Left Hand Imperial Stout

Brewed by Left Hand Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial Stout
Longmont, Colorado USA

Pours not quite opaque dark but shows brown at the edges, fairly translucent during the pour. Medium creamy head. Restrained chocolate aroma, mild roast, vaguely creamy. Sharp tannic huskiness right from the get go, followed by a bittersweet chocolate middle and more astringency at the finish. There also is a rich somewhat roasty espresso like twang throughout, but is more pronounced in the lingering aftertaste. This is the best part of the beer.

Pours black with smell of chocolate and fruits. The taste has some coffee up front but definite fruit in the back. I really enjoyed it.

Bottle gift from my neighbor, Black pour with the typical roasted coffee and malty aromas we all come to love in our Impy Stouts, Pretty good body and quite enjoyable.

Dark brown colored brew. Roasted aroma. Coffee, chocolate and roasted malty flavor. Nice bitterness!

[To celebrate my 2200th rating] Dark brown with tiny beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, coffee and chocolate. Fairly sweet flavor with hard roasted malt, coffee and dark bitter chocolate. Nice!

I’ve never been that impressed with Left Hand brews. They seem either overly complex or overly simple. There’s no middle ground. On the other hand, it’s easily available. Given a choice, I’d drink something else.

From the bottle and goblet served at Lunar Brewing. Pours a dark mahogany, small, light tan head with a smooth roasted aroma. Taste is even more ambitious with rich coffee and cocoa. Sweet malt, but not too sweet and obvious alcohol content. Very consistent to the bottom of the glass. Would recommend highly.

There’s a reddish accent to the dark brown body. The aroma is fudgey with cocoa accents. Very fudgey on the palate with its brownie-like body and chocolatey taste. Fairly mellow and slightly sugary interpretation of the style. Not very imperial - lacks roast, hop and fruit, but it’s a fairly pleasant stout.