Yin & Yang

Brewery: Evil Twin Brewing

Supplier: Beer52

So this is a Black and Tan cocktail made from mixing the Imperial stout Yin and the Imperial IPA Yang, which is what they were designed for. I served this chilled.

Appearance: The black remains unpenetrable, but the head becomes lighter and remains for longer, though only a trace. 

Aroma: Not suprisingly, it seems to be a mix of the two with the hops, savoury notes, and roasted chocolate notes combining pleasantly. 

Flavour: Subtle hints of roasted chocolate notes folowed by a some slight lemon hop notes. 

Body: A fairly decent body, quite thick going well with the darker notes. 

Aftertaste: This becomes very dry and acidic with the hops and roasted malts contributing to both, along with a slight iron note.

Overall: Therefore this gets a rating of 7, I think it's very nice, but I enjoyed the IPA by itself ever so slightly better.

Price Range: £5.00 for each 355ml bottle, it was nice to do the series, but the price is too high and it's not special enough for me to buy it again.

Food Pairings: Like with black IPAs this one is hard to place; because of the dry acidic back I'm going to go with a chocolate mousse with creme de menthe. The chocolate pairing well, and the freshness of the lemon and mint complimenting each other. However, this could end up just masking the flavour of both.