New England Imperial Stout Trooper

Brewed by New England Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial Stout
Woodbridge, Connecticut USA

2008 bottle. pours a deep brownw ith a small tan head. Aroma of dark chocolate, coffee, roasted malts, doughy yeast . Flavor is molasses, vanilla, dark fruits, dark chocolate, coffeee, vanilla. Mouthfeel is oily and sticky. great stuff. better than expected. very well balanced and easy drinkin.

2008 Bottle. Dark oil black pour, a little dark brown carbonation and a wonderful rich dark chocolate, vanilla and slightly smoky aroma. Flavor is a good amount of peat, some bitter chocolate, coffee and finishes smoky and silky. Very well done and well balanced beer. One of the best imperial stouts? No, but worth a try if you don’t have to trade something rare

Courtesy of Per
Black color; creamy brownish head. The aroma is an interesting mix of ashes and chocolate, cardboard and caramel, harmonious. Good body strength; the mouthfeel is quite smooth; the chocolate aroma dominates, compunded first by the roasted malt, followed by dark caramel, and some residual sweetness; good bitterness level. Not a surprising beer, but well brewed.

Appreciated super-extra, thanks dave Pours a fairly thick black body with dark brown head, that foams up to a large bubbly head. Aroma, after it airs out, is roasty and chocolate, attractive. Drinks above-average, smooth, with good chocolate and roast. A superior RIS among many good RIS out there,glad I tried. The booziness seems higher than listed. Much licorice in there as well.

Bottled, thanks Cletus! Deep black, beige head. Tarry coffee aroma. Full bodied with syrupy sweetness and oily mouthfeel. The combination of heavy roastiness and extreme sweetness makes it inky, and it turns crude and harsh.

12 oz bottle, 2008 vintage via trade with Tendermorsel on BA. Pours a deep deep brown black with a small brown head. Rich mouth watering chocolate and roasted malts, some bourbon. Wonderful flavors! Nice rich and velvety dark chocolate, fully roasted malts, almost burnt. Hard candy sugar tones, some smoke/oak. Mouth is very full, silky smooth. Alcohol differently present but just bellow a layer of goodness. Great beer, would be even better with a year to 3 on it. Love to get some more.

Thanks to MrBunn for sharing this. Pours black with a nice dark tan head. Smells heavily of chocolate and coffee, with some roasted grain mystery smell to it. Flavor is heavy on the roasted/burnt malt, and some good coffee notes. Second sip carries an odd aftertaste. Palate is bit weak, but still good. The coffee in this pleases me very much.

Bottle. (Thanks John and Kan.) Pours an imperial brown with little head that dies quickly, but there’s a cool swirl of very tiny bubbles on the surface that looks a little like a galaxy far, far away. Aromas are weaker than expected, but still good. A bit of chocolate and roasted malt, some coffee, but not much else going on. Flavor is similar... but could be more aggressive and robust. There’s a nice roasty flavor with some nuts and chocolate, but this comes off as very grainy.