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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
16853.9/5.03.89/5.07%80.1Snifter
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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 travita (1920), Frisco, Texas, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/518/20
Sep 23, 2007  
Dark and strong look with a nice head. Everything an imperial stout should be and more. Aromas of malt, coffee, chocalate, and prune. These add complexity to the taste and it finishes with some nice alcholic bitterness.


 DanielBrown (1919), Birmingham (via Leicester), West Midlands, England
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/514/20
Feb 18, 2004    Updated: Feb 20, 2004
Bottle from Stirchley Wines and Spirits, Birmingham. Rich, cough syrup/raisin aroma. Impenetrable balck body with slim brown skin of froth. Bold coffee taste. Thick mouthfeel with a warming quality, especially through the finish, where th ABV hits home. Sets the taste buds buzzing it does. Lingering chocolate and almost cheese in the finish. Bold, balanced and rewarding. Thick, tasty and fulsome.


 Kevin (1918), Colorado, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
May 8, 2004    Updated: Apr 30, 2005
very heady, with a nice sweet aroma of molasses and burning caramel, dark head. chocolate and toffee and slight burnt coffee taste with some butterscotch thrown in to mess with my mind. i wasnt that impressed with the aftertaste, a bit of a slick dry cocoa that does not jibe somehow. not bad overall. it is a weird bottle.


 tronraner (1917), Seymour, Tennessee, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/516/20
Apr 21, 2006  
Bottle. Pours a deep reddish-brownish black with creamy tan head. The aroma has a lot of roasted barley, noticeable chocolate, maybe a little coffee, and a clean rainforest scent. The flavor is also very roasty, with some bitter chocolate in the finish and just a little bit of bite to it. Not my favorite imperial, but smooth and drinkable.


 altonbrownd (1914), 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.


 Immy (1912), Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Jan 12, 2006  
Black pour with a tan head. Rather light nose of chocolate and malt. Very smooth, with malt and sweet cocoa flavors, touched with alcohol. Nice!


 Joeh (1908), Buckinghamshire, England
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/513/20
Nov 5, 2002    Updated: Feb 18, 2005
Bottled. A special beer selected for my 200th rating. Almost totally black - held up to the light and it couldn’t even been seen through! - though there is a slight hint of red. The aroma is of roasted malt, alcohol and coffee. The flavour is also predominantly a roast malt flavour, with coffee clearly there. The alcohol is not so high as to ruin the beer - but is certainly not a beer you would want to drink many of in one night - both because of the strength and the price!.


 pantani (1902), Salinas, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/103/516/20
Apr 18, 2004  
Pours dark, with very nice beige head. Coffee, Mollases aroma. Smokey, deep coffee, taste, fairly smooth on the palate. A very nice beer, but what Imperial Stout isn't?



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