Roots Organic EXXXcalibur Imperial Stout

Brewed by Roots Organic Brewing
Style: Imperial Stout
Portland, Oregon USA

Draught at the brewpub. Very dark ruby. Aroma of licorice and coffee. Sweet with rounded mouthfeel. Very roasty and really malty with plenty of licorice and aniseed. Stays away form the sticky sweetness that plagues many Imperial Stouts. I like this one!

Name: Exxcalibur Stout
Date: September 22, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: dark with ruby edges, creamy beige head, drippy lace
Aroma: sweet and fruity aroma, nice roasted character
Body: creamy body
Flavor: sweet chocolate and caramel flavor, light roasted, dark chocolate bitterness, hint of fruityness

Name: Exxcalibur Stout
Date: September 22, 2009
Mode: cask
Source: brewpub
chocolate flavor comes of richer on cask,

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

Near black colour. Really toasty, nutty...toasted coconut maybe. They use it in a porter so I wouldn’t be surprised. Soft, a little watery actually but with toasted malt and light dark fruit flavours.

On tap at Roots, Portland. I had this down as 9.0%, but hey. Black colour with ruby edges. Disappearing tan head. Intense malt coffee/choc aroma. Quite thick and syrupy in mouth. Some sourness develops. Some nice black fruits, damson, plum. Juicy really. Bit of tar/molasses. Fruit is nice though. Good Impy stout. Dryish hop finish. Very well made.

Pours a light orange color, cascading dark brown color while the bubbles drift up. Some malty coffee nose, some sour notes, mostly sour coffee and dark fruit, 0thin body with some tinny flavors. A simple imperial stout.

Tap @ Brewpub: Dark black, nose of chocolate and cocoa, some mid level roast without any astringency. Licorice and sweet malt. The flavor is moderately bodied, good vanilla cream notes in the tail. The finish is lightly bourbony with some faint wood and vanilla. Alcohol, smoke. Good stout, could use a bit more complexity to drive it up there, but this hits everything I like.

On tap at the Roots brewpub during ABA Beer Tour 07. Pours an opaque dark brown brew with thick and creamy off-white head. Aroma of sweet dark chocolate, black licorice and toffee. Taste is thick and syrupy, smooth and slick. Flavor has not only dark chocolate malt but tastes of cotton candy, candi sugar and some sour coffee. Finish is smooth, creamy and a raisin aftertaste. A very impressive imperial stout.

4th Brewery 07-08 Brew Trip with Bikesandbeer. Pours black with a light brown ring head. Nose of light malt. Taste is decent for the style but the alcohol is really way too low and was really ot enough for me.