Sand Creek Imperial Porter

Brewed by Sand Creek Brewing Co. (Pioneer/Wisconsin Brewing Co.)
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter
Black River Falls, Wisconsin USA

Bottled. A deep red beer with a brown head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of berries and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, berries, and caramel, leading to a dry bitter finish with strong notes of chocolate and light coffee notes.

Bottles from bockyhorsey and CaptainCougar I think. Pour was dark black, decent initial dark tannish colored head, mediocre lacing. The aroma was chocolate, dark fruits, some long chain alcohol/fusel notes. The flavor followed, milky chocolate, vinous notes, all accented by a lively carbonation that made this beer pretty decent. Roast was quite light as was the hopping. Decent stuff, but pretty straight forward. Thanks, Bill and Tom!

dark brown with not much head.nice aroma of chocolate milk,brown sugar,and molasses.flavor is much of the same with some smoke and roasted malt thrown in.very nice indeed.

Huge thanks to I think Gililard, but thank you who ever! Lightly oxidized aroma followed by coffee, roast malt, chocolate and cocoa. The body is dark brown with a thin brown head. Sweet pumpernickel/brown bread flavors in the fore. A touch boozy. Chocolate, molasses, and bitter roast notes in the finish.

6-29-08 bottle shared with lb4lb thanks to buckybeer
Dark brown black with a thin watery beige tan head and no lacing. Smell is Chinese food and sweet malt - huge soy sauce notes in there. Flavor is overly sweet and malty. Palate is nearly creamy but falls short. Overall, just a bit too sweet for me but not horrible.

Bottle courtesy of buckybeer. Thanks!
Pours a nice dark black with small short lived light tan head. Smell is dark fruit, light roastiness and a good amount of soy sauce and molasses. Taste is bitter dark fruit with some ashiness and soy. Lingering burnt flavor. Medium to thin body with medium carbonation and a tiny hint of alcohol in the aftertaste. Decent.

bottle thanks to miketd. black pour with a thin caramel head. thick chocolate and roasted malts with a slight alcohol tingle on the nose. a little thinner than i was expecting but the big chocolate and coffee flavors make up for that. awesome job on this brew.

12oz Bottle. Aroma is surprisingly bourbon-like with rich malt, supported with some aged dark roast character. Imperial Stout notes. Slightly tangy malt. Interesting. Pours a thinner brown-black, with a rim of tan. Flavor is an enjoyable caramel, light roast, and brown sugar. This beer is unassuming, it has a distinctly ale-like imperial character that is well melded and pleasing. The flavor is more like a barleywine, that is just dark-looking. The sharpness that does come from the roast balances the beer as it joins a curt edge of hops. In the end, actually quite hoppy. I think I like this because it has that distinctly oxidized East Kent Golding-like hop flavor that for some bizarre reason I really enjoy in aged stronger beers. If I had tasted this blind, I would have said it was a weak blend of Bells Expedition Stout and Third Coast Old Ale. Interesting. I had lower expectations, so this was a pleasant surprise. I actually like this, hoppy, well-aged, subtle, but kind of off as a Porter. More like a dark B-wine. Thanks Steve!