Category Archives: Kings Brewing Company

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Kings Brewing Company, Sour Ale - Smoothie / Soda / Pastry, USA

Kings Fros’e Dr’s Foster

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Brewery: Kings Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 7%
Style: Sour Ale – Smoothie / Pastry

Brewer Description: (from untappd) Fros’e with banana, cinnamon, brown sugar, vanilla ice cream, vanilla and white chocolate to round it all out. In collaboration with Dr. Dabber.

My rating: 4+
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.26
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 1 pint can with no clear canned on or best before date. Poured into a winebar glass.
Appearance: A thick murky yellow brown colour with a half finger off white head that dissipated fairly quickly leaving no lacing, but lots of fruity bits.
Aroma: Milkshake, banana, vanilla, brown sugar, milk, with a touch of cinnamon.
Taste: Banana, cinnamon, vanilla ice cream, brown sugar, and white chocolate.
Mouthfeel: Thick, full bodied with soft to moderate carbonation.
Overall: Looks wrong upon pouring, but the aroma and flavours work as has been established in a banana foster, which this definitely reminds me of.

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4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Kings Brewing Company, USA, Wild Ale

Kings Nadine

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Brewery: Kings Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 5.5%
Style: American Wild Ale

Brewer Description: (from Instagram post) Lambic style wild ale aged in oak barrels for almost two years conditioned on peaches.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.22
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 375ml waxed bottle with no clear bottled on or best before date. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A lightly hazy golden straw colour with a slightly more than one finger white head that dissipated quickly and left no lacing.
Aroma: Sour, tart, oak, vanilla, peach, apricot and a light funk.
Taste: Sour, tart, sour gummy peach ring candy, peach and hints of oak.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: A very enjoyable and relaxing drink. Nice balance of fruity peach, oak and sourness.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Kings Brewing Company, Stout - Imperial, USA

Kings Racks On Racks

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Brewery: Kings Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 12%
Style: American Imperial Stout

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Imperial Chocolate Vanilla Bomb with Madagascar Vanilla Beans and Cacao Nibs.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.93
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.8

Intro: A 500ml waxed bottle (that while looks nice, was just a pain to open), with no clear bottled on or best before date. Poured into a snifter glass.
Appearance: Dark dark brown to black in colour with a half finger brown head that dissipated fairly quickly while leaving some spotty lacing.
Aroma: Milk chocolate, cream, vanilla and a light nuttiness.
Taste: Moderate sweetness, chocolate, vanilla and cream.
Mouthfeel: Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: Lots of chocolate and vanilla and not too sweet. If body was just that little bit fuller, it would have been even better.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), Beer Reviews, Kings Brewing Company, Stout - Imperial, USA

Kings Barrel Aged Dia Noche Stout

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Brewery: Kings Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 10%
Style: American Imperial Stout
Other Notes: Mostra coffee

Brewer Description: (from website menu) Aged in bourbon barrel and conditioned on blueberries, coffee, cinnamon and cacao nibs.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.65
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.5

Intro: A 500ml waxed bottle (looks nice but really annoying to open), with no clear bottled on or best before date. Poured into a snifter glass.
Appearance: Dark dark brown to black in colour with a one finger tanned head that dissipated fairly quickly while leaving some nice spotty lacing.
Aroma: Light roast, cinnamon, coffee, red bean and a hint of bourbon.
Taste: Cinnamon, bourbon sweetness, chocolate, coffee.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: Maybe too much going on here that the flavours are clashing? Cinnamon a little strong while I’m not getting any blueberry at all. Body is also lighter than I’d prefer.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), Beer Reviews, Kings Brewing Company, Stout - Imperial, USA

Kings Night Cap

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Brewery: Kings Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 12.5%
Style: American Imperial Stout

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Imperial Nutella & Toasted Hazelnut Stout.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.42
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.3

Intro: A 500ml waxed bottle (such a pain to open), with no clear bottled on or best before date. Poured into a snifter glass.
Appearance: Black in colour with a one finger tanned head that had pretty good retention and left some spotty lacing.
Aroma: Nutella, nuttiness, light chocolate milk and a hint of banana bread.
Taste: Chocolate milk, Nutella, vanilla and banana cream pie like sweetness, with only hints of hazelnuts in the background.
Mouthfeel: Creamy, light bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: Body was so light (too light) that the whole time it seemed like I was drinking a 6% Stout instead on an Imperial Stout. It also lacked roastiness to balance some of the sweet, and even though this is a Pastry Stout, it just lacked balance without any roast. Lastly, the hazelnut was unfortunately just hidden in the background and not really found in the flavours.