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Samuel Smiths Imperial Stout 3.89 1689

Samuel Smiths Imperial Stout

Percentile
99
overall
Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Imperial Stout

Tadcaster, England

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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16893.9/5.03.89/5.07%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.
 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
 21iceman40 (1731), vienna, West Virginia, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/517/20
Aug 29, 2001    Updated: Jun 13, 2005
I absolutely hate stouts, but this was actually really good. This is the only stout that i would drink twice. If it came in a case i would drink the whole thing. Its like a meal in a bottle. Update- i cant believe i didnt like stouts when i first had this, i only had drank mgd and red dog then. So lets do this right, black with a very muddy brown head. Skunked aroma at first, then going into roasted chocolate and nuts. Really creamy, chocolatey, still smooth though, followed with some bitter dark chocolates, very wintery, very smoked, very nice.


 daniele (1728), Italy
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/517/20
Jul 30, 2007    Updated: Oct 9, 2007
scura non molta schiuma note tostate cioccolato complessa buob tenore al colico una birra che riscalda


 lithy (1725), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/103/516/20
Jan 19, 2009  
Nice dark brown with hints of red and a thick but quickly diminishing tan head. Soapy roasty malt, anise. Taste is lots of bitter burnt malt, nice hoppy finish. Chocolate notes, a great beer that is tame for modern imperial stout standards.


 jake65 (1725), Williston, North Dakota, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/103/515/20
Apr 19, 2006  
Pours a very dark brown, almost black with a thick tan head. Aroma is a rich combination of malts, roastiness, and brown sugar. Tastes more of coffee, chocolate, and molasses with a nice maltiness and light hops. Tastes thick, but the body is rather thin. Great taste throughout and a wonderful stout overall.


 joet (1709), Fulton, California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/58/104/513/20
Jul 25, 2002    Updated: May 15, 2008
An odd salty, plum, rotten fruit aroma. Doesn’t start to wake up until 58 degrees F or so. Milky, bitter chocolate, excellent creamy feel. I’m not getting big hops here. In fact the bitterness is not big at all. 35 IBUs? A nice zippy finish with a bit of toast.


 ross (1709), weddington, South Carolina, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/103/58/105/518/20
Mar 16, 2004  
my first imperial stout- and lets just say i was impressed. this is a really good beer that i found myself smelling as much as drinking. pours out like motor oil. despite the low alc for an imperial, it still had a kick that gave me a nice warm feeling after consumption. this was great- cant wait to rate a better one than this. awesome


 BeerPrince (1701), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/517/20
Jun 27, 2004  
Great brew. The first aroma I noticed was cocoa and very subtle coffee. Sweetness is actually very nice as it mixes with the creamy texture that gives more than a mouthful. Nicely carbonated with a nice long buzz on the tongue. Black as tar on the pour with a nice creamy head. One I will have again for sure.


 jfm (1695), Holbæk, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Oct 31, 2004  
Black color with a beige head. The taste is sweet and roasted. Has notes of liqourice and light chocolate bitterness.



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