BrewDog Riptide

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

Aroma: Lightly roasted malts and a bag of semi sweet chocolate chips. Appearance: Dark brown with no head. Taste: Semi sweet chocolate chips and roasted coffee. Mouthfeel: Full bodied. Overall: Underwhelmed

nose of light roast, some alcohol and a metallic twinge. appearance is standard opaque. flavor is a bit numbing but contains light chocolate. devoid of java, the light alcohol seems to be the strongest flavor proponent. mouthfeel is similarly disappointing: a bit thin and fleeting. overall i expect more from brewdog.

This poured a black color with a beige head. The aroma contains some coffee, chocolate, and licorice. The flavor is rather bitter with some licorice, coffee, and chocolate. An odd gritty aftertaste. Overall a decent stout but not a great Impy.

Pours a very dark brown color with a medium khaki head that recedes steadily. Rings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of cocoa, mild coffee and malt. Medium, smooth body with flavors of sweet chocolate, coffee and malt. Mild hops in the background. The finish is sweet chocolate and toasted malt with a short chocolate malt aftertaste. Above average overall.

The Riptide poem written on the side of the bottle is greatly amusing me but it’s too long to write out so I won’t. Very dark brown body with a small cap. Aroma has a mild coffee along with burnt malts, and some bakers chocolate there is also some noticeable alcohol in the nose. Flavor is bitter and chalky. Very burnt toast flavoured and mild. The more I drink this the more I enjoy it the light but still powerful flavor works for me, half way through the bottle now and my stomach is getting very warm. The after taste lingers with burnt coffee and strawberry yogurt?!?!? The 8% alcohol is hidden very nicely in this brew making it deadly to drink. For a Imp stout this is a little weak, the flavor is not intense enough however this is very tasty and highly drinkable 7 thumbs way up for the mild yet tasty Imp stout

Beautiful deep auburn mahogany color. Brief yeast aroma, followed by intense dark chocolate. Chocolate flavor, with barleywine-strength alcohol and hop levels. Goes down smooth.

Dark brown coloured body with a one centimetre tall lighter brown head. Some cola colours and larger bubbles show when held up to a light. Aroma of roasted malt, cereal, molasses, vanilla and raisins - strong and potent. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong assertive roasted malt up front with oatmeal, coffee, oak and vanilla strong behind. Aftertaste shows molasses and prunes tucked in with some alcohol and metal. Overall, a good and strong stout, lighter than most other Imperial Stouts, but a welcome alternative! I sampled this 33 cL bottle purchased from the Utobeer Market Stall in Borough (London), England on 13-December-2008, sampled at home in Washington (on the other side of the pond) on 07-June-2009.

22.4oz bottle. Opaque black with a minimal, patchy head. The aroma is relatively mild, but the taste is full on awesome. Big coffee and cocoa flavors. Mellow carbonation, ultra smooth. Mossy cocoa bitterness. Chocolate aftertaste. One of the best Scottish beers I’ve had in awhile.