Empyrean Fallen Angel

Brewed by Empyrean Brewing Company
Style: Sweet Stout
Lincoln, Nebraska USA

Serve in English pint

Pour dark brown to black with 3 finger creamy beige head that has great retention and nice decent lacing. Aroma is chocolate, roast, dark caramel, light mineral notes, light roast coffee and an ashy note. Flavor is sweet chocolate, mild coffee, roast, toasted nutslactose sweetness, sweet caramel, ashen earth and YooHoo. Palate is light to medium bodied, creamy and a little syrupy on entry, lightly carbonated and syrupy and neutral on the finish. Decent sweet stout overall, could definitely use some more depth to the malt profile to stand up to the sweet taste.

On tap...pours black with a thin film of a head. Aroma is sweet malts, some milk chocolate, and roasted nuts. Flavor is very sweet...lots of milky chocolate, slight hints of tobacco, and some roasted malt accents...nicely done! Easy drinker...somewhat light in the body, but not experiencing any aftertaste like some folks did previously, so I’m thinking they’ve fixed this over time. I like my sweet stouts to be pretty light on the palate, and this one came through...one of the more enjoyable brews I’ve had from Empyrean.

Again, a big thanks to SledgeJr for treating me to this, a second round at the Crescent Moon. Pours a nice dark brown-black color, one full finger of an off-white head. Aroma was malty chocolate, roast, some ash? Flavor was chocolate, roasted malts, smoke/ash, and a touch of chalkiness. The mouthfeel was only moderate for the style. Another decent NE production. Thanks, Todd!

Tap at brewpub. Nitro tap. Not much aroma...Flavors of Chocolate, liquorice, slight roast...sweet with an oddly lactic twinge to it in the end...maybe something more than that...it ruins it for me...I don’t really want to drink it after experiencing the aftertaste a few times...

On tap at the brewpub. Pours black with a white head. Mild roasted aroma. Very sweet flavor. Has a lactic acid taste as well. Body is pretty thin. No medicine aftertaste like Mackeson. If this were a bigger OG beer, it would be impressive. Body is a little light for this much sweetness.