BrewDog Riptide

Brewed by BrewDog
Style: Imperial Stout
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Small brown head. Very dark color almost mot transparent at all. Dark chocolate aroma with a litle coffey. Roasted malts with chocolate and metalic taste. Big body and a bitterness both from the malts and hops.

Bottle from Belmont Party. Poured a clear dark brown color with a large frothy brown head that lasted with excellent lacing. Moderate to heavy roasted chocolate, dark fruit and alcohol aroma. Heavy bittersweet roasted malty flavor with a heavy bittersweet finish of moderate to long duration. Full body with a smooth texture and flat carbonation. This is a very good beer.

Bottle. Pours reddish-black, with almost no head, just a skim of tan foam across the surface of the beer. Poor/spotty lacing. Nose is appropriately roasty, with loads of dark fruits nearly running to flowers. A very feminine Imperial Stout in many respects. Coffee and chocolate begin to come out as the beer warms, and it slowly becomes more assertive. Chocolate cake, dark malt, and a bit of smoke emerge with time. Palate is soft, slightly sweet, and mouthcoatingly earthy. Mushrooms, dank cellar, wet leaves, nice roast, some dark fruit, milk chocolate, coffee, which slowly turns quite ashy in the finish. Booze is nicely hidden, and it has a certain port-like character to it.

An almost black colored beer, with a thick foamy beige head. The aroma of burned malts with fruits like dark cherries with some raisins. The taste id dry, there smoked malt, bitter of chocalte with some little sweets of fruits. The aftertaste is dry bitter with smoke and a little spices.

Bottled. Dark reddish brown coloured. Fluffy small light brown head. Light chocolate, ligth alcohol, light roast, light cocoa. A bit subdued. Chocolate, liqourice, light herbs, light prunes and roast. Nicely balanced. Medium to full bodied. Quite dry. Sweet and fruity roasted end. Has some alcohol warmth on lips and palate.

Pours near opaque black with a small dark head. Aroma is big of roasted malts with hints of chocolate. Flavor is roasted malts with some hints of dark fruits. Not bad.

Appearance: Rolls out a dark brown, near black body with a smallish, bubbly, beige head. Smell: Roasted malts with hints of unsweetened chocolate, licorice candies, coffee, and an all-around earthiness. Rich, vinous fruitiness present. Minor blip of higher alcohols. With some slight warming, the coffee notes deepen to give a touch of Kahlua. Taste: Dark, roasty malts with flavors of baker’s chocolate and espresso with a more restrained fruitiness. An earthy roastiness pairs with the lightly herbaceous hops to provide a moderate amount of bitterness. As with the nose, a bit of added warmth helps to bring out more of the chocolate and coffee tones. A bit chalky and a touch of alcohol warmth on the roasty, bitter finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-full body. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: Leans towards being relatively mild and easy-going as opposed to other stouts that are bold and brash.

1pt 6.4fl oz bottle. Batch 002? Best by 7/7/08 or 09? Thinking 09. Brown to black pour. Thin wimpy tan head. Smells of raisins, chocolate, coffee. Maybe some soy or licorice, but first 3 most dominant. Mouth is slick. Smooth, but medium-heavy and tad oily. Upfront chocolate and coffee. Good finishing hop bite with roast bitter. Citrus remains controlled, yet still an astringency. Dont think it’s the booze. Some woody smokiness showing up mid palate. Wonderful note, though elusive. Damn drinkable. Found this on sale. Would never pay over $8 for this bottle, and it seems that Brewdog brews carry a high pricetag. Damn tariffs and diesel! Good 1st impression, and hopefully not the last. Solid brew. Made my night.