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Free State Owd Macs Imperial Stout

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1694.18/5.04.13/5.0Winter9.5%95.5Snifter
Commercial Description:
This very special beer was brewed as a Double Strength Imperial Stout. Imperial Stouts being very big beers to begin with, that puts this at the strength of a barleywine. The Original Gravity is 27.5 P/1118, then the hopping level is very hard to define, though there are enough hops to achieve 100 IBUs in a smaller beer, this beer still has a distinct sweetness due to a high percentage of unfermentable sugars. After fermentation, this beer was aged in old whiskey barrels from the McCormack’s bottling plant in Weston, MO, hence the name Owd Mac’s (owd being a British regional colloquialism for old).
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 madsberg (5068), Søborg, Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Mar 1, 2007  
Handbottled (Thx. henrikb for shariing). Pitch black coloured. Small brown head. Ligth oxidated aroma. Is a bit medical and full of alcohol. Some chocolate and light roastyness. Flavour of liqourice, light roast, light chocolate and some herbal notes. Loads of barralnotes here. A bit too much for my likings. Medium bodied. Ends on a liqourice note with loads of alcoholwarmth on lips and palate. Tasted blind.


brewhan (14), USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/57/103/515/20
Feb 25, 2007  
Pours sans head, extremely dark brown. The aroma is very strong of alcohol and chocolate, with perhaps a small, small hint of oatmeal. The appearance is right on for a stout. The flavor is somewhat dominated by the alcohol, but it is right on the verge of being a completely even mix of alcohol and chocolate. The palate is nice as well. Overall, not a bad beer.


patpras (8), Lawrence, Kansas, USA
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4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/510/104/519/20
Feb 2, 2007  
Excellent aroma and complex flavors that change during each sip and from start to finish each snifter. 9.5% enhances the whole experience.


 Papsoe (15109), Frederiksberg, Denmark
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/510/105/519/20
Dec 23, 2006  
(Handbottled 35,5 cl) Pours completely black and opaque with a pretty much absent head. Also the carbonation pretty much got lost in the handbottling process. Fat aroma of roasted malt and dried fruit - very vinous, sort of like the Amarone of the beer world. Extremely full-bodied, pours thick like tar. Wonderfully complex woth lots of raisins, sweet roasted malt, oak, vanilla, bourbon and a burning alcohol. Even without the carbonation this is a grand beer indeed. Wauw. 191206


 Storm (2685), Amager, Denmark
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/105/518/20
Dec 22, 2006  
Bottle. Very dark brown colour nearly black with no head at all. Lovely aroma of sweetness, roastedness, alcohol and some portwine-like. Nearly no carbonation. Very wonderful nice flavour of sweetness, roastedness, chocolate, coffee, caramel, winery just like a good portwine. Big mouthfeel, and thick. Ends up little alcoholic and smooth. Very lovely endeed.


SunSkates (47), Arkansas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/104/516/20
Sep 3, 2006  
Bottled from a growler. Dark redish brown, little head due to circumstances but enough to provide some decent lacing. Fruity aroma with bittersweet molasses notes. Licorice, apples, and apricots in there too. Flavor is rich but not overly sweet. Has a balanced bitterness and pleasant hotness in finish. Thick and syrupy. Mmmm.


 TPaliga (212), Munster, Indiana, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/103/518/20
Jul 28, 2006  
hand bottled from growler by way of kramer17801. Pours black and thick. Aroma is of caramel, molasses, roasted malt, slightly nutty, and sweet. Flavor is much the same. Really sweet and bitter finish. Slighly smokey as well. Excellent.


tupelohoney (1), Topeka, Kansas, USA
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5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
May 9, 2006  
I was blown away by this beer. Awesome flavor that finished nicely. Just the right amount of alcohol behind in.



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