Natty Greenes Black Powder Imperial Stout

Brewed by Natty Greenes Pub & Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Greensboro, North Carolina USA

12oz bottle-pours a rich brown head and black color. Aroma is anise/cocoa-dark malt, some earthy. Taste is anise/ashy/cocoa-dark malt, roasty, chickory, secondary acidic/earthy hops. Mild carbonation. thanks to decaturstevo for picking this up.

12 ounce bottle from Whole Foods Market Winston-Salem. Pours a ruby tinted brown color with a thin head. Poor head retention and weak lacing. Aroma of roasted malts, soy, smoke and subtle fruity notes. Taste is roasted malts, bitter hops, smoke, tobacco and soy with caramel and coffee in the finish. Fairly dry. Medium bodied.

Bottle. Pours out a dark black color with a tan head on it. Typical look of an imperial stout. Smell is roasted, with some chocolate and coffee, tiny bit of alcohol. Taste is somewhat thin, but because of this it makes it a bit easier to drink. Full chocolate and roasted malt kick to it too. Interesting beer, perhaps not the best, but at least it will make you piss.

A solid impy. Pours out a black color with a smaller tan head. aroma is big on coffee, roasted malt, choco, with a touch of sweetness. Flavor was very much the same as it seems most impys are, but there was a bit of bitterness in the finish. A very nice brew.

Thanks to AtlBeerDog for this one! Rich black pour with thick tan head a decent lace. Creamy mouth-feel. Chocolate, caramel, caramelized sugar, and coffee. Very solid for a style i have seemed to out grow

12 oz bottle: Pours a very rich brown with a creamy tan head. Nice lace that sticks around as you drink. Aroma of slight sweetness, molasses, caramel, malt, and coffee/espresso. Very nice flavor of coffee, malt, brown sugar, and bittersweet finish. Goes down very smooth with a hint of alcohol warming at the end. I highly recommend this to any dark beer lover.

Name: Black Powder
Date: 12/19/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

solid black, wispy tan head, touch of lace, sweet licorish aroma, creamy body, sweet roasted malt flavor, apparent alcohol, lots of roasted and bitterness comes through on the finish, not the depth of the rest of the lineup,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

draught during my NC brew tour. Pours ebony with a very intense, thick brown head which lasts for the entire drinking session. Actually, the head is so thick, it almost looks like a wax model of a beer. The aroma is comprised of thick espresso, mocha with piney hop highlights. The carbonation is very low and the density is quite high, giving this stout a super viscous quality. Bittersweet, semi-earthy coffee notes make up the flavor with some burned brownies in the finish and a hint of pine nuts. The alcohol sometimes stings my palate, sometimes not at all. The doesn’t have any extra aggressive flavors. You know the problem? It was served just a bit too cold for a stout of this magnitude. No fault here, I just wrapped my hands around the glass for maybe 10 minutes while I chatted. That really did the trick. The beer came together in a much more harmonious ensemble and new flavors tantalized my tastebuds. I picked up some slight meaty flavors and strong wooden flavors like hickory. The espresso notes came out more and the hops took a back seat, only to poke out now and then. The alcohol now was only noticed as a warmth in my throat. I really, really enjoyed this imperial stout especially given the intense windchill which was about to pummel me.