BrewDog Riptide

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

1 pint, 6.4 oz bottle (thanks Chris). Definitely an underrated beer here. There’s quite a few good things going on here. Dark, toffee/caramel grain malt is a big player in the aroma. Some other nutty malts, chocolate cookie, and some woody earth as well. Nicely balance smell. A light layer of creamy cream head that dissipates almost entirely, a medium-thick body, and a straight midnight black color. A medium-thick feel in the body as well with a nice creamy and strong balanced body. Although the abv may be low, this is a very drinkable imp stout. The flavor profile is simple, but well balanced with very high quality English malts. Nutty, dark cookie grain malts, cocoa, light wood, earth, with a very pleasant dark bittersweet malt finish. Again, this is very underrated in my opinion. Really a very pleasant and drinkable take on a imperial stout. I liked this quite a bit.

(bottle, 33cl) Clear, mahogany colour with a beige medium-sized foamy head. Moderately sweet and roasty malty aroma with notes of anise, caramel, berry fruits and a tinge of noble hops. Roasty bitter flavour with a present and rounded malty sweetness, full bodied with a soft carbonation. Robust roast-malty, slightly molassy taste with caramel, chocolate and a tinge of anise spice; sweet and roast-bitter finish with warming alcoholic notes and a light but aromatic hoppy tail. Complex and superb brew. 24.XII.09

Aroma is Chocolate and Caramel. Appearance is jet black with a large creamy head. Taste is alcohol, chocolate, roasted malt and the malt hangs arounbd the palate. This is one of my favourite Stouts, pity BD seems to want to discontinue it. Not interesting enough gents?

A deep dark stout with a thin off white head. Aroma of bitter chocolate, dust, dark fruits, and fruity esters. In mouth, a nice lightly sweet chocolate, milkey, smooth, lightly hopped but sustained burned bitterness. A bit lighter bodied than expected. Not bad. Bieropholie Imports, BB 10-02-10.

pour was a dark brown with a very thin body I’ve had porters with bolder bodies aromas were of roasted malts,light coffee and hopping, taste was smooth and light maybe this is just the norm for european RIS

Aroma is strong, oily and smoky with an undertone of fine roast coffee and a hint of molasses. It pours a dark-chocolate brown, opaque and nearly black, with a fairly thick and somewhat persistent head. Rich flavor fills the mouth with roast coffee, molasses, unsweetened chocolate, caramel and even a bit of hops. Texture is jagged, fizzy and lively. This beer is NOT for the timid!

Brewdog Rip Tide 12/12/09 (bomber, says best before 9/9/09. Pours dark brown-purple, with almost no head. Aroma of raisins, peat, dark chocolate and a touch of sweet molasses. Body is medium and mild carbonation, a bit thin for the style. Flavor can be described simply as dark chocolate with an earthy, raisin-infused element. Not much roasts or coffee here. I’m not really impressed by this one. And this is the second Brewdog beer I’ve felt the same about (Punk IPA being the other). Lacks the body, complexity, and, well heck, the alcohol, of my favorite bold Impy Stouts.) 3.6.

aroma-roasted malts, coffee, not bad. appearance- dark brown/black. taste-same as aroma with some cola and chocolate. palate- pretty thin for an imperial stout. definitely not bad, yet so forgettable