Dogwood Youngbloods Imperial Porter

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

A pitch black beer with a disappearing dark brown head. The aroma is sweet roasted with notes of malt and lots of chocolate. The flavor is very roasted and contains as well notes of chocolate and coffee while the mouthfeel is very smooth.

(Bottle 65 cl) Pitch black and completely opaque with a dark brown head. Aromas of tar and burned malt. Surprisingly light-bodied with lots of burned malt in the flavour - but nothing much more really. A bit more complexity would make this a great beer. 240705

RBSG07. From 22 oz bottle. Pours dark brown with light brown head. Aroma of dried fruit and raisins. Flavour is very caramel malty, dry t the finish. Finish has a rather roasted malt porfile.

Bottled. Dark black, brown head. Sweet, near appley coffee aroma. Malty, woody, salty and bready with rather clean mouthfeel and full body. Moderately bitter.

Bottle 65cl. @ LCRBM09 - Low Countries RateBeer Meeting V, Kulminator, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Clear dark black color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, chocolate, berry, licorice. Flavor is light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily and sticky, carbonation is soft. [20090905]

Bottled. Black coloured with a beige head. Aroma of fruits and liquorice. Sweet fruity flavour with lots of roasted notes and notes of liquorice.

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.

Brown-black body topped by virtually non-existent tan head. Aroma is medium sweet, burnt/roasty, light chocolate. Taste is medium sweet, roasty/burnt, caramel, coffee, some cherry, medium hoppy undertones. Watery, medium-full body.