Tasty, just a hint of cherry. No toasty, nutty though.

Next to the E9... this was very similar. A little less cloudy coriander flavor, a little rounder, possibly a touch of orange? But this is just details, overall it was very, very like the other beer.

The bottle label of this beer implies this is the base of Perennial's other big stouts, and it shows. Almost candy sweet, thick; somehow not crazy overdone but still something that can only be had in small doses. Lots of vanilla.

I would swear this had coconut in it but I know it doesn't. Best coconut beer that contains no coconut ever, I say. I feel like I never got this impression before, but everything else was consistent with previous tastings.

Somewhat flat, starts hoppy and bitter, lightly tangy yeast and finishes with a buttery cereal mellowness.

Yup, still good.

Mounds? Mounds. Rather less sophisticated than I would have expected from this brewery, but... Mounds.

Similar flavors to the Owen, but obviously not sour. The dry, wood-resin finish is the same, and there isn't much juiciness or malt to distract from the hops. Finish isn't bitter at all. A very nice extraction of hop essence if that's what you're after, although the lack of fruit makes it different other IPAs I've had recently.

A hopped sour; the sourness is not overt but is a dry, woody back-of-the-throat tanginess with some bitter Brett funk. All of that is right at the end. Hints of muscat grape or green apple? Clean and champagne-effervescent. I really, really liked this.

Just a taste. Very lightly carbonated, almost cake-like. Light bubblegum and buttery notes. Very mild finish.

Strong Mint flavor and decent beer.

Fresh, sweet scent. Flavor is spicy sweet. Like nutmeg and coriander combined.

The best coffee beer.

Always a good choice. Sweet, and thick.

Excellent, mildly funky sour with an undefined yellow stonefruit-ish fruitiness. Clean and dry, and quite tart.

Really, really nice, like a baked apple cider. On the sweet side, and the malt from the beer comes in as a kind of streusel character. There's kind of the ghost of a complex funk underneath that makes it slightly unsettled, but otherwise, very strong.

Super smooth finish. Toffee. Slight hints of cherry. But oh, that finish.

light, hazy coloration. Effervescent scent. Both sour and spicy, I don't get much sweet,maybe just a hint of bitter.

Funky smell. Typical powerful tartness. Some hints of cinnamon flavors in the end. Enjoyable but I've had better gose before.

Smells very musty, with a lot of funk and bordering on ham-like. The initial flavor is sweet citrus but turns puckeringly tart immediately. This fades back into a sweet wheat funk, with maybe a hint of cinnamon. Leaves salt on the lips. It grew on my after a while.

Lightly sour with a lot of sweet, wheat cereal funk. A bit damp, I'd call the flavor, where I was hoping for something brighter and sunnier.

Yummy! Hint of cinnamon and cocoa in the delightful coffee flavor. Smooth body and finish. Slightly sweet finish. Pricy though.

Basically a cinnamon roll in a glass, this is a fantastic stout. If you ever come across this, get it.

I'm not sure the combination of nitro and barrel does it for me. There's definitely whiskey here, but it's also rendered weirdly bleachy and subdued by the carbonation. Which is a shame, because the aftertaste is just awesome, smooth chocolate, much like I remember from the bottle version. Get that one instead.

Thank you Seattle Beer Week, for bringing out the good stuff. Like the Abraxas I remember, but even more smoothed out by vanilla. I think the chili was somehow erased in the process, because I couldn't taste it at all, and the sweetness kind of brings out the booze a bit, but this was still an ultra-refined beer.

It has been far too long since I've had a beer this good.

One of the thickest beer I ever had. Delicious sweet coffee flavors.

Pleasing chocolate with mint hints in finish. Nice stout body.

First sip is very mint forward. It then mixes very pleasingly with the malt flavors. Mint resurfaces in the end. Bitterness builds up.

Wasn't sure how this was going to work but with Perennial, anything's possible. Opens very much like an Andes after-dinner mint - creamy rather than herbal and firmly chocolate. It moves rather quickly to a thick, rich, stout flavor, much less sweet, and a building bitterness. It saves it from being cloying, but there's still a little bit of unnaturalness to it all. Still, yum.

Rich and toffee-like, like a Sucaba without the overt hints of hard liquor, and a creamy, malty head that you can taste in the flavor. This is another clear winner for Perennial. Surprisingly clean finish for something so sweet, and hides its strength with an elegant balance.

Inky-thick stout with a rich, lightly sweet coffee flavor. This may have been the most coffee-like coffee beer I've ever had. You might have even fooled me into thinking that this wasn't even a beer at all, actually. Really delicious!

Sweet graham coffee smell. Great taste, slightly sour middle bit the roasty cereal pulls through. Smooth for as high an ABV as it is, moderately thick viscosity. Solid coffee flavor.

Bumbing up the rating on this one! It's simply amazing, a great combination of cocoa and chilli flavors.

A dark saison?!?! Pleasing roastiness, not very sweet. Has a pleasing saison-like sourness to it. Had a slightly metallic smell though.

I think I prefer this muchly out of the bottle. Whereas on tap this beer was super-smooth, almost blandly so, here it carried a lot more bitter chocolate in the flavor. That masked the sweet effect of the cinnamon, and maybe enhanced the chili (though not much). More intriguing, balanced, and tasty this way.

Quite pleasing beer. Smells like dark chocolate. Marked cacao flavor, hints of vanilla. Peppers add a subtle flavor without adding almost any spiciness. Pretty much feels like drinking fine chocolate. Could be a little bit more roasty/malty to fully express itself as a beer.

Prickly cinnamon and light cocoa; a nice change from the procession of cinnamon beers lately in that it no way resembles Red Hots. Finishes very mildly; whatever base stout doesn't assert itself. This is very much a cinnamon drink. Very tasty but not the life changer it was hinted as. (6 oz goblet)

The smell and opening flavor are all chocolate -- creamy, cocoa-like roundness that, while not actually being sweet, brings the decadence of Belgian chocolate strongly to mind. It doesn't quite mesh well with the finish, which is more dry and bitter than expected.