 Thanks for checking out this episode of brew a battle beer break today. I'm doing a Beer by Westbrook brewing out of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. I've actually I believe done one other one Which was a grotzer? If memory serves me properly, we've had some Westbrook stuff also on the podcast I know we did the one claw, which is a rye pale ale, which is good stuff This one in fact is their fourth anniversary beer, which was I believe released back in December This bottle comes compliments of Nathan Kalasnik who has been on the show and has been a longtime fan of the show So thank you very much Nathan. I appreciate it. This is the what the fourth anniversary is their chocolate coconut almond imperial stout Sounds good. A lot of awesome flavors in that name. So hopefully they all come through and they work harmoniously It's 10% alcohol because it is imperial. That's what happens Let's go ahead and get this started. Very excited This was actually Rebecca my wife's pick for the night. She was has been chomping at the bit to get this beer going All right Just got things running on the outside All right, as you can see as you would assume it's very dark It's got a kind of decent head to it when it was poured looks pretty viscous Viscous a lot of lacing on the edges as it's getting jostled around comes down slowly because 10% alcohol The head is quite brown. It's not just tan. It's a little more brown than it than I would typically say for a tan So we see what I can smell. Oh Yeah, I Immediately get the the chocolate I'm trying to see if I can grab the actual coconut. I Don't know hard time with the coconut Not really getting the coconut. I'm definitely getting a lot of chocolate I am getting that almond aspect, but it's not it smells probably because of the chocolate smells a little less like actual almonds than a little more like an almond extract Hmm But tons and tons and tons of chocolate I Guess I'm picking up a little little bit of the coconut But it is so hard to get on that nose, but it smells like it is such a hearty Substantial thick viscous beer with all that chocolate like it's like cocoa nibs We're just like liquefied into this pretty much is how it smells You're getting that almond extract in us. Let's try it pretty yeah decent thickness to it Upfront getting a lot of the chocolate It also finishes with a lot of chocolate as well Sorry trying to pick everything out You're not really getting a ton of the coconut. I am getting like Just a scoche of it But the almond that kind of almond extract the taste is in there The chocolate is kind of like roasty as well Which actually that roasting this is probably coming from I had read this ahead of time They actually roasted the almonds before they put them in so that roasting this is probably coming from that Since I'm sitting here just talking. I'm starting to feel the warmth from that 10% You know warming up my throat now Not in my mouth though. It doesn't really like the alcohol doesn't sit there It's just my throat is starting to feel it doesn't really taste very stringent You could surprise someone by telling them it's 10% after they had it You know, I feel like it could pass for like an 8% so pretty well pretty well made in that respect This makes me want s'mores to be honest Starting to get a little bit more of that kind of coconut flavor, but Definitely the the centerpiece of this beer is the are the cocoa nibs Which I'll read you it's a it's an imperial stout aged on toasted coconut Whole roasted almonds cocoa nibs and vanilla beans Yeah, I get some of the vanilla and actually when I'm saying when I was saying That the almond is tasting a lot like all and smelling a lot like almond extract It's probably also the vanilla kind of playing around with the almonds to make it more Extracty type flavors and scent, but this is a nice beer. It is quite nice Hmm. I'm liking that kind of like a bit of a roastiness That's that's playing around in that and it's kind of sitting on the end as well kind of lingers in your mouth A lot of a lot of cocoa like I was saying the cocoa nibs But also I'm having it finished with some bitterness and bitterness is sticking around a little bit and that I feel like It's not like an alcohol bitterness, and it's not like a hops bitterness or anything It's more of like a dark chocolate like dark cocoa nibs type bitterness to it. So Well done. I like this beer. I think Rebecca's definitely gonna like this beer and Westbrook. Thank you very much for making it It's a hell of a sipping beer Great for dessert You could probably pair it with some stuff, but honestly, I would prefer to just have this as its own Course honestly, so thanks everyone for checking this episode out If you can find any of the Westbrook 4th anniversary Go ahead and get some for yourself and enjoy it because it's a nice beer But in the meantime, go ahead and get yourself a nice beer to enjoy. Thank you