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Left Hand Imperial Stout 3.69 780

Left Hand Imperial Stout

Percentile
95
overall

bottled
common

on tap
available

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
7803.7/5.03.69/5.010.4%55Snifter
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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 Theis (3791), Denmark
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Oct 9, 2007  
Draught at "Stockholm Beer & Whiskey Festival 2007". Black - offwhite head. Licorice, berrues, red berries, coffee, burned, dry licorice, light sharpness, malty sweetness. Not thick enough.


 mar (1972), Dallas, Texas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/514/20
Oct 7, 2007    Updated: Jan 2, 2008
deep dark black color with no head at all. smells mostly of malts, caramel and vanilla. the alcohol stands out more than the oak aged but it’s just as thick.


 Headbanger (1601), Aurora, Illinois, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/515/20
Oct 6, 2007  
22oz bottle(3/04)-A black body with a tan medium head and an aroma of coffee, chocolate, roasted malt, and a hint of fruit. Taste of the same with the alcohol being very well balanced within the beer. Not the best but pretty tasty.


 harrisoni (6946), Ashford, Kent, England
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Oct 6, 2007  
355ml bottle from Utobeer. Very deep ruby with thin lasting head. Very choccy and very fruity on aroma, lots of black cherry. It is like drinking liquidised Belgian dark choc black cherry chocolates. Rather a different impy stout. More choccy and fruity. Verges on the cheesey on the aroma. A little oily in the mouth.


 acertain (249), Seattle, Washington, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Oct 5, 2007  
Pours jet black with a bubbly tan head. Aroma is of dark roasted coffee, with a hint of fruit. In the mouth, it’s quite carbonated, with tastes of coffee and sugar. Maybe not quite the best IS in the world, but damn good!


 cgarvieuk (4216), Edinburgh, Scotland
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 3, 2007    Updated: Jan 26, 2008
Bottle Stockholm Beer Festival ... Deep black ... lots of deep roast malt nose ... sweet slightly meaty ... quite fruity ... rich roast malts ... little bitter bite ... little spice ... little spirit burn .

tk2 Bottle at home .... Mouth feel is a bit too fizzy for what i expect for a Stout ... Rich roast malt nose ... full flavour rich sweet but a bit over spirity 4.0 ->3.5 This is a good exaple of a beer that needed a bigger sample to truly get its measure. While wonderfully rich the Alcohol shows through too much to be a world class beer. and for my money id rather drink their milk stout.


 Scubatrip (388), Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
Oct 1, 2007  
From the bottle, courtesy of Secret Santa, pours black with a thick white foamy head and strong lacing. Deep roasted malty aroma. Flavor is chocolate-y, the roasted malts also make their presence known, as well as a light bitterness towards the end. Very smooth all around. Real good beer.


 ChristianScheffel (4679), Odense, Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Sep 29, 2007    Updated: Jun 9, 2009
Dark, dark ruby with a lasting off-white head. Fruit, port and licorice in the aroma. Sweet with some port flavour, hints of alcohol.



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