Golden Valley Black Panther Imperial Stout

Brewed by Golden Valley Brewery
Style: Imperial Stout
McMinnville, Oregon USA

Thanks for the bottle Andre! 22 oz bottle poured into a snifter produced a dark black color with little head. There was minimal lacing throughout the sample. I found this beer to be very tasty with a heavy roasted malt profile, chocolate and oak/vanilla. The carbonation felt out of kilter and it was a little thin. If I had this beer during a blind tasting I would have thought that it was a porter. Anyhow, this beer was tasty and if they can fix the carbonation and thinness then they will have a stellar product.

22. Pours jet black with a dense, creamy tan head. Not much lacing. Interesting notes of carob, oaky vanilla, and chocolate on the nose. Creamy body, rather hefty, actually. Roast, chocolate, carob, oak, and toasted nuts on the mid-palate. The oakiness has made the beer go a bit watery, unfortunately, but they can tune that next time without altering the beer significantly. Nice, dimensional, rewarding stuff that drinks pretty easily.

Sampled from 22-oz bottle during Dark Lord Day ’09 at table 2. Pours a very thick black, chewy (motor oilish) color brew with a tan head that quickly disolves. Aroma of toasted dark grain, coffee, molasses and toffee. Tastes of toasted dark malt, chocolate and some toffee. Finish has a very creamy palate with a hint of dark chocolate and coffee. Lingering vanilla aftertaste.

Pitch black pour with thin brown head. Aroma of chocolate, vanilla, and malt. Tastes of toffee, chocolate malt and more vanilla with present alcohol and medium bitterness. Compared to other imperial stouts, this one is sweeter with much less roasted malt bite and is less complex. My bottle had poor carbonation. Mouthfeel was initially full and creamy but quickly thinned about a bit, which was a little disappointing. Overall, a nice stout.

Draught. Black with medium tan head. Aroma of chocolate, alcohol and roast malt. Full malty flavour, with oak notes. Lingering malt finish, an hour later, I;m still tasting this.

Recently purchased a bottle of this at Beaumont Market in Portland, OR. Colour... jet black, even when held to the light, with a thin, latte coloured head. Nose... vanilla, faint oak, medium dark chocolate, slightly singed toffee. Palate... exceptionally creamy, moderately viscous, lightly roasted coffee, more vanilla, the quercus is quite evident and the finish is looooong with a bittersweet chocolate nip on the soft palate. Wonderfully quaffable for an Imperial stout, but why rush something so luscious!

This was a smooth IPS that had the coffee and chocolate flavors yet a nice sweet finish,this poured with a nice black look and a small brown head overall a nice gift from a friend and a tasty one at that.CHEERS!

What a chocolate aroma! Smooth combination of coffee and chocolate malts. Anything cask aged tends to meld much more. A bowed head and raised fist for the Black Panther Stout.