Dark Horse Plead the 5th Imperial Stout

Brewed by Dark Horse Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Marshall, Michigan USA

Black pour with a little chocolate froth on top. Light, fruity aroma - surprising for an imperial. Another weird, artsy Dark Horse label, and I do not mean that disrespectfully. This is a mighty fine stout! Lots of coffee and chocolate malt flavor, along with cherry and prune compote. Solid, dry hops kick in too, but the marshmallow sweetness lingers on the palate and in the mind. ABV was not on the bottle, and I was surprised that it was so high. Excellent stuff (altho not an everyday beer).

Pours an opaque jet black color with a dark brown head. Aroma is caramel, molasses, plum, chocolate, and some alcohol. Flavor is caramel, plum, molasses, brown sugar, chocolate, and a bitter syrupy finish.

Pours black with thick brown head and lots of lacing meduim to almost thick body with aromas from roasted malts,light coffee and choclates taste is very bold like any IRS I have grown to be a big fan of dark horse stouts and this one does’t let me down

Bottle, about a year or so of age on this one. Pours a solid black, small, forced tan head that dissapates rather quickly. Roasted malt, chocolate and a subdued touch of hops in the background of the aroma. Creamy, roasted malt, sweet chocolate and again a touch of hops in the flavor profile. Great mouthfeel, thick and kinda oily and a slightly bitter finish, really well done.

Aroma is reminiscent of Surly Darkness, a lot of sweet malt over something of a surprisngly robust hop presence. Caramel, raisin, vanilla, and the aformentioned hop sweetness are key. Apperance is great, black, minimal head, would rank a bit higher with a bit more frothy goodness. Taste is heavy cloying sweetness, lightly bitter, and if it is possible to taste thick, this is it. Palate is appropriately thick and near flat, just where I want an impy stout. Full body, thick feel, soft carbonation, long finish. Yes this is my first review using the assistance, so bear with me. Overall a good beer, though a bit on the sweet end of my taste for imperial stouts.

bottle, by trade with ogglethorp, pitch black with no foam, aroma of coffee, chocolate and raisin, flavors are strong malt and roasted coffee , port, big hershey chocolate syrup finish

i drank this beer 2 days ago. right now, i’ve already had 3 Brooklyn Black Chocolate’s, soo, yeah.. the most striking thing about this beer that i recall was the appearance. beautiful head, lace, dark, opaque, mmmm. great overall taste, but the appearance on this fucker was outstanding.

This is one dark beer. Pours black with a rapidly dissipating dark brown head. Aroma is chocolate liqueur with hints of licorice and vanilla. The flavor is a bit molasses like, rather sweet, but not too cloying.