Samuel Smiths Imperial Stout

Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Imperial Stout
Tadcaster, England

bottle: very well balanced and not too bitter for an impy stout. Dark with tan head. Chocolate, caramel and roasted malts, dry finish. I definitely felt the effects of the alcohol, and rather quickly (surprising for 7%). Unfortunately, the beer-illiterate place I bought this from (besides for thinking I was asking for a Sam Adams) served this refrigerator chilled. Was better once it warmed up a bit.

Wondefully soothing beer with a mellow, dark roasted taste. Malty and flavourful. Serves as a nice nightcap. The usual Stout flavours are present and accounted for here (chocolate, coffee, etc.) but there are all blended and integrated so well together here that the sum equals the parts. A highly enjoyable drink.

I finally got around to trying this. Pours black as oil that hasnt been change in 9,000 miles. Medium brown head. Smells of creamy chocolate. Very smooth, creamy palate, as smooth as silk. Nice balance between chocolate and roasty malts. Finish was just the right amount of coffee, not overpowering. This is a winner.

pitch black, large smooth light brown head. aroma of brown sugar, toffee, roasted malts, salty licorice, english licorice. flavor is brown sugar, toffee, burnt caramel, roasted malts, licorice, ends hard roasted and the roasetd flavor lasts for long. the flavor is a parade of flavors, each one topping at a different time, yielding a very intersting experience. time spent drinking this slowly is time well spent.

Pours a dark brown with a thick brown head, good lacing A nice chocolate roasted malt aroma. Very good flavor a good balance of coffee and sweet malts. smooth flavor and smooth palate. A grate stout. would buy and drink this beer many times over. Samuel Smith doesn’t really make a bad beer.

Pours a medium to dark brown and sits black in the glass, with a large foamy light brown head which later becomes beige. The aroma is full of chocolate, coffee and roasted malt. Flavor is similar and nice and smooth. Nice and smooth on the palate, very drinkable and very delicious.

Really enjoyable from beginning to end. A smooth creamy mouthful makes way for a somewhat bittersweet chocolate flavor balanced with roasted malts. Once it warms up the alcohol becomes more apparent. Very solid, drinkable stout that is easy to enjoy at any pace.

Beautiful darkish head with some lacing. Very, very dark. Sweet, clean aroma. Not particularly smooth, some bitterness and astringency.