BrewDog Riptide

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

bottle with caspar. Nose of stewed apricots, burnt sugar, molasses, coffee and bitter chocolate. Pitch black in appearance with a little spotted tan rim. quite funky and tart in flavour. espresso and fresh cocoa, spicy with a lot of cardamom, all-spice and nutmeg. very grainy. Smooth and devine x

Bomber pours a thin dark brown body with a skimpy beige head. Aroma is red apple skins, caramel, and a hint of cocoa. Surprisingly creamy on such a thin bodied stout. Taste opens with fruity red apple, backed by dark fruits. Grassy hops offer more bitterness than the subtle dark roasty notes. Maltiness is a bit grainy. Sweetness harms drinkability.

Opaque black color. Light roasty aroma. Not much flavor. Very bitter ash aftertaste. Thin, watery feel. Maybe I got a bad bottle. Definitely not my favorite.

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

Bottle. Pours black with a light tan head. Smells of rosted malts and some vinous alcohol. Tastes of malts, chocolate and soy.

Dark black pour with a dark tan head. Roasted malt aroma with a hint of sweetness to it. Taste is roasted malt, burnt flavor, little oily, some chocolate sweetness. Leaves a nice slightly burnt roasted malt flavor in your mouth. Sporatic lacing.

Bottle. Very dark/black with small beige head. Licorice aroma with notes of coffee, roasted malts, a little chocolate and a little smoke. A slight hoppy note can be detected as well. Surprisingly smokey flavour. Not that it resembles a smoked beer, but it has a very nice touch of smokiness to the flavour already consisting of burned malts, licorice, coffee and a decen amount of bitterness in the end. Not the best impy I’ve had, but I like the fact that this one has character to seperate itself from so many others. I really enjoyed this one and would definitely drink it again even over other impys, that I’ve rated higher. I like smoke in my beer and especially in my whisky, but so far the Paradox series have been way to un-balanced for me. The element of smoke in this one could be slightly more significant, but this is probably overall the best and most interesting beer I’ve had from BrewDog. Also the first entered rating...

Bottle. It’s dark brown with deep ruby red in the colour and a thin brown head. Aroma is relatively mild with dark chocolate and roasted coffee beans. There’s some distant hop aroma in there too. Body is smooth and full. Flavour is quite dry, becoming more complex with plenty of coffee and creamy dark chocolate. Finish is long and dry.