Antares Imperial Stout

Brewed by Antares
Style: Imperial Stout
Mar del Plata - P. de Bs As, Argentina

Bottled. A dark brown beer with a huge brown head. The aroma is sweet with notes of butter as well as lighter notes of roasted malt. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of roasted malt as well as lighter notes of butter and alcohol, leading to a dry finish.

(Bottle 33 cl) Pours an opaque dark brown with an orange hue and a dense, light brown head. Aroma of burned malt and alcohol. Quite full-bodied with hard roasted malts, licorice and a little tar. Fairly malt bitter finish. Solid but a little raw and unrefined. 200908

Draught at the Tandil location. Very dark brown, fairly brief head. Spicy aniseed flavour with some peppery alcohol. With it’s clean mouthfeel and relatively light body (for an imperial stout) it is more drinkable than most beers of this style, and the roasty malt generates some interesting flavours. It is however to clean and straightforward to be really good in my liking.

Bottled (thanks omhper!). Rubyish brown colour, mediumsized brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, caramel, toffee, wood and some slight cellary notes. Flavour is roasted malts, toffee, some hops and caramel. A Quite nice done brew.

Bottle at Monks Café, Wallingatan. Black coloured with a small off white head. Roasted aroma of caramel chocolate, dark fruits and ash tray. Roasted flavour of caramel, ash tray, fruits, overriped fruits and hops. Roated and hoppy finish.

Brown colour, dull haze, no head. Lots of "brown" accents - toast, earth, turbinado and some wineyness. The body is thin, the toastiness and wineyness everpresent. Not at imperial stout, but once you get over this hurdle you can start to appreciate that it is a pretty tasty strong porter. The three main components are accented by some chocolate and dust notes.

Brown with reddish glimts and a large beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, caramel and honey notes. Sweet flavour with roasted malt, caramel and chocolate notes. End mild bitter.

Bottled (BB 03/2007)
Very dark brown, almost opaque, not much head. Plums, toasted malts, raisins and alcohol in the nose - shows signs of ageing (propably at least 1,5 years old bottle). Tar, woody hops, some dates. Long tarry roasted aftertaste. Interesting beer: imperial stout from Argentina, just a bit too offensive with its roast and tar.