Arcadia Imperial Stout

Brewed by Arcadia Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Battle Creek, Michigan USA

Bottled in 03: I hate gushing bottles. I had to pour this first from the bottle into a glass, then from that glass into another glass, taking care to leave the chunky ass yeast behind. The nose is of dried raisins and cherries, blended with dark chocolate and dark coffee. The taste is dry and roasty. Chocolatey coffee, along with figs, raisins, and cherries are the players in this game. Age has been the coach. This has a great mouthfeel, as do many well aged impy stouts. The carbonation is creamy, the body is full. This is dangerously drinkable, and readily available for me. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 10-05-2005 05:57:51

Pretty good stuff. Taste is pretty sweet with an really clean palate. I like this brew better than some other highly rated imperial stouts, the only drawback are all the huge chunks in this particular bottle. I’m not a fan of that, but the beer does taste great!

Big thanks to Dough77 for the hookup. Poured black with a tiny brown head. Strong, vinous aroma. Delicious flavor, though a bit thinner than some other impy’s that I’ve had. Bitter, dark chocolate and coffee notes from the roasted malts. Sweet and smooth. I like that it’s only 8.4%, no trace of the alcohol at all.

pours black, slight tan head with a bit of lacing. roasty, sweet ,alcoholic aroma. creamy chocolate and coffee flavors, with a certian bitterness. finish is smooth and creamy. the slight bitterness overcomes the chocolatey sweetness to raise the rating on this beer a point or 2.

Draught@The Ginger Man, NYC
Opaque black color with big creamy expresso head. Toasted aroma with some vanilla/fudge -notes. Very coffeish flavor - creamy palate with full body. Kind of vanilla notes in flavor too. Sweetish impy, but a good one.

No pour(drank from bottle,warm) Pitch black with aromas of coffee,chocolate,and malt. Flavors of malt,plums,and chocolate. I need to try this one cold and re-rate it soon. Not a bad beer at all though.

2006 bottle. Pours a dark brown with almost no head. Aroma of roasted sweet malts and light alcohol scent. Flavor of molasses and sweet roasted malts, but no alcohol in the flavor. Did a side by side with an 02 that tasted like teriyaki sauce. Way past its prime.

12 oz bottle purchased at Oak Tree. Pours a thick solid black with a slight film of mocha colored head. Musty aroma of dark fruit, coffee and dry chocolate powder. Full bodied with soft carbonation and hardly any noticable alcohol. Flavor is sweet like an alcoholic dark cherry in a chocolate shell. The hop bitterness melds with the malts to make this one seem burnt. The only thing I can say about this beer is meh....