Clown Shoes - Blaecorn Unidragon

What's up everyone?! Did you miss me? That's ok, I didn't miss you much either. I spent my weekend drinking some good beers and watching quite a bit of hockey.

With that said, I almost forgot I had this incredibly named beer in my fridge. I figured, why not crack it open and get a review up. I don't want anyone to think I'd died or something!

So tonight I'm drinking the wonderfully named Blaecorn Unidragon by Clown Shoes (Mercury Brewing Co) out of Ipswich, MA. I'd heard things about their beers but had never seen one in the store. Much to my delight I came across this rare Unic...Unico... shit, Unidragon, and had to pick it up. I didn't know much about it but with a label that looks like something off a heavy metal album cover I just didn't care. I had to get this and drink it in the name of all things METAAAAAAAAL!!!!

Ok, so the first thing I noticed when actually reading up on this thing is the abv. 12.5%! This tells me a couple of things. One, this is going to be one strong ass beer! Two, I probably should have aged this for a bit. I thought this had a bottle on date but I guess I'm wrong. If it's there I'm looking right at it, but I'm fucking blind soo... pretty sure this is fairly fresh, maybe January.

Anyway, let's pour this beast out and get into it.

Unidragon pours out a pitch black. There's no light shining through this beer at all. It looks evil. Like a black Unidragon should. Honestly, I want to blast some Ronnie James Dio (RIP!) while I'm drinking this. There was about a finger of beige, bordering on mocha. The head didn't stick around very long and receded back into the beer leaving behind a spotted-like lacing. It looks pretty good. Lets get the nose on this one.

First thing I get on the Unidragon is a nice earthy hop note. It's pretty strong too. Nothing like an IPA but you definitely get some hop character. That's followed immediately by a chocolate character. Some roasted malts shining through right now as well. There's a bit of dark chocolate, maybe even some roasted espresso beans here. I'm getting a lot of a raisin character as well. It smells a lot like a bag of Raisinets. There some fig and date characteristics also. A nice sugary note as well. You do get a little bit of alcohol on the nose as well. 12.5% that's pretty much a guarantee though. I'm tired of waiting. Let's drink up!

Right away I get a milk chocolate sweetness. That's immediately followed up by that chocolate covered raisin character I got on the nose. It's nice and sweet and really pleasing. Middle of the tongue there's a nice hop bitterness and some roasted notes. Definitely from the malts that were used. I'm getting quite a bit of an espresso character here as well. There's a bit of alcohol coming through on the middle of the tongue. You definitely know this is a big beer. Back of the mouth you get a subtle tobacco character maybe even the slightest bit of leather. There's more chocolate sweetness and some date/fig action going on as well. This beer tastes really nice.

Overall, I'm really enjoying this beer. Blaecorn Unidragon is a solid Russian Imperial Stout. I'd definitely recommend checking it out if you can get it. I'd also recommend letting this age for a bit. I think with a year of age on this it'd be phenomenal. There's a bit more alcohol than I like on my stouts. It's not barrel aged so it's not a bourbon character unfortunately. The alcohol in no way ruins this beer. It's still really good, bordering on great in all honesty.

Rating: B+

Wife said it tastes like beer. Big fucking surprise.