Mint Chocolate Imperial Stout Collaboration by Stone, Iron Fist and Ken Schmidt.

Rating: 5/5

Mint Chocolate Imperial Stout is the latest collaboration for Stone. This time they teamed up with Iron Fist and Ken Schmidt. They bring forth this 9.6%ABV Imperial Stout made with cocoa nibs and mint.

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There is no doubt in my mind that Ken Schmidt is one of the most creative brewers in the San Diego area. Thus, it is no surprise that he won (for the second time) our annual March Madness Homebrew Competition and AHA Rally. His winning beer is exquisitely well-crafted with amazing chocolate and mint flavors, and was, quite frankly, a challenge for us to replicate on our own system. But, given our past success with Ken’s first beer, and by enlisting the help of Brandon Sieminski from Iron Fist, I’m sure we’ve nailed it: a lusciously smooth imperial oatmeal stout teeming with cocoa and mint. This is one to enjoy now as an after-dinner sipper, or to cellar for several years. – Mitch Steele

Look…I am going to put it in as simple terms as I can. Bottom line, if you ever wondered what a Min chocolate chip cookies and cream with a Klondike bar graham cracker ice cream would taste like in liquid beer form, Then BEHOLD…you have this amazing master piece of a beer….lol now let me get into the details :P. Smells like graham crackers, coffee, mint, chocolate and vanilla. Flavors of Mint, chocolate chip cookies and cream, graham crackers, cinnamon, Vanilla Ice cream, earthy hops, smokey bitterness from the roasted malts. I am really impressed with this beer. Sweet chocolate mint ice cream in beer form. It just came out so you should be able to find this at Bevmo, Total Wine, Ramirez Liquor or Downey to name a few. Call first though. I go this one at Ramirez Liquor. Highly recommended little sweet mint gem :3. Gotta love chocolate and Ice cream and Mint and Graham crackers 😀

More info about the beer 😛
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geDuUOh6MVs&feature=player_embedded