Lake Louie Mr Mephistos Imperial Stout

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

Courtesy of Skyview. Black color with a medium head. Nice aroma of lactose, coffee and chocolate. Strong, sweet malt taste. Lots more of the aroma as flavor. The alcohol is ridiculously well hidden. It tasted like a regular milk stout, not a 12% beast.

Courtesy of Skyview. This was a nice change of pace for an imperial stout. Watery brown pour with a small light tan head. Sticky molasses aroma with a nice roasted malt nose as well. The body is very thin for this style but the flavor was there. A little bit of coffee and chocolate with molasses.

Thin pour of mild brown. Watery, with a scant head of grayish tan. Chocolate and molasses aroma with lots of scattered oddities; stale fish, sweet potatoes, and watered down table wine. Not especially unpleasant, just off-putting when it isn’t somewhat bland. Flavor brings chocolate candy, caramelized sugar, honeyed apples, irish moss and some honey; very basic, tepid, and somewhat messy although alcohol is very well restrained; ridden with an acrid tar and old coffee quality. Thin palate is slightly thin and oily, softly carbonated; stale presentation. Finishes with chocolate and cherry cola; biting and showing some bitterness. Not poorly done, just completely forgettable, leaving too much of a kitchen skin impression. Thanks for sharing, Bob!

Deep brown body, thick, clumping tan head. Rich roasted malt aroma with hints of molasses and chocolate. Very dry, roasty body, with light prickly heat and charred, burnt notes, tannic, with a woody, bitter finish. Chocolate and a hint of molasses lend complexity, but are overwhelmed by the roasted notes. Not a compelling Imperial Stout.

12 oz botlte. Pours a moslty black with some woody ruby redhighlights and a fizzy diminishing head and no lace. Aroma is chocolate malts some light faded nuts and toast- some lactic sour milk hints too- possible infection? Light roastiness and stale coffee, licorice and some tar- asphalt notes with more milky lactic and a harsh carbonation in the finish. A bit thin as well.

Great dark brown pour, nothing too heavy in this one, some roasted malt, chocolate, but very smooth, with well hidden alcohol. some chocolate, but such an easy drinker... a great brew.. one of my favorites! Thanks to Iowaherkeye for the bottle!

10/24/2007: Mr. Mephisto’s Imperial Stout pours a deep coffee brown color and has a huge, dense, rocky tan-colored head. It is long lasting and leaves puffy lacing on the glass. The aroma has some sour fruitiness (that could also be described as that sour-quality that seems to come out when "roasted" becomes overly burnt), yeast, dark chocolate, and deep sweet licorice. The flavor contains roasted chocolate malt, char, a nearly burnt malt quality, and some alcohol. It is just a touch dry and yeasty and has a roasty bitter finish like espresso. Mr. Mephisto’s Imperial Stout is really good, but I should probably let it warm up some to see what else pops out... This beer has a medium-full body that is pretty smooth on the palate. This is definitely an Impy that should be sipped and enjoyed slowly to savor all of the flavors.

12 fl. oz. bottle from buckybeer. Thanks Mark! Rating #55 for this beer...

i think this bottle came from part of the series of trades with Duane, but if i am wrong, my apologies...pour was a very dark brown...looked pretty thin while it was pouring, more like a porter than an IS. a quickly dissipating tan head came up and fizzed for about 10 seconds. nose was burnt coffee, some wood, and dark chocolates...had a bit of "wet" aroma as well that i couldnt put my finger on. flavor is very solid, a thin bodied chocolate core with a little bit of anise and coffee. lots of chocolate in the aftertaste with just a bit of grassy hops. the ABV is covered very well in the taste, but becomes totally evident as it warms its way down your throat and into your stomach. a very nice beer that was complemented by a nice piece of chocolate aafter about every third mouthful.