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Leinenkugels Big Eddy Russian Imperial Stout 3.96 337

Leinenkugels Big Eddy Russian Imperial Stout

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3373.98/5.03.96/5.0Special9.5%86.7Snifter
Commercial Description:
The Big Eddy Russian Imperial Stout was brewed at Leinenkugel’s tiny 10th street brewery in Milwaukee. This brew boasts a selection of 11 malts and grains balanced by three different and distinct hops. Dark and complex, with chocolate tones and notes of dark fruits, it is daring yet delicious. Travels well. Ages well.
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 pinkzambia (989), Boise, Idaho, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/516/20
Mar 8, 2008  
Bottle: Dark brown with a ton of chocolate malt flavors with a sharp zing to it. Not bad. Thanks BuckeyeBoy!


 BuckeyeBoy (1672), Boise, Idaho, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/105/515/20
Mar 7, 2008  
12oz Bottle thanks to kmeves. Pours out a ink black topped with a tan head. Aroma of coffee and sweet molasses. This one is nice coffee, chocolate, light bitterness. thick just the way i like my IMP Stouts


 jake65 (1725), Williston, North Dakota, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Mar 7, 2008  
Bottle: Pours black with a smaller brown head. Nose is roasty and chocolate filled. Wtf, is that banana bread I smell? Viscous and creamy mouthful tastes of roasty malt, chocolate, and bits of espresso. A little bittersweetness. Very nice. Thanks BuckeyeBoy.


 jeffwilliams11 (310), hooterville, Michigan, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Mar 6, 2008  
pours like 2 day old truck stop coffee, thick and syrupy, with a rootbeer float head. lots of coffee, sweet, mildly hoppy. smooth, with a slightly bitter aftertaste. alcohol flavor is present, but not overpowering.


 BigMilly8 (376), Holiday, Florida, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/517/20
Mar 2, 2008  
Rating #300
From bottle : Pours completely black, with a half finger of brown head, that lasts a few minutes then slowly starts fading, leaving decent lacing. Nose of lots of malt, molasses, some coffee, and a little tiny hint of chocolate. Very thick syrup like feel as it enters the mouth, also very chewy. Taste has a lot of molasses in it, with malt, and a milk chocolate finish and aftertaste. Very full bodied with a smooth mellow feel and taste. Very little bitterness present, as well as very little alcohol. Quite good.


 BeerandBlues2 (3225), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/59/104/517/20
Feb 29, 2008  
12-oz bottle received via trade with tjthresh. Pours opaque with a small, fizzy, light brown head, somewhat lasting with fair lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (molasses, chocolate, coffee), average hops (perfume), average yeast (leather) with notes of alcohol, prune, smoke, tar, and licorice. Full bodied, creamy texture, soft carbonation, and a bitter finish. Long duration, moderate sweetness and bitterness, light acidity.


 puzzl (2635), New York, New York, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/515/20
Feb 26, 2008  
Pours a beautiful black with full, stiff brown head like the best ISs. Pouring this beer into one of my oldest glasses made me a little nostalgic, remembering when every IS used to taste so good, when I was first familiarizing myself with the likes of Oak Aged Yeti and Dark Lord. This beer strives to be like those, syrupy and viscous, just massive in stature, though to me it doesn’t hold up. It’s chewy, caramel chocolate flavor is supreme, but in the finish is some oddness, a bit of astringent coffee, perhaps, or some spent sugars. Aroma is a touch milky. Palate is actually quite nice, considering how fast I’ve polished off this bottle. These beers just don’t do for me though what they used to.


 doubleo (1121), San Diego, California, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Feb 25, 2008  
#311! Mother nature supreme, step back and dream, the hydroponic scene...12oz bottle, courtesy of Elite_Digger. Pours a thickish black color with a creamy brown head that fades to a ring and leaves some lace. Smells sweet and dark fruity and malty. Some alcohol in the background. Tastes pretty malty, dark fruity sweet as well. Plums and raisins and some super sweet chocolate. Nice full body, thick but not too thick, subdued but good carbonation. This brew is like a tamed version of DL. Good.



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