McNeills Imperial Stout

Formerly brewed at McNeills Brewery
Style: Imperial Stout
Brattleboro, Vermont USA

22 oz. bomber thanks to Mel(I believe). Black with a small tan head. Lots of chocolate come out in the nose, along with some dark roasted malts and a bit of coffee. Rich roasted malt flavor with again a good deal of chocolate, mild coffee and a lightly bitter finish. Medium- full bodied, with a creamy texture. Very tasty.

bomber split several ways. Appearance is black with a medium tan/light brown head. Aroma is roasty, coffee, chocolate. Taste is roasted malts, chocolate, almost some pipe tobacco in a good way, dry grains with some sweet malts thrown in. lingering bitter finish.

Great color, I think this could easily lubricate my car’s engine. Very big coffee aromas at the beginning, but those tame down a bit. Good feel on the palate as it’s not as thick as it looks (if it did, it’d practically be solid). I did not find the same level of burnt flavor as the other tasters, rather I found it much more balanced. Good beer and I’d definitely get this again.

Pours a nice deep pitch black with a fluffy creamy tan head. Aroma is light roasted barley with hints of coffee, loits of chocolate. pecans, other nuts. Dry roasted acrid malts, burt flavors, chcolate, nutty and toasted malts, sweet and smooth. Great smooth mouthfeel and lingering bitter finish.,

Best beer I’ve ever had? Perhaps. HUGE coffee-ish head (nitro-pour) with aromas of coffee, booze, and... beer. This is an imperial stout without extreme abusdities like 32%ABV or 343IBUs to be memorable. McNeills makes classy and damn damn good beer.

#3000: Pours jet black with 1-finger brown head. Aroma of amazingly intense roasty dark patent malt, chocoff, molasses. Tastes rich and roasty malty, with a big chocoff flavor, plus some slight cherry and vinous fruit notes, and some walnut/hazelnut hints. Medium to dense palate, but not as hefty to me as the Oatmeal Stout. Very complex and well balanced, with a smooth finish.

22 ounce bomber shared by my brother, ChazyRPH. This beer was 1 year old. Musty, swampy, roasted cocoa aroma with some sweet notes present. Mild ethanolic notes are also in the nose. A fair aroma. Opaque, black body with a beautiful dark brown small head that is achieved with a very aggressive pour. Light lacing. Attractive. Roasted, burnt malty chocolate flavors to start. This is very roasted and burnt. Finishes with a warming, ethanolic finish, There is a grapefruity. PNW hoppy finish, Seems a little too one-dimensional and burnt for me. I would like a little more sweetness.

Bomber shared with after4ever. Pours an opaque black with a light brown head. Full body, medium carbonation. All the stuff I look for in a stout: the coffee, chocolate, nutty roasted malt, and a bit of contribution from the hops at the finish.