Samuel Smiths Imperial Stout

Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Imperial Stout
Tadcaster, England

Pours a sizable tan head, mostly dinishing. Aroma of dark roasted malts - coffee, chocolate, dark fruits. Nice though as it is not "smoky" - not a fan of smoky beers. Thick mouthfeel with a slightly bitter finish. Nice offering of the style, just not my style of preference.

Pours black with a large crema head that fades to an inch or so quickly, then is just lacing. Roasted malts, cocoa, stewed and dried fruits - prunes, raisins, figs. Some smoke and earth. Quite full bodied, has rich sweetness but no port characteristics. Sweetness is shortlived and then there is a long, dry but not particularly bitter finish. A bit salty too. Pretty restrained all around for the style and lovely for it.

(cl-btl wh-lbl gl-txt gl-foil, 550ml, 7%)

opq-bk, creamy br head, patchy lace, med body & co2,

aroma: dark-fruit alchl-warm aroma,

taste:
T1 dark-malt §yeasty
T2 crml fruity-malt almost-blncd-hop
T3 malt-sweet §mtllc §leafy-hop,
no burnt or chrcl or bitter, simple for style, ^drinkable, session

Drank from a 16oz. snifter. Pours black with a healthy tan head. Moderately burnt malty aroma with plenty of very pleasing caramel. Rich flavor with bitter sweet chocolate, some coffee and just a bit of very well complimenting hops. Finishes sweet and satisfying. This is my personal standard for Imperial Stouts. I love this beer and will be enjoying it on a regular basis for many years to come.

Egészen mély,vöröses barna majdnem fekete szín fölött hamar eltűnik a világosbarna közepes hab,csipkés nyomot hagyva a pohár falán.Illata csokoládé likőrös és régi fajta medvecukorhoz hasonló.Íze keserű csokoládés,pörkölt kávés és hasonlít egy gazdagon fűszerezett jobb fajta gyomorkeserűhöz.Kicsit olajos a teste és kellemesen bizsergető.Nem nagyon érezni hogy magasabb az alkohol tartalmát.Utóíze hasonlít egy olyan csokis piskótára,ami egy kicsit tovább maradt bent a sütőben az előírtnál,ezért az alja egy kicsit odakapott.Hosszan,szárazan cseng le.Jó kis étvágygerjesztő ital,de nehéz vacsorák után is kellemes itóka.

Poured into a snifter this Imperial Stout is a dark brown, almost black, in color with a medium tan head that disapates quickly. Aroma of molasses, licorice and roasted chocolate malts. Taste begins with sweet, smooth molasses and roasted malts then finishes with a bitter chocolate and licorice. Medium body, creamy texture. The medium carbonation matches the beer perfectly. I really enjoyed this one.

bottle thanks to Treborwhip, pours a thin black with a tall tan head. Aroma is roasted malt, light soy, and noble hops. Nice sweet toasted malt and light roasty flavors mix with some smoke, peat, and again a nice noble hop flavor that ends lingering with notes of soy sauce and coffee. Very drinkable.

Smells like nice dark malt and licorice. Lots of it. It looks like your pouring for a stour beer commercial this isn’t Guinesse. Lots of thick brown head and you can’t see ANY light through it at all, not even the edges. I think this is the blackes beer I have ever seen. I bet it will make other things black too... The malt taste is damn near perfect, crisp and distinct like coffee is but its all malt flavour. A bit of licorice towards the end as well, but not as much as in the nose. Quite smooth for how dark it is, I thought it would be thicker. Fantastic, I had thier oatmeal stout the next day to compare, and this one is better, much more robust.