{"id":1210,"date":"2010-12-26T00:02:13","date_gmt":"2010-12-25T11:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/?p=1210"},"modified":"2011-03-02T15:20:36","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T02:20:36","slug":"twisted-hop-nokabollokov-imperial-stout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2010\/12\/26\/twisted-hop-nokabollokov-imperial-stout\/","title":{"rendered":"Twisted Hop ‘Nokabollokov’ Imperial Stout"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Twisted Hop 'Nokabollokov'<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Good old bloody-great-big Imperial Stout. Where would we be without you, then, huh? There are occasions where something as big and lovely and just-about-terrifying as this are just mandatory. Like here, catching up with a good friend and his family, in something of a now-weirdly-traditional Boxing Day Second Christmas.<\/p>\n

And ‘Nokabollokov’ is just exactly what I want in one of these, too. It’s thick and gloopy, utterly dark, wonderfully flavourful — smoky, almost meaty<\/em> in its bigness and richness —\u00a0 and kinda-vaguely-worryingly-easy to drink, given its strength. So it does pay to take it slow, or share — or both.<\/p>\n

The scanner only slightly<\/em> picked it up, but waving this thing around and pondering comparisons to such seemingly-bonkers referents as Oxo\u2122 cubes lead to Diary II<\/em>\u2019s first spillstain. I thought that was pretty appropriate, for something this stainingly-dark and sneakishly-strong. I’ve been a lot<\/em> finnickier<\/a> with Diary II<\/em>, so far, but my usual obsessiveness was overwhelmed by the fair-enough-ness of the situation.<\/p>\n

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Diary II entry #46, Twisted Hop 'Nokabollokov'<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Verbatim:<\/strong> Twisted Hop ‘Nokabollokov’ Imperial Stout 26\/10\/10 @ the Lanes in Yorick Bay. 330ml 8.6% $9ish @ Regional. Toby poured it for me, and reported it being distinctly treacly, which is always<\/span> a good sign. It’s utter blackness — together with the stark label, it’s stunning. The bubbles are almost scarily dark + crema-ish, but to start it’s worryingly easy to drink. The bitterness builds as it warms + you drink, though — but not to an unwelcome level. Smoked Oxo\u2122 cube, maybe, with caramel, says Toby. Suitably, it’s my first Diary-spill, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Good old bloody-great-big Imperial Stout. Where would we be without you, then, huh? There are occasions where something as big and lovely and just-about-terrifying as this are just mandatory. Like here, catching up with a good friend and his family, in something of a now-weirdly-traditional Boxing Day Second Christmas. And ‘Nokabollokov’ is just exactly what … Continue reading Twisted Hop ‘Nokabollokov’ Imperial Stout<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[6,14,8,11],"class_list":["post-1210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diary","tag-pages","tag-nz","tag-photogenic","tag-stout"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":753,"url":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2010\/09\/10\/wigram-imperial-stout-with-mojo-coffee-beans\/","url_meta":{"origin":1210,"position":0},"title":"Wigram Imperial Stout (with Mojo coffee beans)","author":"Phil","date":"September 10, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Firstly, hopinators. 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