled at an esbls tasting. A rich black pour. A smallish tan head stays. A roasty coffee nose. The flavor is big coffee with dark fruot and fudge. Hops are fairly big and seem to be European with some sulfur. This was nice. This would be wonderful aged in whiskey barrels.