BrewDog Riptide

Bottle. Aroma a bit smoky with anise, orange peel, very bitter chocolate, raisins, charcoal, very complex and enticing. Flavor has tons more of that bitter chocolate, pure, baker’s chocolate, with lots of sweet malty and sticky fruit notes, some butterscotch, and ample amounts of roastiness. Dry, bitter finish despite the feeling at all other points that it’s going to lean toward the sweet side. Entertaining, complex, and a nice big but not big stout.

pours a dark colour with a light coffe colour head . taste of dark chocolate and coffee and leaves a bitter dry palate

Bottle. Poured black with nothing but a watery gurgle of to top it off, a disappointing start. But the manly aroma gets me reinterested and on the first sip I’m completely turned into a fan. Rich with flavor, this is a delicious brew -- full of dark fruit, coffee, and a nice bitter finish. (#3596, 11 July 2009)

12 oz. bottle. Pours almost black with ruby highlights and a very small, very light tan head. The head dissipates very quickly. This one has a roasted nose with light fruit undertones and a bit of coffee. Medium carbonation with a medium mouthfeel. Dry and bitter for sure. Overwhelmingly bitter. Roasted malt, a little caramel, mineral notes, and come coffee on the palate, but all of that is quickly washed away by an acridic bitterness that is like chewing on aspirin. A long, bitter finish. The overwhelming bitterness just ruins the enjoyment and surely makes this a beer I have no desire to return to.

Lots of UK yeast strain permeates this Imperial Stout. Orchard fruit undertones buffer the coffee/choco flavors that reside in the middle of each taste. A sugary spicy finish ends up completing the thought, with spot on bitterness, whilst leaving one’s palate slightly moist for the next gulp. Alcohol presence is less than detectable for an 8% stout, but overall mouthfeel and viscosity is a tad underwhelming. Slightly thinner than I’d enjoy, with less carbonation than most comparable brews.

Bottle shared by Tmoney99. Pours a very dark brown with garnet highlights and a medium sized beige head. The aroma is very sweet malt with fruits. What seems to be missing is the roasted malt. The flavor does pick up a nice roasted quality. It is still on the sweeter side with dark fruits, chocolate, char and light smoke. This seems a bit thinner than most imperial stouts. Enjoyable; much more so than any of the Paradox beers.

Bottle. Pours a dark brown with a paperthin light tan head that diminishes quickly to nothing. The aroma is a sweet roasted malt with chocolate and coffee. Thin mouthfeel and very watery on the palate with a light roasted malt and a bitter finish. Hides the alcohol well making it easy to drink. A decent Imperial Stout from BrewDog.

Bottle: Dark brown color, creamy, coffee-brown color. Aroma is full of cacao, some coffee, dark fruits and some alcohol. Flavor is fruity, light sourly, alcoholic. Some coffee, dark chocolate and much roasted malt. Pretty good.