Eel River Ravens Eye Imperial Stout

Brewed by Eel River Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Fortuna, California USA

Draft @ Eel River. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma with some alcoholic hints. Warming roasted malty chocolate and coffee flavor. Has a long warming roasted malty espresso finish with some hints of chocolate in the aftertaste aswell.

Bomber. Pours dark brown / black, with a moderate brown head. Aroma is rich espresso and lots of chocolate, with some roast-to-burnt malt. Flavor is roast malt with some milk-chocolate sweetness, and hint of liquorice. Hint of alcohol all around, and a velvety mouthfeel. Pretty good, for one of the sweeter imperial stouts; sort of like a "bigger" version of a normal sweet stout.

22 oz. bottle. Pours black with a large creamy tan head. The aroma has a large dose of roasted malts, caramel, dark chocolate, and slight char. The flavor is again heavy on the roasted malt. Other flavors are dark chocolate, espresso, some dark fruit, and a hint of alcohol. This is a solid,yet unspectacular stout. Medium bodied, leans to the dry side, fairly smooth going down.

Bottle shared by eyedrinkale. Deep brown-black beer. Aroma is light and cocoaish. Softly sweet with a nice chocolate syrup flavour. Sweet with a lightly earthy flavour. It’s quite light for an impy, but it’s a decent stout.

Light bodies. Bit of cola. Carbonated a bit too much. I do not get the espresso or coffee in the description. Not intense enough for my taste I like a more solid Imperial Stout.

Bouteille de 22 oz partagée lors d’une dégustation Ratebeer Montréal chez MartinT. Arôme: Odeur de chocolat avec une pointe de café et de caramel. Apparence: La couleur est noire opaque. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de chocolat légèrement amer avec une pointe de café. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement crémeuse. Faible effervescence en bouche. Arrière goût légèrement chocolaté. (Rating #2054)

Bottle from Total Wine in Roseville, CA. Pours almost black with a tan head. Smelled of sweet malt and chocolate. Full flavored brew with quite a bit of bitterness to it. Just a little bit of alcohol burn keeps it from being at the top of its class. Good brew!!!

This poured opaque brown in color with a moderate beige head that dissipated away slowly. The aromas were of chocolate milkshake, dark caramel and light coffee. In the mouth it was medium-bodied with lots of carbonation that keeps it feeling light. It does lack concentration in the midpalate coming off a bit watery. The finish is moderately long with some ash flavors combining with the flavors from the nose.