Tasting: Yellow Belly: Buxton X Omnipollo
Yellow Belly, Buxton X Omnipollo
Style: Peanut Butter Biscuit Imperial Stout ABV: 11%
330ml bottle, purchased from Beer Moth in Manchester
We're sure the words 'Peanut Butter Biscuit Imperial Stout' grab your attention almost as much as the risqué packaging. A beer created firstly from the word yellow and the collaboration pair's association with the colour and cowardice. Yet another genius product of The Rainbow Project.
One of the Omnipollo brewers noticed the votes across Europe and within Sweden were favouring extreme right-wing parties, more than you'd expect if you spoke to people in exit polls. Their votes were a hidden look into their true opinions. In a statement about the beer Buxton wrote "...protesting anonymously at the expense of people’s freedom and right to co-exist without showing your face is one meaning that is particularly relevant at this moment in time."
So how does this show in the beer?
Stouts, particularly those with dessert like flavour notes, are fast becoming one of my favourite styles of beer. So it's fair to say that I've tried a few in my time. Interestingly, this imperial stout which boasts rich chocolate flavours and peanut butter biscuity goodness it not brewed with any peanuts or biscuits. The roasted malt and lactose used to brew this statement beer lends itself to the creamy nutty flavour profile that makes it so moreish.
Nose: Upon pouring you are instantly hit with the aroma of warm peanut butter and chocolate caramel biscuits.
Taste: The first sip is a pretty boozy, but gives way to an ultra creamy, chocolatey peanut explosion. Unlike most milk stouts, this in no way tastes artificial or overly sweetened. In fact, the lasting finish is a bitter roasted coffee flavour, perfectly balancing the initial taste and demanding you take another sip. The fact that it's not overly carbonated means its a super silky dessert beer.
Matt: 8 Jorgie: 9
Final Thoughts: A must try for lovers of sweet stouts and an excellent introduction for those not quite sold on the style (Matt, I'm looking at you!) I'm certain this wont be our only review of Omnipollo's creations. They are definitely a brewery to be on the lookout for!
Other stouts we've tried recently that are worth checking out:
Millionaire by The Wild Beer Co (tastes like millionaire shortbread)
March of the Penguins by Williams Bros (quite light for a stout)
Milkshake by Wiper and True (lovely vanilla notes)
Creme Brulee by Dark Star Brewing (just like the dessert)
Death by Coconut by Oskar Blues (super coconutty)
Style: Peanut Butter Biscuit Imperial Stout ABV: 11%
330ml bottle, purchased from Beer Moth in Manchester
We're sure the words 'Peanut Butter Biscuit Imperial Stout' grab your attention almost as much as the risqué packaging. A beer created firstly from the word yellow and the collaboration pair's association with the colour and cowardice. Yet another genius product of The Rainbow Project.
One of the Omnipollo brewers noticed the votes across Europe and within Sweden were favouring extreme right-wing parties, more than you'd expect if you spoke to people in exit polls. Their votes were a hidden look into their true opinions. In a statement about the beer Buxton wrote "...protesting anonymously at the expense of people’s freedom and right to co-exist without showing your face is one meaning that is particularly relevant at this moment in time."
So how does this show in the beer?
Stouts, particularly those with dessert like flavour notes, are fast becoming one of my favourite styles of beer. So it's fair to say that I've tried a few in my time. Interestingly, this imperial stout which boasts rich chocolate flavours and peanut butter biscuity goodness it not brewed with any peanuts or biscuits. The roasted malt and lactose used to brew this statement beer lends itself to the creamy nutty flavour profile that makes it so moreish.
Nose: Upon pouring you are instantly hit with the aroma of warm peanut butter and chocolate caramel biscuits.Taste: The first sip is a pretty boozy, but gives way to an ultra creamy, chocolatey peanut explosion. Unlike most milk stouts, this in no way tastes artificial or overly sweetened. In fact, the lasting finish is a bitter roasted coffee flavour, perfectly balancing the initial taste and demanding you take another sip. The fact that it's not overly carbonated means its a super silky dessert beer.
Matt: 8 Jorgie: 9
Final Thoughts: A must try for lovers of sweet stouts and an excellent introduction for those not quite sold on the style (Matt, I'm looking at you!) I'm certain this wont be our only review of Omnipollo's creations. They are definitely a brewery to be on the lookout for!
Other stouts we've tried recently that are worth checking out:
Millionaire by The Wild Beer Co (tastes like millionaire shortbread)
March of the Penguins by Williams Bros (quite light for a stout)
Milkshake by Wiper and True (lovely vanilla notes)
Creme Brulee by Dark Star Brewing (just like the dessert)
Death by Coconut by Oskar Blues (super coconutty)
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