Scotch Irish John By Imperial Stout

Brewed by Heritage Brewing Limited
Style: Imperial Stout
Carleton Place, Canada

On tap at Volo in Toronto. Pour is hued blackish brown. Powerful malt and chocolate aroma. Taste is toasty with rich chocolate

opaque brown with a small beige head that fades away. dark coffee, slight buttery smell, burnt wood. taste is rich, bitter coffee, herbal, light hops at the end, a little salt. drying, fairly thin feel. would buy again occasionally, price is fair for it. 8.5% ABV, while it was 6.7% ABV last time i had it

341ml bottle. Pours a dark brown. The first stout in a while through which the light can penetrate. NO head at all. Major cocoa on the nose. A little dark roast coffee, and malt. As for taste, a little boozy. Bitter licorice, mild cocoa notes. Long dark malt, and citrus bitter finish. Very nice.

341 ml bottle from LCBO. Pours a dark brown, virtually black, with small brown head. Nose is quite sweet with dark chocolate, roast, coffee. Flavour is mostly bitter with a light sweetness underneath - strong coffee and dark chocolate presence. Long, bitter dark chocolate finish. Quite nice.

Bouteille. Noir opaque surmontée d’une fine mousse fauve qui se dissipe très rapidement. Arômes de café, tabac, malt, torréfié, fumée et bois. Saveur de bois, fumée, tabac, café, malt torréfié suivi d’une finale légèrement amère. Corps moyen.

33 cl bottle, Mulmur, ON, Canada. Deep black, no head except for a whisp of tan smoke swirling around. Heavy roasted malt aroma, some ink and a touch of motor oil. Thick in the mouth, licorice and a great bitterness. Long dry bitter finish.

Pours black, a little brown through the sides of the glass in the right light. No head and I can hear no signs of carbonation. The aroma is slightly sour, with espresso and a hint of cream and vanilla. The sour leans me towards "french vanilla." A little roasted malt and a very slight hint of came fire smoke. The taste is full of tannins as is a cold americano / espresso. Hints of vanilla, bitter cocoa, and red plums. The smoke is in the mild bitterness that lingers. This is thin, flat, and mildly slimy. Real ale has more body than this. Some flavours are there that I really enjoy, but some of the sourness (not saying good or bad) is just not for me. I’d prefer to drink cold coffee at this point. This is drinkable, as I do enjoy cold coffee at times. Yet, it’ll be a while before I give this another go.

Sampled at the DC Local tasting. Pours an opaque black with a HUGE frothy, tan head. Aroma is a little boozy, coffee, toast. Flavor has coffee, toast, dark molasses. Finish has a lactic sourness that’s off putting.