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Left Hand Imperial Stout 3.69 777

Left Hand Imperial Stout

Percentile
95
overall

bottled
common

on tap
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
7773.69/5.03.69/5.010.4%55.2Snifter
Commercial Description:
Imperial Stout is a silky smooth, very flavorful black brew. It is a traditional style of strong stout originally brewed in Britain for export to St. Petersburg, Russia. The malty sweetness of the beer is tempered by a medley of roasted malt and the aggressive use of hops. A long conditioning time gives the brew time to mellow and mature. The beer is not filtered, allowing every subtlety and nuance to be enjoyed.
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 bdigital (590), Ft Wayne, Indiana, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/515/20
Oct 31, 2007  
Bottle: Pours a medium black color with small cream head. Nose hints at dark malts, chocolate, licorice, plums, and a warming alcohol touch. Medium-bodied, flavors of chocolate malt, coffee and dark fruits. A bit hot initially which toned down after a few minutes. Quite good.


 robforbes (1099), Bremerton, Washington, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Oct 29, 2007    Updated: Jun 30, 2008
re-rated: old-rating 7/4/6/2/13-3.2
picked this one up at red apple in bremerton, wahsington
pours black with a hue of red, small khaki head.
smell is cocoa, light coffee, brown sugar, roasted malts, alcohol.
taste is bitter dark chocolate, spice, coffee.


 nearbeer (1847), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/516/20
Oct 28, 2007  
650 ml. Nearly opaque chocolate with a medium-sized and lasting head. Aroma is zesty citrus drenched in molasses and milk chocolate. Flavor is spicy-earthy cafe mocha, caramel, and molasses covering a peppery-sweet orange. Some light alcohol flavors are blended nicely so as not to dominate. Medium-bodied and smooth palate make this one dangerously quaffable.


 BrewDad (2370), Olympia, Washington, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/56/104/510/20
Oct 26, 2007  
Taster - 99 Bottles - Federal Way, WA.
Aroma – Deep dark malts with spices a very good aroma
Appearance – Dark brown no head looked very clear from what I can see.
Flavor – Rich deep dark malts with a good high alcohol flavor. Light with the hops. I expected more from this for an imperial
Palate – Rich flavors on the mouth it was good but not a true Impy Stout.
Overall –This was missing the high amount of hops to be a true impy stout. A great strong stout with good flavors. Will age well but will never be the winner of awards missing the hops in the flavors.


 jeg (115), Austin, Texas, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 24, 2007  
Smells of caramel, licorice, coffee. Tan head (in a snifter), lasted medium duration. Thick, enjoyable stout.


 HomeBrewHawk (279), De Soto, Kansas, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
Oct 22, 2007  
12oz brown bottle in a shaker pint glass. Poured a deep opaque brown. Low carbonation, minimal tan head. Not a lot of aroma, mostly chocolate malt. Medium to full bodied. Plenty of roasted malt flavors, some malt sweetness. Enough hop bitterness to balance the malt, but not much bitterness. A little bit of a sour twang. Long dry malt finish with cocoa. This didn’t really do a whole lot for me.


 Crit (2407), New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/510/20
Oct 22, 2007  
Deep brown,minimal head.Roasty London Porter nose. Medium roast profile, harsh alcohol heat.Too thin and undercarbonated Quite a letdown.


 Carl99Fan (186), Suwanee, Georgia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/515/20
Oct 20, 2007  
Pours dark brown with minimal tan head. Creamy, roasted taste, with chocolate overtones. Definite alcohol presence. Pretty good imperial stout.



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