Baird Dark Sky Imperial Stout

Brewed by Baird Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial Stout
Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan

Served from a 22 oz bottle from Pizza Port Bottle Shop. The appearance is a deep chocolaty brown with a super small roasted brown head. The aromas are rich with roasted malts, chocolate, espresso, with a touch of hops. The flavors are chocolate covered cherries initially and then quickly turn into heavily roasted malts and oak with some lactose in there and some herbal note. The mouth is medium dry with a low amount of carbonation. An above average but not great IS.

japan beer drinker-san .. . aged 1 1/2 years .. pours a very dark plum with a medium roasty head, lacing is very good too .. . mtv is for pussies .. . tar, choc, aged sherry, pressed fruit skins in the nose .. . aged to perfection .. . toasty tar and black roast flavours.. holds its own with the american impy stouts..

Dark brown with a thinner, somewhat wispy tan head. Aromas of roasted grains, coffee, molasses, some char, dark fruit and earthy hops. Flavors start sweet and lead to some chary bitterness. Finish has some coffee grounds and dark chocolate. Technically correct imperial stout.

22oz bottle @Pauls Gathering-pours a light brown ring for a head and black color. Aroma is sweet dark malt, dark fruit-cherry/prune. Taste is sweet dark malt, dark fruit-cherry/prune, secondary earthy hops. Mild carbonation.

Pours super dark, thin but solid sheet of tan sheet of suds atop. Smells somewhat charred, cola-like, with heavily roasted coffee notes, licorice, and leafy, resiny hop tones. Thick, super oily body with resiny hop notes, and humid warmth. Flavors are roasty and resiny with licorice notes. The bitterness is almost overwhelming here as the other flavors are having a hard time refining themselves. Overall, the beer seems to have a problem organizing it’s flavors and everything seems kind of unrefined and flimsy. The bitterness is somewhat distracting as well as it overwhelms the flavors that there malts are trying to portray. Nothings offensive or off, but i dont think the pieces really fit together here.

Looks like an oil spill in the artic ocean with a subtle milky lacing. Nose is heavy with chocolate, coffee, boric acid, caramel, and smoke. Red vines, cherries, chocolate, nuts,smoke, and hibiscus flowers. Dry mouth feel kind of bitter with a warming alcohol finish.

Bottle. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, light chocolate, coffee and caramel. Flavor was chocolate, coffee, roasted malts, licorice, caramel and had a hint of smoke.

Bottle at Paul’s tasting. Pours a deep dark black with a thin tan head. Light hop presence, chocolate, coffee, a touch of vanilla and barely a hint of bourbon. Medium body, light chocolate, roast, and coffee. Finishes with a touch of warming alcohol and a long lingering roast character.