Huvila Pesäpuu Stout #1

Formerly brewed at Panimoravintola Huvila (-2009)
Style: Imperial Stout
Savonlinna, Finland

Serve in Snifter

send corrections   |   shelftag   |   edit barcodes   |   add pic

(Bottled) Almost black with no head. Very strong vanilla in the aroma, along with some oak and hop bitterness. Flavor is also very strongly vanillaish, with toffee, calvados, and some minty chocolate. Quite full-bodied with no carbonation. Reasonably easy to drink. Surely interesting, like I&G Rum Cask, but the vanilla pretty much steals the show.

(Draught) Pours black. Heavy malt profile and balanced oak aroma with tones of, dark bread, coffee, chocolate, vanilla, wood and light buttery coconut. The flavour is medium to heavily malty and quite sweet with a mild roasted backdrop. Light oaky. The mouthfeel is round, light buttery, light oily and light sticky. Medium to full bodied.

Bottle. Poured black and still. Oak, chocolate, vanilla. Syrupy and quite sweet. Dessert.

Bottle at Pikkulintu. Black. Seven bubble head when poured from a great height. Aroma of booze and chocolate. Taste is smooth chocolate, vanilla, licorice. Nice stuff.

Bartender discussed the #1-#3, said they are base beer (“Dessert Storm”?) aged in bourbon barrels (Wild Turkey?). The #1 is 2 months aged, #2 6 months, and #3 10 months.

#1 – Sepia black, large bubbled cream ring. Dusty anise and chocolate syrup rule the nose, a bit of oat emerges. Flavor is very sweet, inky in dusty chocolate, very little malt or bourbon compared to #2, less wood but very syrupy with a short finish.

from old notes Jet black and near-still in appearance. Aroma heavy on the oak and chocolate; prunes and alcohol; vanilla. Bold flavors of brown sugar, bourbon and vanilla, chocolate and even salmiakki. Very slick texture, low carbonation, a little alcohol thinness on a very big body. Great beer, well integrated.

Bottled. A pitch black beer with a brown head. The aroma is very roasted combined with some notes of alcohol. The flavor is very sweet malty combined with notes of soy sauce, roasted malt, and dark sweet chocolate, leading to a dry roasted finish. The body is nice. Thanks Parick for sharing.

1 of 390 bottles at Olutravintola Pikkulintu, Helsinki. Pours pitch black with a very small light brown head. Aroma is mainly liquorice, caramel, vanilla and roasted malt with hints of alcohol. Flavour is sweet containing roasted malt, caramel and liquorice. The aftertaste is sweet malt and sweet liquorice. A little to sweet.

<b>Bottle 33cl.</b>
Dark black color with a small virtually none head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, milk chocolate, bourbon wood, licorice, vanilla. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily - creamy, carbonation is flat. (130908)

Bottled at EBF 2008, Copenhagen. Deep dark brown appearance. Very, very sweet on the nose and the tongue. Tastes like it contains a ton of icing sugar. You need a sweet tooth for this beer.

UPDATED: MAY 24, 2009 0.33 l bottle. Black color, virtually no head. Sweet woody bourbon aroma. Sweet flavor with bourbon, vanilla, salty licorice and soft roasty maltiness. Tasty but not completely in balance. The bourbon is overpovering and roastiness does not back up heavy sweetness.