Peoples Pint Imperial Stout

Brewed by Peoples Pint
Style: Imperial Stout
Greenfield, Massachusetts USA

12oz bottle acquired in trade with Cletus (thanks!). Bottle # 118 (but of how many???). 2008 Vintage. Poured a dark black color, with reddish/brown edges, and an averaged sized brown head. Aromas of roast, chocolate, lightly nutty, molasses, and some coffee. Tastes of chocolate, vanilla, dark fruits, roast, molassess, smoke, and some bitter coffee in the finish. Some lacing left on the glass.

(12oz bottle, 2008 vintage, # 473) Pours a dark brown body with a small tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, and chocolate. Flavor of chocolate, coffee, some dark fruits, and roasted malt.

Bottle… C&P’sLYFO Throwdown… Very dark ale (almost tar black) that shows a clear ruby hue when held up to light. Small, creamy, fat-bubbled, beige head. Both the aroma and flavor offer roasted nuts, espresso and milk chocolate. Full-bodied with a soft, silky mouthfeel and gentle carbonation. Finishes chocolaty and bitter. Bottle provided by Beerlando. Thanks, Bryan! Video = http://homepage.mac.com/maltajo/RATEBEER/iMovieThe

12oz bottle #545 of 2008 edition-pours a delayed reaction no head than thin brown ring and motor oil black color. Aroma is vegetal/tart, some ashy. Taste is anise/licorice-dark malt, nice then vegetal/rubbery, acidic/earthy hops.

Cask sample. Pours dark brown with a light brown head. Smells of roasted malt, dark fruit, chocolate. Tastes lightly bitter with a nice layered malt profile.

My Bottom Line:
This unctuous Imperial Stout delivers plenty of roasted and caramelized malts atop resinous hops and alcohol warmth for a very satisfying and nourishing after-dinner nectar.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A mokaccino-coloured head of foam tops the jet black.
-The mouthfeel is so round, it’s nearly viscous.
-Light fig-like fruitiness is found roaming within.
-The malts are not as complex as some of the best Imperial Stouts out there, but that doesn’t mean this isn’t a scrumptious example of the style.
-Roasted malts provide plenty of bitterness too.
-Gentle carbonation is almost overtaken by the residual sugars.

Bottle #538.

Bottle-conditioned, 1999. A solid wall of cream is left on the inside of the glass after this wonderful midnight concoction leaves it; cherries, brandy, and cigar tobacco assail the nose powerfully throughout the experience. Too much flavor for me to adequately describe after the one bottle I was capable of drinking; its a rough mix of the above aromatics, a fairly strong alcohol component, chocolate, bark, sourness at the end and enough hops to keep you guessing. Perhaps too hard to drink to be truly great, but a dynamite experience nonetheless and one that I will try to have again as soon as possible.

Poured an opaque black color with a thin, tan head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of roasted malts, cocoa, smoke, vanilla, molasses, and light alcohol. Taste of roasted malts, sweet, chewy chocolate, dark fruits, charred wood, tobacco, and light alcohol in the finish.