Year of New Beer: Beautiful View Russian Imperial Stout, Christian Moerlein Brewing (Cincinnati)

Written By: Dion on 12/21/2016

Bitter dark chocolate, campfire smoke, and hints of plum and berries on the nose, better as the beer warms. On the tongue, a bitter cocoa and berry prevail early, but an astringent coffee and extremely off-putting metallic taste hit mid-palate and hold on stubbornly through the finish. This doesn't improve with warmth. Very thin, with just no depth at all. Given some of the solid beers that Moerlein has done over the last year or so, I had high hopes for this, but ended up extremely let down.