Samuel Smiths Imperial Stout

Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Imperial Stout
Tadcaster, England

bottle from Tuckers Maltings. Dark brown colour with a small beige-brown head. Malty nose. Intensively malty, with lovely complex flavours of raisins, caramel, toffee, bitter chocolate and coffee. Lingering finish. A delicious beer.

Botle. Black pour with a foamy brown head. Aroma of hops, sweetness, cofee and cherries. Flavor was coffee, smoke, pleasant hop bitterness and some cherries. Creamy mouthfeel.

Pours black with a huge frothy dark tan head. Sweet malty and chocolaty aroma. Taste is well balanced, with sweet roasty malt and some bitter chocolate and coffee. Worth trying.

Jet black with creamy caramel brown head that leaves decent lacing. Aroma is sweet coffee, chocolate, lots of grains, plums, dates and earthy hops. Taste is more coffee, some molasses, noticeable alcohol, and a complex roasted malt bitterness that lingers for some time. Very thick and cream, with some alcholic heat.

Pours dark black with a small froth head. Aroma is malty consisting of dark bread, roasted malts, and carmel. lightly hoppy and yeasty. Flavor is well balanced and complex. roasted malts, hints of burnt carmel, and toffee. Full bodied, creamy and softly carbonated.

Bottle sample- pours jet black with frothy tan head. Nose- dark fruit and chocolate. Taste- very fruity, plums, raisins, chocolate and slight alcohol taste. Medium to low carbonation. Finish is bitter chocolate, maybe a touch of hops, but not much. Mostly a roast free, fruit forward stout. I prefer less fruity notes, so drinkability suffers somewhat. Quite light bodied for style.

355ml Bottle from De Bierkoning. Black colour, nice lasting beige head. Aroma of dark chocolate, some caramel, roasted malts, Irish coffee. Flavour is roasted malts, nuts, strong coffee, bitter chocolate, a little caramel and some alcohol. Good roasted coffee bitter finish. Smooth and thick mouthfeel, medium to fullbodied.

city wide liquors. had this bottle with james. pours deep black, chocolate. roasty, dark!