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Sand Creek Imperial Porter 3.7 85

Sand Creek Imperial Porter

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853.77/5.03.7/5.0Special-66.7Snifter
Commercial Description:
Our first Sand Creek Special Reserve release. Inspired by the finest brewing traditions from around the world, these rich, hearty, limited edition releases are crafted from our brewmaster’s own special recipes. This imperial porter is rich and malty with a very dark brown hue.
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 StewardofGondor (1934), Washington Heights - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/105/517/20
Feb 10, 2008  
Deep translucent chocolate with a cola like head fizzling at the top. Aroma sets the stage. Fudge bricks and bakers chocolate slaps with espresso beans lodged into the artifice. Burnt tar and broiled cocoa and prunes drum triumphantly with the abundant aromatic mocha character. Flavor produces quite a full mouthful with decadent milk chocolate and a touch of caramel talc commingling with cocoa powder. Chocolate milk with a chewy lactose sentiment. A sweet bitterness takes on traits of dynamic dark chocolate rather than a distracting burnt rawness found in much of the same style. Toffee bars melt to their simplest state of milk chocolate and gooey caramel ribbons. Controlled carbonation and a thick, chewy body, finishing with cocoa et caramel Tollhouse cookies good to the last drop.


 Goodgrief (1153), Middletown, Delaware, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/517/20
Nov 7, 2009  
Bottle donated to the cause by eaglefan538...and it’s good that he did because I seemed to enjoy this much more than he did. Pour was dark with thick foamy head. A wonderful roasty/chocolate aroma. The flavor contained rich roasted malts with some sweet boozy chocolate. Well balanced and no off flavors. I thought this was quite delicious.


 after4ever (2776), Brier, Washington, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/516/20
Feb 24, 2008    Updated: Feb 25, 2008
12-oz. Thanks, BitBucket! Pours inky black with a dense, moussy dark tan head. No lace, minimal film once the head settles. Huge roasty sweet molasses, vanilla, and chocolate nose, just delicious. Creamy body on the high side of medium with soft carb. Tons of roast, chocolate, molasses, vanilla, a wee note of plum, and then nice herbal to close the deal into the finish. Long sweet finish. Wonderful stuff.


 bitbucket (2034), Kirkland, Washington, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/104/516/20
Mar 1, 2008  
Bottle, thanks to CaptainCougar. Pours opaque blackish brown with a lacy tan head. Sweet chocolate and vanilla nose. Creamy medium body. Sweet taste of roasty malt. coffee, chocolate, vanilla, molasses. Just lots and lots of good stuff, all at once. A bit of pine shows up in the finish. This was a dandy!


 buckybeer (666), Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/517/20
Jul 9, 2007    Updated: Oct 13, 2007
Bottle from ( The Coffee Grounds ) in Eau Claire. Pours pretty much black with a nice tan head. Aroma is malts, fermented fruits, cocoa, and pretty big black licorice. Flavor is malty, ripened fruits, chocolates, and I also noticed nice hints of licorice & molasses. I was very impressed with this one. It was nice to see Sand Creek kick it up a notch and brew a bigger limited release beer.


 CaptainCougar (5517), Rockville, Maryland, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Aug 19, 2007  
Bottle: Pours a barely transparent dark mahogany with ruby hues and a clingy-laicng dark tan head. Aroma of sweet dark caramel and chocolate malts with a hint of dark fruits. Body starts with nice fullness and sweet, sticky caramel and dark chocolate flavor with a touch of raisins and roasty coffee toward the slightly drier and more bitter finish. A nice, complex and balanced imperial porter.


 MIBRomeo (1965), Wisconsin, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/516/20
Aug 9, 2007  
Dark pour hints of reds in it, w/ a thick creamy looking tan head, a touch of lace. roast malt aromas lots of chocolates a hint of coffee like bitterness. Palate is full and lightly cream, with a good coating. The flavor is delicious.. big buttery chocolate some more sweet creamy chocolate some nice roasty malts. This is phenomonal.. who the hell thought sand creek could make a good beer. I love this stuff.


 Odeed (1677), Bakersfield, California, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/518/20
Jul 25, 2008  
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.



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