Sempiternal

Name: Sempiternal
Brand: Elder Pine Brewing & Blending
Rating: 4.04 (59 reviews)

Elder Pine Brewing & Blending

Gaithersburg, MD

Tavour Rating

4.04

Style

Stout - Other

ABV

6.6%

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About This Beer

The multiple Maryland Craft Beer Competition medalists at Elder Pine brewed Sempiternal with beechwood, cherry wood, and mesquite smoked barley. Over 60% of the grain bill is smoked, complementing the complex chocolate, caramel, and biscuit malts.

Tasting Notes

One taste and you’ll immediately see why the brewers say, “Drinking this beer reminds us of having coffee and bacon for breakfast.” It’s a smoky sipper that engulfs semi-sweet baker’s chocolate and earthy espresso notes in the cozy essence of smoldering wood. And it’s swaddled in a silky-smooth body that juxtaposes the rustic char with a kiss of toffee.

Complex Rich Smooth Chocolatey Biscuity Smoky

Noteworthy Ingredients

Beechwood Smoked Barley Cherry Wood Smoked Barley Mesquite Smoked Barley

Reviews

4.04

59 Ratings

r1111

3.75

not as smokey as I thought it would be. it was okay.

SurlySteve

4.25

Creamy head, smoky malt aroma, coffee taste with a hint of Nueskes’ cherrywood Smoked Uncured Bacon, silky mouthfeel, similar to a Rauchbier but with a lot more going on.

Brewster9013

5.0

roasty, dark, smokey, balanced. soooo good!! wish I had gotten a lot more than 2 😭

Clubfred

1.0

Terrible, bacon grease beer.

darundgren

3.5

I had high hopes but the smokiness was a bit overblown here and it contributed to some additional bitter notes I didn’t love. Gorgeous can artwork though.

AGonz3495

4.25

While the smoked malts are not as aggressive as other rauchbiers, the experience is no less sublime: medium bodied, and both the aroma and flavor match that of a fresh cup of black coffee paired alongside cocoa-cured Nueskes’ pork belly.

Rustgood

4.75

Smoky, earthy, balanced. Campfire in a can

johndubo

3.75

Very smoky. And a little thin. But not bad.

david4919

4.25

nice Smokey flavor. wish more was available