Clipper City Heavy Seas Peg Leg

Brewed by Clipper City Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial Stout
Baltimore, Maryland USA

Pours a deep dark brown almost black. Minimal aroma of malts, coffee and chocolate. No head. Hints of coffee, chocolate, malts and some molasses make up the taste. Too light to be considered creamy and light for an imperial stout.

Bottle sampled. Pours a very dark brown color with a nice tan head. Aroma of coffee, molassess, and some caramel. Flavor is sweet with malts,coffee and a hint of vanilla with a burnt malt finish

12oz bottle, ticked as jan 07 (so drinking this only 6 months old). pours an opaque black, not much carbonation. aroma is caramel, some hint of alcohol, toast. flavor is caramel, fruity malt, roasted coffee and then a slightly sour almost-puckering dryness in the finish. definitely on the lighter side of imperial stout, something like a 1.5 stout. still, pretty good.

12oz. bottle. Lightly sweet and roasty aroma, some dark chocolate, brown sugar, candy and creamer-infused coffee, mingled with lighter touches of earthiness and ripe prune. Largely opaque brown-black color with a very slight, subsiding head, and seemingly lacking any evidence of bottle-conditioning. Flavor is roasty, grainy and bittersweet, more chocolate and milder coffee present, along with a blend of burnt sugar and background honeyish sweetness, very mildly spicy hop bitterness and a vague suggestion of lactose and dried fruits on the finish. Mouthfeel is thin, almost watery for the style and gently acidic, light on effervescence and with a medium-full body. Lingering roasty malt character late. Lighter in feel than expected, and lacking a bit in complexity and nuance for the style, but drinkable enough. Indeed like an amped up Dry Stout in most regards.

doesn’t pour like an imperial, doesn’t look like an imperial and the mouth feel certainly isn’t an imperial. other than that , it’s a pretty tasty brew. sweet malt and nutty aroma. when warmed a bit the flavor is dried figs cooked in port wine, fennel seeds, and star anise. lots of toasted malts and licorice. mild coffee finish with the alcohol popping it’s head in. flavor profile and body more like a porter... but i’m not complaining.

This is a very good stout. It’s well balanced and enjoyable to drink. It’s not as strong as most imperial stouts, and doesn’t stand out from a crowd, but that doesn’t mean its a bad beer by any means. Slight toasted malts / chocolate flavor. The mouth feel could be a bit thicker, it feels almost too watery for a stout.. Overall another great offering from Heavy Seas (who is turning out to be one of my favorite breweries)

12 oz bottle. Pours black with small brown head which does not last long. Aroma is sweet and malty. Taste of malt and coffee with lite bitter after taste.

Black pour with a well carbonated head. Some smoky caramel notes. Flavor is a bit weak for a Impy. Taste ia a wee bit of chocolate and caramel. I’m used to a more explosive flavor from an Imperial Stout. The dryness holds on. Perhaps this should be classified as a Dry Stout? While I have no complaints of drinking this, this doesn’t stand side by side with some of the bolder Imperial Stouts. Stout at most.