Why We Picked It: Another local, another Flying Dog and time for a stout.
What Flying Dog Says About It: "With an average recipe calling for over 20 different ingredients, Mole poblano is one of the most complex sauces in all of Mexican cuisine. So, of course, our ever-ambitious quality assurance manager, Emily Bobotas, pitched a mole stout at our annual brewery retreat. She said she stole the recipe from an old woman living alone in the Mexican desert, and even though we're not sure how legal that is, it was too good to pass up. Chocolate, cinnamon, cloves, cumin, ancho chilies and chipotle peppers provide a warm, savory spiciness which gives Me Llamo’s its deep, dark chocolate backbone and subtle bite. The result is a nuanced, slightly-sweet masterpiece that pairs perfectly with enchiladas, crispy Chile relleno, or a tub of grocery store ice cream that you eat with a fork because all your spoons are in the dishwasher."
ABV: 7 %
IBU: 25
Fun Facts: This is a relatively new beer, just released by Flying Dog in October. At the release party, drinkers got one Taco Bell taco with each, plus unlimited hot sauce packets!
I was excited about the stout but was betrayed by the mole. The front was ok but the back of the mouth was awful. Reminded me of the pepper porter from last year. Dumped half of it out. I give it 1 Justin Tucker missed extra point.
ReplyDeleteHad to miss out on this last night. Now I have double duty on a friday night!!! Can't catch a break, and it's the holiday season. Will post tonight, hopefully before I slam both beers.
ReplyDeleteAlrighty then. Putting on my taste tester hat, this is a great execution of mole-fying a beer, even the choice of beer was well thought out. All the flavors of a traditional mexican mole sauce dish is balanced well and each flavor retains it's individuality. For a brew master, experimenting and challenging themselves must be a lot of fun. Well done Flying dog.
DeleteAs a beer consumer: This is an anathema to the art of beer. The brew master must be chased down with pitchforks and other garden tools, placed on a stake and burn. WTF where you thinking!!! WITCH, burn her, burn her ;-P
One and done, please, no one do this again. (BTW, I did drink the whole thing)
I'll bring the torches.
DeleteSo, I also for the first time in my 3 years of 24DOB skipped a night last night. I had a headache and got back from the high school band concert at 9pm and just couldn't face this mole beer. GOOD DECISION. This is pretty awful. Maybe one of the worst beers I've had. Too much going on and these flavors belong in an enchilada, not a beer. Glad I'll have a milk stout to wash it down, I'm going to power through so as not to waste the 7% alcohol...
ReplyDeleteAs I was at the same company party at Theodore, I skipped last night. I was looking forward to this being a refreshing hair of the dog to help get me over any lingering hints of a hangover. Instead, I got this.
ReplyDeleteThis is bad. The moles just takes over the stout right away and leaves a weird attempt at heat, and makes you want something else - anything else - to drink. I will finish it out of principal, but its a struggle.
This may rank as the worst beer I have had since the jolly rancher tasting monstrosity of Hell of High Watermellon from the infamous summer attempt at 24 DOB. That is saying a lot. I give in .5 out of four and never to be had again.
Correction: I couldn't finish. Sigh.
DeleteThe fact that I am one of the few who liked this tells you a bit about my beer tastes. I actually loved the stout combined with the spice at the end. It is not a beer you drink multiple of at a time though. 3.75 out of 5 though I seem to be in the minority here. Too bad all your leftovers are gone. Stouts and chugability rarely mix though and I think this would be a disastrous beer mile beer. 2 out of 5 for Beer Mile Chugability.
ReplyDeleteI'd say its good for a pepper beer. I don't tend to like beer that makes me thirsty, but it wasn't too bad. More balanced than others I've had and worth the tasting.
ReplyDeleteI read the reviews and the comments before trying this and expected something undrinkable. I honestly didn't mind it. I think it's a pretty clever gimmick at least. Tastes like mole. The spiciness on the back end was unexpected since none of you seem to have warned me about that. But it wasn't an insane Habanero Sculpin level of spiciness. I didn't mind that. But I'd prefer not to have that in my beer. Maybe I needed to wash it down with a pitcher of margaritas. So I'm glad I tried it, and I finished it, but I certainly won't be having any more of these. 2 out of 5 bland Harry Grove Stadium nachos.
ReplyDeleteI'm not opposed to spicy beer. And I somehow managed to pair with some spicy Indian food my wife had made for dinner. Which of course required me to immediately drink something non-spicy to cool things down. And then I watched Christmas Vacation.
ReplyDeleteIt was a good night.
Flying Dog Shite.
ReplyDeleteUtter crap. They actually sold this????
[If you're still reading: Yep, after 4 sips to quadra check I wasnt being too harsh or unfair in my comments: It went straight into the toilet bowl.
I'd like to add it left a residue.
Crass thing to add [and I dont expect you to be reading this still] but I wonder if I'd had actually gone ahead and forced myself to finish this ridiculous waste of space, would it perhaps have have left a similar residual trail in the shitter after having exited my body - compared to my simple and easier out of bottle dump]
I love beer.
Still waiting for Flying Dog to stand out and impress, when there are so many better breweries. They try too hard and make the beers too strong in all regards