Hop Grail
Edge of the Dessert
- Pastry Stout
- 5.98% ABV
- Label approved May 13, 2021
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90 seek it out · 80 would buy again · 70 fine, wouldn't seek it · 60 disappointing · 40 flawed or drain pour
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Great Notion Brewing's Pastry Stout. Label approved 13 May 2021.
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How to serve it
- Serve at
- 52–60°F (11–16°C)
- Glass
- Snifter: a wide bowl you can warm in your hand, for a small strong pour
About 255–325 calories and 34–53 g carbs
About 115 of those calories come from the alcohol.
General guidance for Pastry Stout. Calories and carbs are estimates from the ABV and how the style usually finishes; numbers the brewery prints beat ours. More beer tools
About this beer
This is the 18th of 139 labels we have from Great Notion Brewing. Its label was approved 3 days after it was submitted.
A desert scene rendered in bold linocut style dominates the front label, depicting an ostrich operating a slot machine amid saguaro cacti, prickly pear, and scattered desert flora under a streaked sunset sky populated with bats. The composition is full-bleed, with the illustration framed top and bottom by decorative lines and the brewery and beer names in outlined serif capitals. The colour palette reads warm — cream, tan, sage green, coral pink, and dusty orange — with strong black outlines throughout. The entire design sits on a solid black field.
From the label“CRAFT CINNAMON BEER BREWED WITH BLACKBERRY, HAZELNUT FLAVORS, AND VANILLA FLAVORS.”
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Style: StoutBrewery: Great Notion Brewing