 JPDIPSO (4188), Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA
May 14, 2008
Umber color with a taller faded beige head. I am certainly smelling fresh cracked pepper. I am suddenly thinking about frying an egg. I’m trying, but I’m not finding much as far a malt or beer, perhaps a bit of sweetness, but the pepper takes every bit of my nose. Light pale malt and green cracked pepper flavors dominate. Light burn in the back of the throat from the pepper. Now I’m thinking of steak au poivre. This begs to be paired or cooked with food. Not one I’d recommend by itself. For me a bit more malt sweetness/depth would help.
zappafan99 (256), Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA
Jul 21, 2008 Taste 7/8 bottle(date?) Looks: Nice dark amber/brown with sticky thin head. Aroma: Wow, I love pepper, and this delivers. Caramel. Tastes: Nice and present malt with a nice spice bite. Thin body. I you don’t like pepper you’ll hate it. If you like pepper you’ll like or love it. Well crafted. Would be great to cook with as long as you adjusted ingredients.
BrianHagmeier (174), Coralville, Iowa, USA
Jul 21, 2008 This is a great beer! It has a great mouth feel with deep coffee flavor but not too bitter. Then a great caramel richness just under the spices or peppercorns. This is an amazing beer and that’s not just the beer talking.
kramer17801 (1846), sunbury, Pennsylvania, USA
Jul 18, 2008 12 oz bottle, via cloudskipper. Pours a clear dark amber body with a nice two finger beige fluffy head. Slightly sweet nose with some rye and black pepper accents, a little bit of caramel. At first there’s just a bit of earthy rye coming out, then you’re just overpowered by huge intensely hot black peppercorns. It actually burns a little bit on the finish, the pepper is that pervasive. Some underlying sweet malt hiding in the background. This is almost too much pepper to take. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with a touch of clinginess and moderate fizzy carbonation. This would go really well with a peppered burger, but otherwise I think that it would overpower almost anything else you’s eat with it. Damn this is a weird beer. Not so sure I could ever drink more than one of these.
JesseM (344), Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Jul 17, 2008 341mL bottle from a sixer, brought back to me by my parents from a trip I couldn’t go on. Pours a dark red with a burgundy hue. Huge tan head. Aroma is mostly just some indistinct malts, no real hint of what is to come other than some mild pepper. Flavour is an experience, to say the least, starts out nice and sweet, some nice roasty caramel malts, a little rye, and then WHAM my tongue is hit with peppery spicey hottness that takes over and defines the finish and aftertaste. Wow, weird, unlike anything I’ve had before. I honestly don’t even know what to make of this. As it warms the aroma of black pepper corns eminates from the glass more and more. I’ll give it points for originality, and I’m sure people who love spicy things would get a huge kick out of this, but I’m not entirely sure it’s my thing. Interesting experience though.
yayforbeer (587), Orange Park, Florida, USA
Jul 14, 2008 Shared with a friend, sample from a BOMC. A very out of the ordinary brew. Dark amber beer with a creamy off white head. Spicy caramel malt aroma. Flavor starts with the rye malt, semi-sweet and spicy… then the pepper comes on and leaves a lasting burn at the finish. A very odd concoction. Very well made and enjoyable to sample but there was enough pepper in just one to hold me for a long time.
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