 Chapel (299), Levittown, New York, USA
Apr 8, 2008
This was a great idea it combines one of my older (relative) loves of beer: the Imperial Stout, with one of my newest loves in beer, Oak aging. Pours thick black motor oil with a mocha head. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate and vanilla. Flavor is very vanilla and oaky with huge notes of dark chocolate and coffee. The alcohol that is normally present in an Imperial Stout, usually one of my least favorite parts, is much more rounded out by the oak. I have not had the non-Oak version of this, but it would make an interesting comparison.
Fulkrum78 (164), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Aug 20, 2008 An overall amazing beer. Definite oak aroma with a brwonish head. Black as can be. Warms you up when you drink it. Great for sipping.
dpjuart (549), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 19, 2008 Draft at Great Divide Tap Room, Denver, CO on 8/12/08. Pours black with dark khaki head, nose is roasted malt and chocolate, coupled with a slight fruitness that’s subtle in nature. Taste is roast and mild chocolate, dry and very bitter. No astringency. Slight oak and vanilla, good alcohol burn with very little alcohol flavor. Straight deliciousness.
shanepardue (72), Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Aug 18, 2008 Pours black with dark brown head. Woody sweetness flavor with a good amount of IBU (higher than most stouts I’ve had).
thickfreakness (53), Austin, Texas, USA
Aug 18, 2008 Pours a very dark brown/black with a creamy mocha colored head that lasts a while and then leaves a nice bit of lacing on the glass. Smells predominantly of Vanilla/Oakiness and chocolate with some roasted malts and coffee sneaking through. The taste didn’t quite live up to the smell in regards to complexity but it had a nice lingering hoppy finish that was quite unexpected. A nice mouthfeel but I like my RIS’s a little thicker and a little less carbonation. Overall, a great easily available RIS that I indulge in often.
jonno (151), Japan
Aug 15, 2008 WOW...scintilating. The only Imperial stout that comes close is the stone. This is rich, creamy, moreish and just improves sip by sip...enjoy!
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