Samuel Smiths Imperial Stout

Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Imperial Stout
Tadcaster, England

355 ml bottle. Black coloured with a brownish red hue. Nice thick fine-laced medium-sized beige head. Chocolatey cocoa aroma. Notes of toffee. Distinctly roasted and soft burnt flavours. Some sweetness on the tongue that balances the burnt flavours. Full-bodied. Licorice flavours towards the finish. Not really any noticeable hops in there other than way into the background and that which balances the sweetness. Some of the typical Samuel Smith house character can be found, but not as much as in their porter. A very nice imperial stout.

Oily liquid brew that is full of complex challenges. Fruits, coffeechocs and more, more, more, that I cannot descripe. Licorice, bananas, sticky roastess and burnness in the moutn. Not for the fainthearted. Must try it in the Vintage way. I’ll put one in my cellar.

Pitch black with brown head. Aroma: roasted malt, coffee, chocolate. Flavour: roasted malts, dark coffee. Full body, oily texture, bitter. Ends bitter dry. Awesome.

A black hole that lets small amounts of deep purple seep out. Beautifully fresh aroma of nuts and fruits. Creamy nuts and chocolate fill the palate and linger. What an amazing brew!

Pours black with a creamy off-white head. Nice sweet nose... malt, raisin, caramel. Quite creamy and rich on the palate. Notes of roasted malt, dried dark fruit and wet grass. Hints of sweetness. Finishes malty and sweet.

Great stuff. what separates this from the others is that you dont get overwhelmed with that big alcohol aftertaste, but you know its good strong stuff

Dense black in color with with a double latte-ish head, leaving considerable lacing. Rich milky espresso. Aroma is prunes, chocolate, and a tannic red wine. Flavor also is intensely...purple...plum skin, black licorice, and mollasses. Oily mouthfeel, yes, but not thick, with a bitter espresso aftertaste. A reasonably easy drinker with understated nuance, although not as much as one might expect. Just fine for an imperial stout.

Beautiful black motor oil looking thing with a nice thick tan head, complex lacing, and what i’m sure is hidden effervescence. Roasted barley is very apparent in the nose as well as dark roast coffee. Heavy coffee flavor with some chocolate and vanilla to sweeten it up some oh yeah and dried cherry. I feel like I’m growing hair on my chest as I drink this. However, I look down and realize that I still have not found that magical elixir.....