Ottos Jolly Roger Imperial Stout

Brewed by Ottos Pub & Brewery
Style: Imperial Stout
State College, Pennsylvania USA

Bomber from trade. Beautiful opaque black body with complementing medium-small dark brown head. Aroma is very sweet dark fruit, chocolate, medium in strength and sweet. Flavor is nice strong bitter chocolate, semi-bitter pine hops, very roasty, dark fruit, plum, some dough, only light, light alc finish excelent. Medium to full body, creamy. Big flavor based on malt chocolate. One of the better big and balanced impy stouts out there.

Black colour with a small light brown head. Roasted malty, coffee bitter aroma with chocolate sweet notes and hints of the alcohol. Roasted malty and coffee bitter flavor with notes of chocolate and liqourice. Dry and alcohol warming sweet finish. Thanx to sh8viking for sharing.

C-bus 10. Puddintanes bottle. Nice chocolate aroma. Big black body with a brown head. Full palate. Lots of chocolate and heavy malt flavors in this one. Really thick and syrupy.

C-Bus 10: Bottle shared by puddintane: Pours a dark brown to black with a loose tan head. Aroma, roasty, chocolate, coffee. Flavor, rich chocolate, some coffee, sweet, roasted malts. Finishes with an earthy roasted bitterness. Very nice.

Super dark brown, but not quite black with a medium tan head that dissipates into a thin coating on top. Thick aroma with lots of chocolate and some hops. Roasted malts up front with a nice chocolaty finish. Really nice mouthfeel with a huge body that perfectly fits this beer. Not hugely complex, but it really doesn’t need to be.

Dark black in color with a little off white head. Chocolatety malty hoppy aroma. Toffee nutty caramel notes. Hoppy malty flavor. Roasty coffee and chocolate notes. Smooth tasting. Finish is chocolatety. Nice beer.

From a 22oz Bottle. Courtesy of CharlesDarwin. Viscous pour of dark black with a tall head of fine bubbled, creamy tan. Excellently layered malt flavors, accentuated by a pleasing level of minty hops. Chocolate chip cookie dough, vanilla wafer, and chewy toffee create an enticing mid-malt juiciness that’s sandwiched enticingly between layers the dark malt characters. Smooth coffee and rich black chocolate create the roasty bookends for the malt bill. Full bodied, creamy mouthfeel with a chewy malt body, although not too heavy. Flavors of chocolate, coffee, and toasted almonds create a fabulous dessert-like treat. Notes of pecan pie and milky hot chocolate add more complexity. Some soft vanilla nougat peeks out in the middle, balancing the chocolate and coffee roast flavors marvelously. Finishes cleanly, leaving some smooth roast coffee lingering in the final smack. Well crafted beer - I love how this relies on the depth of the malt characters to make it shine, without resorting to extreme hop, barrel, or charred flavors to create a bold flavor impression. Thanks, Tom!

2007 PP SAF Bottle (thanks to whoever brought this): Opaque with a small lasting creamy tan head and very good lace. The aroma has notes of chocolate, walnut, grassy, coffee, smoke, and an earthy ester. The taste has a rich balance of bitter grassy hops and chocolate malting. Also noted plum, smoke, anise and leather notes. The mouth feel is smooth and refreshing for an Impy stout. This is very drinkable and could still benefit from some aging.