Revolution Mean Gene

Brewed by Revolution Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Chicago, Illinois USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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On tap at Kedzie taproom. Pours black with dark tan head. Aromas of sweet vanilla, bourbon, and chocolate. Flavors of bourbon, chocolate, vanilla, and roast. Wonderfully sweet and complex. Base beer held up great to the barrel. Might be my favorite from Revolution so far.

Dark brown pour with a brown head. Brownie batter, vanilla, alcohol is hidden great. Smooth and rich.

On tap at GTMW. Poured deep brown with a lovely, tall, dark beige head. The aroma was sweet and bourbonny upfront, over well-roasted (near-burnt) black patent and molasses.. sweeter chocolate undertones.. great balance! The flavor found warm, burnt black malts cut by milkier sugars and vanilla.. sweet bourbon and toasty oak laced throughout.. solid balance, but not quite up to par with the nose. Heavy-bodied and well-carbonated on the palate.. I really enjoyed this!

Sampled on tap at the brewpub. So happy this is finally back! It was my favorite beer by Revolution until I tried BA Baracus, but I was too lazy to review it last time through. Mean Gene pours a pitch black color with only the slightest toasted marshmallow colored ring around the glass. The pour is all the way to the lip of the glass do there is no head formation. Nose doesn’t open up too much upon first sniff, but as it warms it becomes nice and rich. Heavy barrel character without being overpowering, oak, bourbon, caramel, a little brown sugar, and vanilla. It kinda reminds me of creme brûlée a little. All the same themes prevail in the flavor with a little bit more chocolate peeking through. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, maybe a little thin, low carbonation, faint booziness, velvety smooth, and finishes long and pleasant. This beer is dangerously drinkable and I would and will not have any problems polishing off a couple snifters of this. Revolution really knows their way around a barrel.

THANKS ADAM! Bomber, fresh from the brewery in an HFS glass at cellar temp (60F) Pours dark black, minimal head that fades fast. As a huge fan of woodford reserve, this smells fantastic! I love the charred oak and vanilla. Insanely great! muted vanilla, cocoa beans and a slight hershey’s chocolate syrup finish. I had Eugene earlier (the non BA version) and this is worlds better. I love the carbonation. It’s just nice!

Pours dark with red thin head. Tastes of roasted chocholate and caramel. Great beer.

Bottle. Pours dark brown with a tan head. Aroma is coffee, vanilla, and some fruit. Taste is sweet and rich. Finish is a little dry. Very good.

On tap at the brew pub...A dark brown pour with a light tan head, good retention and great lacing...A very sweet aroma of all bourbon and vanilla, a touch to sweet for me. Stunningly similar to BCS, more than a few couldn’t tell the difference between the two...The taste is way interesting as not surprisingly it is sweet, but not how you would think. The bourbon and vanilla are replaced by sweet and creamy milk chocolate, and the finish brings back the biting bourbon and vanilla. So complex, loving it...A wonderfully viscous lip smacker. A super unique combination in taste and play off the aroma. Reminds me of an easy to drink aged BCS. You can tell he worked at GI. Drink this beer.

On tap at GTMW (2011)

Regretfully in the rush of the mid afternoon I missed out on the Pablo Picasso release. This was a good consolation later though. A robust imperial porter the base stood up well to the extra aging process. The result was a blend of vanilla, bourbon, smoke, malt, and straight black coffee. The roasted oak finish left a bitter touch on the throat. Thick and chewy this was the ideal partner of beasts such as the various BCS treatments, Dark Lord, Dark Knight, and other huge beers being poured all around the park.

Bottle at the great AZ driveway tasting as I’m calling it. Anyways this was pretty awesome. Pours dark brown. tastes of lovely amounts of coffee, chocolate, roasted malts, bourbon and vanilla. None of these are overpowering and work together just lovely. creamy with nice mouthfeel quite drinkable.