Mishawaka Russian Imperial Stout

In short: A (hopefully) bad bottle of problematic fruity stout
How: Bottle. Tasting session with Montreal crew
The look: Dark brown body topped by a short lived beige head
In long: The nose is somewhat offsetting with its roastiness and baked cherries. Taste is more of the same. Roasted malts, dark caramel, undesired sourness. No need to go any further, I assume this was a bad bottle (I hope so for them) or else this little known brewery has as much future as a Best Buy in Amish Country.

My Bottom Line:
This slightly problematic Imperial Stout’s roasted and caramel malt flavors were undermined by an obsessive fruitiness and its nagging tartness, verging on pickled asperities.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A ring of foam circumnavigates the dark brown gown.
-Alcohol doesn’t appear much in the flavor profile, which is nice.
-Cheese is perceived in the nose as well.
-The fruitiness doesn’t necessarily emulate any specific fruit as it slashes through what the malts are attempting to do.
-With so many good examples of the style in the USA, this becomes even more disappointing. Let’s hope this bad bottle is just a rogue.

Bottle.

Pours dark brown with a tan head. Smells of bitter malt, pepper, some molasses,chocolate, roasted malt. Tastes overly bitter with some residual sugary hints on the finish.

22oz - Mild aroma of roasted dark malts, molasses, chocolate, lacto and a touch of coffee. Pours black with a small head and good lacing. Flavor matches aroma with a sour milk flavor that combines with the roasted malts to make a somewhat confusing taste. Palate is creamy and tart. I didn’t pour it down the drain, but it isn’t something I would drink again.

This bottled brew from Indianapolis, IN poured a very small sized head of frothy brown colored mostly lasting bubbles that left behind a strongly carbonated body of fine bubbles that was opaque except around the edges. The aroma was simple with only mild brown malty notes. The mouth feel was mildly tingly thin and mildly vinous. The flavor was also thin and weak with an acidic note I disliked.

Bottle and label says 9.3% ABV. Very small smooth tan head that mostly lasted, very little lacing and carbonation, and a dark brown hue. Nose was that of toffee, malt, molasses, and some hops. Flavor was malt, toffee, lightly roasty, and some molasses. Mouthfeel was mostly smooth and lightly tingly. Body was medium. Quaffable, but not super impressed with their version of this style.

Bottle says 9.2%. I definitely question that, it tastes like it is 6% tops. Pours dark brown, thin off white head and one ring of lace around the top of the glass. Prune, & fudge on the nose. Thin mouth-feel a rather bland/ thin RIS. Hints of coffee and chocolate.

Muddy dark brown. Chocolatey, fudgey aroma. Fruity-tart body with roast and light smoke. A little bit of burnt fruit in there as well. Light bodied and easy-going for the style.