Dogwood Youngbloods Imperial Porter

Formerly brewed at Dogwood Brewing Company
Style: Baltic Porter
Atlanta, Georgia USA

Tampa RB Gathering Beer #3....Courtesy of mgumby10.....dark brown pour, black edges, small lasting tan ring....nose of roasted malts, dark fruits, coffee grounds and chocolate....flavor chocolate, coffee, dark fruits, roasted malts....sticky palate, medium-full bodied....lengthy finish

22 ounce Bottle provided by csbosox
The pleasant kind of oxidized. Vinous raisin chocolate pudding and roast malt. All are strong and wonderful.
Opaque brown with a brown head.
Flavor, oh the flavors. Fudgey, oxidized, raisin. Mild bitterness.
Rich, silky, semi sweet finish.
I have no idea what this beer tasted like fresh, but aged is really f’n nice.

sept07. Sample. Super black, with a thin dark brown head. Aroma of heavy chocolate, hints of sherry, and a bit of top soil. Huge Chocolate flavors. Some smoky malt flavors. Coffee in the finish. Heavy Bodied. Thank you Crawford!

Black with low carbonation level. Just keeps getting better with age. Wonderful chocolate flavors with hints of raisans and prunes. The alcohol is quite subdued. The hops keep mellowing with age and it keeps getting more and more balanced. When it was younger the hops were a little too forward for this beer, but the bitterness and flavor are pretty close to right on now that it has aged.

Bottle drunk 5/31. Black with minimal carbonation. Strong roasted choclate aroma. Also, some lite dark fruit notes. The taste was the same with smooth chocolatey tatse. Oily with some chalkiness in the finish.

Name: Youngblood’s Imperial Porter
Date: July 24, 2004
Mode: Bottle
Source: Dogwood
Score: ii-
Appearance: pours thick and black with a thin brown head
Aroma: rich malt aroma with lots of chocolate
Body: creamy body
Flavor: flavor has too much lingering bitter black patent finish as a first impression, rich chocolate malt
Overall: can’t get past the bitter black patent

Name: Youngblood’s Imperial Porter
Date: August 15, 2004
Mode: draft
Score: iii
very rich chocolate flavor with just a trace of the bitterness from the first bottle, lots of licorish in the aroma and favor, well balanced alcohol character,

Name: Youngblood’s Imperial Porter
Date: April 13, 2005
Mode: bottle
the big bitterness continues to be a overwhelming factor in the bottle version

Name: Youngblood’s Imperial Porter
Date: April 23, 2006
drying out a lot, very dry chocolate, balancing bitterness

Name: Youngblood’s Imperial Porter
Date: September 06, 2007
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
very rich chocolate takes the lead, the roasted and bitterness is taking the back seat

Name: Youngblood’s Imperial Porter
Date: October 28, 2007
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Aroma: oxidation is gettng stronger in the aroma but the dark chocolate still comes through to take the lead, a bit of sweet fruityness is starting to appear
Flavor: rich dark chocolate flavor, picking up the fruity sweetness as well

Name: Youngblood’s Imperial Porter
Date: March 15, 2008
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
showing more age but picking up the sherry as it goes, sweetness is drying out except from the sherry and fruit, roasted is coming forward,

Name: Youngblood’s Imperial Porter
Date: June 04, 2009
Mode: bottle
Source: Ale Atlanta
sweet chocolate and fruit, sherry goes well with the fruityness, carbonation is down, still drinking very well,

Aroma: 9/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 4/5.0
Score: **4

The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.

Sample provided by kmweaver. Black body with a small tan head. The aroma is roast, chocolate and molasses. The flavor is milk chocolate, molasses, plums and roast. Medium/full body is soft with light carbonation.

Very black in colour, thin tan coloured head, very light lacing. The aroma is very rich, lots of chocolate, cold coffee, molasses, dark burnt malts, sugary. The flavour is of burnt malts, again lots of chocolate, very creamy, some vanilla, molasses, lightly chalky, some dark fruits. Smooth creamy mouthfeel, medium body, medium carbonation. Finishes lingering, highly bitter, some leftover coffee and cream. Very good stuff, quite smooth, very malty, nice balance. No alcohol apparent.

650ml bottle shared by <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/ViewUser.asp?U target=blank>beerhugger, thanks Steve.
Opened on March 16, 2007.
No best before date.