Full Sail Imperial Stout

22 oz. bottle courtesy of a trade with jake65. 2008 bottle. Pours black with a moderate light brown head that lasted through the first quarter of the glass and left partial lace. Pleasant aroma that is predominantly chocolate along with some alcohol vapors. The flavor is chocolate with roasted malt and just a bit of vanilla. Some alcohol flavor emerges as the beer warms, and there is a bit of heat towards the finish. Medium bodied.

Bottle, thanks to ? Sorry, I forgot. Thanks, YOU! Pours black with short-lived tan head and a lasting ring. Looks a tad thin. Aroma of milk caramel, burnt vanilla, chocolate, and ballpoint ink. Similar taste, with more bitter dark chocolate notes and more roasty (and more ballpoint) in the finish. Some soy/teriyaki, and some dark fruits way back on the palate. Long finish. Palate is thin but slick and easy to drink. Very drinkable

This is basically the weaker version of the Black Gold as far as I can tell. Same notes all over just thinner and a bit weaker in all acounts overall. Decent beer, not the best impy stout.

Pours a luxurious deep black with overwhelmingly thick dark brown head that recedes slowly. Nose has a nougat-chocolate component that is very appetizing. On the palate it comes through with a very dark/bitter chocolate flavor, espresso maybe, and overall a lot of roasty flavors. This is the Reserve 2008 and I’m enjoying it Fall 2009, and apparently the hops have tamed, if they were there much at all. Mostly chocolately & roasty now.

2008 bomber. Poured medium-viscosity deep brown with a well-retained cap of tan head. The aroma picked up roasted chocolate and black malts with accents of vanilla, toasted earth, and ripe coffee beans.. greener hoppage as well.. not complex, but decently presented. The flavor had moderately-roasted, semi-sweet chocolate and scorched black malts at the core with sour coffee and lesser oaky notes laced throughout.. malty finish with more of the sourness, without too much depth. Medium-bodied with a sharp overall feel on the palate.. the sourness and bitterness actually became annoying after a while. Not bad overall.

Bottle 1pt. 6 fl.oz. @ [ Thisted tasting ].
[ Courtesy of Maria ]. Clear dark black color with a average to large, creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, beige to light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, chocolate, wood notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long long long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20090316]

I’ve been waiting to get a hold of this beer and for some reason Full Sail bombers are hard to track down around here.Obvious black color with a brown head that is small but existent. It smells very good out of the bottle, malty and somewhat like chocolate malt/milkshake. This beer tastes unlike most RIS I’ve had, I think it may be hoppy? The IBU’s are not listed on the label. The mouth-feel is pretty good and the alcohol is not very noticeable. I’d say the smell is the best facet of this beer at this point but I think just a couple months will make this beer taste a little better. You can’t beat the price at just under $4 for a 22oz. bomber. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 03-15-2008 02:07:45

In short: A smooth and round roasted stout/porter with fudge/caramel upfront. Low on intensity, high on drinkability.
How: Bottle 22oz. Sent to me by many people. This bottle (reserve 2008) from JCB, thanks Jason and all others. Consumed when almost 1 year old.
The look: Black body topped by a small persistent tan head
In long: Nose is medium roasted with some black coffee, burnt campfire wood and liquorice. Taste is smooth and pleasantly complex as the beer does not focus on a specific flavour and has a little bit of everything. I noted (in no specific order): cacao, fudge, burnt campfire wood, caramel, roasted coffee beans, milk chocolate, medium-strong roastiness, vanilla ice-cream (really), black chocolate, dates & figs. If I was to name some of the flavour elements that stood out above the others it would be fudge, caramel and milk chocolate. Mouthfeel is fluffy and pillowy. Far from intense, the taste is smooth and the beer could pass as a session stout/porter if it wasn’t for the alcohol being a little apparent. A nice bitterness sneaks in at the very end. Sweetness level is medium. No excellent but I thought it was very good, this beer is more about drinkability than intensity and that’s probably why it does not get good ratings on ratebeer. What! me calling an imperial stout underrated on ratebeer! What’s next? I’ll find a Houston girl not fat enough? a porn site not naughty enough?