Midnight Sun Monk’s Mistress (Cabernet)

Formerly brewed at Midnight Sun Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Anchorage, Alaska USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Pours an almost black brown with good clarity around the edges, but completely opaque for the most part. The head is light chocolate-milk foam, a thin layer that fades quickly. Wine is large in the aroma (but a rich, sweet port), under that is chocolate, brown sugar and raisins and toasted nuts with a dark stone fruit sweetness in the end. A slight hint of espresso adds to the complexity. The body is lightly carbonated, but not thin. At first, I thought the wine from the barrel was overdone in this, but as I sipped and the beer warmed, the more it grew on me and I began to pick up on the complexities of the beer itself. This one really grew on me and the score kept rising as I kept sipping (and I only had half of the bottle, so it wasn’t the alcohol talking.)