Lake Louie Mr Mephistos Imperial Stout

Brewed by Lake Louie Brewing
Style: Imperial Stout
Arena, Wisconsin USA

Looks like I rated the Mephisto trifecta with this one. Thanks for the bottle, Duane. The body was black with a medium khaki and orange colored head on top. The aroma was mushrooms with pancakes. There was also soem earthy whidkey and tobacco. The taste was a little bit of coffee with some mild cherries. There was also some light tobacco. Lake Louie continues to impress me.

2006: Pour is black with a thin tight bubbled tan head...smell is roasty and sweet with nuts and cocoa...and definately lactic...taste is roasty and intensely sweet with chocolate, vanilla, some coffee...alcohol well hidden...something seems imbalanced about this beer though...maybe imbalanced is the wrong word...just strange...good though...

Bottle: Courtesy of Duane via trade. Aromas of cocoa, roasted coffee, and cream. Nice aroma, but not as big as I would expect from an Imperial Stout, especially one that’s 12%. Pours a dark brown with no transparency, a small beige head, and quite a bit of sediment floating around the edges of the glass. Starts with lots of roasted coffee and light roasted grain. Moderate dark chocolate follows along with some black licorice. Nutty and light piney hops in the finish. Absolutely no detection of the 12% alcohol in the flavor. Really hard to believe this beer is really that big. Mouthfeel is slightly oily but a tad thin for an Imperial. A solid Imperial Stout.

It’s not 12% or a classic Imperial but I do so want more. Complex. Finish could have more flavor and feel.

Dark brown color with a smallish light tan head. A lactic stout aroma, with lightly sour milk and dark malts wafting about. Certainly smells like a supercharges milk stout. Earthy malt and raw sugars blend with coffee nip infused dark chocolate. Just a mild acidic bite to return the thoughts back to the milk stout beginning. A interesting brew. Thanks herzon.

Pours jet black with a moderate tan head. Intense coffee and chocoalte aromas with a hint of milk and sugar. Nice and soft in the mouth with not too much carbonation. Sweet up front with what I think is caramel. Finish is balanced and earthy. Really nice!

DL 06: Poured a clear very deep brown color with a tan head. Big malty sweet aroma of chocolate and coffee. Roasty malt flavors that matched the aroma. Medium body. Very warming . Fairly tasty brew.

Sampled at the 3Floyd’s Dark Lord party. Imperial? I don’t think so. More akin to a Two Brothers Northwind. Then again, I’m trying it with Dark Lord much on my mind. Lighter in taste, then, than I’m looking for, but with a kind of okay fruity finish.