 Dickinsonbeer (3517), Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Mar 19, 2009 Tap at Blind Tiger. Pours a nice deep dark brown almost pitch black with a nice nitro lasting head and good lace. Aroma is nutty toasty, good full chocolate and a nice light fruitiness. Flavor is toasty, good roast- light coffee, and good dark chocolate with almost a nutty chocolate fruitiness- light dry acrid slightly acidic finish. Nice dry stout.
Beardface (1036), Eugene, Oregon, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Feb 26, 2009 On tap at the brewpub as part of the sampler. Brown pour with a tiny white head. Waaaaay to thin for me (it was on nitro) and dry though not entirely without appeal I guess.
JohnC (2288), Mission Viejo, California, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 1/5 | 14/20 |
Jan 29, 2009 On tap at the brewery, I got this as part of a sampler set.
Per the brewer this is a dry stout and I changed the description to reflect this. Further others have noted that it isn’t an imperial (which it certainly didn’t taste like).
dry, but a bit lactic, not as smooth as I would have liked.
bhensonb (4387), Woodland, California, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 18, 2009 Nitro draft at the brew pub as Nitro Black Bart. Didn’t seem all that imperial. Black color with a creamy tan head. Aroma is rather mocha. Flavors are coffee and chocolate; dark roast/toast malt; something of hop bitter. Finish is very smooth. Went quite well with prime rib.
jasonp (1514), Sterling/Dulles, Virginia, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Aug 22, 2007 On tap at Bear Republic in mid-June. Not an Imperial Stout as the categorization states. Dark brown/ruby red with a thick creamy head. Smooth, mocha chocolate aroma. Flavor is roasty with a sharp hop character, then caramel, toffee and a little chocolate. Medium bodied with a smooth texture and soft carbonation. Easy drinkin’ solid stuff.
badlizard (2394), Berkeley, California, USA
| 2.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 10/20 |
Aug 2, 2007 An imperial stout? What the...!?! Dark brown with a creamy tan head. Faint chocolate aroma. Watery palate. Chocolate taste but a fairly one dimensional beer. Not as bitter as expected for a dry stout.
GeneralGao (3076), Iowa City, Iowa, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 5, 2006 Nitro at the brewpub. I agree with the previous rating in the sense that I had no idea it was an imperial stout. Opaque black in the glass with a creamy tan nitro head. Smells of dark chocolate with a touch of roasty coffee. Flavor is similar with a hint of anise. Full bodied with a smooth mouth feel. Pretty tasty.
ChillCoat (1029), Concord, California, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
May 22, 2006 On nitro. The bartender didn’t know anything about this beer, after tasting it I scored it as a dry stout since I guessed that’s what it was. To see it listed here as an Imperial is pretty surprising to me since I would never have guessed that from drinking it.
Pours a deep black color with a light tan head. The aroma is primarily chocolate with a slight smokiness and some coffee notes. Cocoa and chocolate dominate the flavor as well with some anise and vanilla showing up along side. Finishes dry.
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