Marzonis Imperial Stout

Brewed by Marzonis Brick Oven & Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial Stout
Duncansville, Pennsylvania USA

(Duncansville, 8.5%) Brown-black body topped by tan head. Aroma is moderately sweet, chocolate/fudge, light cherry, alcohol. Taste is medium sweet, chocolate, some fusel, boozy/aastringent. Medium-full body.

Bottle... This beer Rocks!... Pitch black pour with a small, creamy, light brown head. The aroma is a swirl of chocolate, coconut and vanilla with an undercurrent of tobacco, bourbon and cola. Burnt, bitter, boozy flavor. Light, chocolaty sweetness bows to moderate acidity. Full-bodied and chewy with medium carbonation. Burnt, bitter, bourbon finish that dries out in the end. This brewer should no longer be under the radar. World class beer! Thanks go out to 1FastSTi for providing the bottle!

Draught at the brewpub, with a growler taken home for only $8. Has a dark brown body and a small, thin film of a light brown colored head. Nose consumed in scents of prunes, plums, sherry, sweet amaretto and bourbon and red grapes. Very sweet smelling, and very sweet tasting as well, in fact it’s too sweet, with a maple syrup cloying flavor that begins to bug me after 1/2 pint. Almost resembles the flavor of black cherry cola. Some light chocolate and coffee notes, again sweet and cola-like.

22-oz bottle received via trade with mj. Pours opaque with a spare, frothy, dark brown head, diminishing with spare lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (cookie, chocolate, roasted grain), average hops (flowers, perfume), average yeast (dough, leather) with notes of plum, dates, wood, vanilla, and bourbon. Full bodied, creamy texture, soft carbonation, and a bitter finish. Average duration, moderate sweetness, acidity, and bitterness; slight bourbon, vanilla, oak flavor that warms all the way down.

Bomber via Bill. 2005 vintage. The beer pours a dark brown body that looks mostly black. A thin rejuvenatable brown head sits on top. Good lacing. The aroma has a lot of roasty malt, notes of licorice, chocolate, and woodsy spices. Kinda made me think that if Anchor OSA was an imperial stout, this would be it. The flavor is bitter cocoa powder, licorice, woodsy charcoal, rich dark chocolate. "Spicy" palate that is rich, lightly tart, and roasty.

Light bitter roasted malt with a touch of smoke and dark chocolate. Light coffee aroma and mild bitter hops. Overall, the aroma was a bit muted, but this may have resulted from sampling from a goblet. Dark black clear with thin tan lacing head. Medium bodied, closer to heavy bodied but not quite thick. Medium-high carbonation, with alcohol warming and some carbonic tang. Starts with bit roasted malt sweetness. Mild chocolate-coffee sweetness and a big ol’ hit of bitterness. Could taste the alcohol a bit, but that’s not surprising for 8.3%. Some carbonic tang. The sweetness level is just right, not cloying or overpowering but the bitterness level is a bit too big and overcompensates. This will probably mellow out in a bit more aging. Aftertaste is nutty with bitter coffee notes, leaving the tongue dry and brushed. Pairs well with food.

2005 vintage black pour w/ a creamy tan small head w/ nice lacing. Hot aroma definate alcohol notes some heavy roasting almost tobacco like w/ some chocolates and hints of strawberry. Palate is full and well coated, lightly creamy. Flavor is very nice rich chocolates almost like french silk pie w/ some hints of dry chalky something.. some light plum and other light fruit finishes lightly alcoholic. Very good.

Courtesy hopscotch. Pours pitch black, with pretty much no head at all. Smells of some sweet bourbon, which I was shocked to learn it wasnt BB aged. Big chocolate, and some vanilla too, really stood out in the nose. I’m liking this beer already. Very rich and thick mouthfeel, big, big chocolate with some nice alcohol notes that seem to compliment the chocolate well. Get some bourbon in the taste too, but not as much as the smell. Very smooth and lovely beer. I’d like to try more from this brewery.