Perennial Abraxas Vietnamese 2025

Style

Imperial Pastry Stout

ABV

14.1%

Origin

USA

Aging

Oak barrel 7+ months

Tasting Profile

The nose opens with bold Vietnamese coffee—dark roasted, earthy, almost chocolatey—layered over cinnamon stick and ancho chile warmth. Vanilla bean and cacao nibs emerge as it breathes. The palate is luxuriously thick, coating with espresso intensity, bittersweet chocolate, and maple sweetness balanced by subtle chili heat that builds gradually. Cinnamon and vanilla weave through the dense malt body. The finish lingers remarkably long, leaving dark roast coffee bitterness, fading spice tingle, and residual molasses sweetness that evolves across several minutes.

Food Pairing

Pair with Mexican chocolate tres leches cake, where the beer’s coffee and cinnamon notes amplify the dessert’s creamy spice profile while matching its richness. Alternatively, serve alongside slow-braised short ribs with mole negro sauce—the beer’s chocolate and chili complexity mirrors the mole’s depth while its robust body stands up to the meat’s unctuous texture.

About Perennial Artisan Ales

Perennial Artisan Ales operates from a historic building in St. Louis, Missouri’s industrial Carondelet area, a structure with deep roots in American manufacturing history. The facility began life in 1920 as the Temtor Fruit & Products Company factory, designed by architect Harry G. Clymer for his cousin Milton G. Clymer, who had founded the Best-Clymer Manufacturing Company in 1913 to produce preserves. The building was strategically positioned with direct rail access via a spur from the nearby Missouri Pacific Railroad. In 1937, Coca-Cola acquired the property and converted it into a syrup plant to serve the Midwest region, operating under the direct control of their Atlanta headquarters to protect their secret formula. For five decades, this facility produced concentrate that was shipped to independent Coca-Cola bottling franchisees throughout the region. After Coca-Cola closed the plant in 1988, the National Register of Historic Places recognized the building’s architectural and industrial significance. Today, this same structure that once housed generations of beverage production continues its legacy as home to Perennial Artisan Ales, carrying forward St. Louis’s proud tradition of crafting distinctive drinks.

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