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Samuel Smiths Imperial Stout

Percentile
99
overall
Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Imperial Stout

Tadcaster, England

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
16713.9/5.03.89/5.07%79.9Snifter
Commercial Description:
Available filtered and pasteurised in clear glass bottles.
Rich, flavorful, deep chocolate color, scented and roasted barley nose. Complexity of malt, hops, alcohol and yeast.
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 cyrenaica (440), Milton, Ontario, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/103/514/20
Feb 4, 2009  
550ml bottle
7.0% ABV
I tried this beer on January 11, 2008 after purchasing from one of my local LCBO outlets. The beer poured a coca-colour with a fluffy brown head. The aroma was dark roasted malt, bitter coffee hints, and some plums. The mouthfeel was medium-bodied, with slightly high carbonation. The taste was bitter with molasses, coffee and maltiness throughout. A very good beer


 Rustyham (556), miami, Florida, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Feb 2, 2009  
Starts cool with strong caramel malts coating dark fruit flavors, much like a good Belgian Quadruple. Then it warms to a nice nutmeg, cinnamon, and allspice hint. This beer hits all the right spots.


 njbfr (105), New Jersey, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/512/20
Feb 1, 2009  
Nice stout. SS’s oatmeal stout is better but this hits the spot. Nice aroma. Slight tang on the finish but not enough to make it off-putting.


 Dredd (488), Ormond, Australia
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Jan 29, 2009  
Aroma is a subtle mix of chocolate and licorice. Pour is jet black with a tan head. Flavour profile is a restrained mix of grainy licorice with a touch of vegemite (marmite). There is quite a long finish which os nice but would have liked a bit more out of it.


FriarHop (31), Long Beach, New York, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/514/20
Jan 28, 2009  
Bottle. This is a prime example of a great Imperial Stout. Pours a dark chocolate black brown. Complex and deep, voluminous flavor. Completely delicious.


 berkshirejohn (1795), Bracknell, Berkshire, England
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/104/516/20
Jan 24, 2009  
[355ml bottle.] Deep chocolate brown with a milk chocolate coloured head that immediately dissipated leaving only a ring around the glass. Malty chocolate aroma. Smooth and silky in the mouth, sweeter than expected but with good body and lots of heavy fruity malts; developing a dry coffee ground finish with some bitter chocolate. Very drinkable.


 altonbrownd (1888), Amsterdam, Netherlands
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Jan 24, 2009  
Bottle from Cracked Kettle. An excellent Imperial Stout. Black colour, slight tan head. Dark nose of chocolate, coffee, dark fruits. Smooth and sugary to the taste. Nice coffee and roasty finish.


 rederic (1803), montréal, Quebec, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Jan 23, 2009  
Pitch black color, with a frothy tan-colored head, leaving laces, sweet toasted, cholacote malt, mochaish nose, with some cookie dough, Graham’s cokie accents, with a hint of molasses, ice coffee, and a black chocolate, faint burnt fruit raisin aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a sweet roasted malt character, with some mochaish, black coffee flavors, with a spicy liquorice accent, some dark bitter chocolatey, burnt dark dried fruit accents of raisin, fig, within a warmth mouthfeel, leading towards a roasty, fruity, dark bitter chocolatey finish.



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