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Smuttynose Imperial Stout

Smuttynose Imperial Stout - Imperial Stout

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 Percentile 
99
overall
Brewed by Smuttynose Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout

Portsmouth, New Hampshire USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
6073.96/5.03.94/5.0Winter10.1%84.2Snifter
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Commercial Description:
After a one year hiatus the Imperial Stout is back in action. We figured that after catching a bit of flack for its absence we’d have it return with a bang. We bumped up the starting gravity from 20° P to 24° P. This allowed the beer to finish just over 10% ABV. Like this year’s Barleywine, we’ve decided to play with the hop character, specifically the dry hop presence. Trying to avoid the fiasco of my previous attempt at adding pellets to the fermentor, I did what any good manager would do: I made Charlie add them. He had the advantage of being able to add the hops directly through a top manway and so his besting me in this challenge is not necessarily a sign of his superior brewing skills but more a reflection of my adventurous, try anything spirit (or at least that’s the story I’m stickin’ to). The Charles added 44 lbs of Cascade, split evenly between two batches, or about half a pound per barrel. We then transferred the beer onto seventy-eight pounds of an even mixture of Centennial and Columbus whole flowers, about one pound per barrel. The beer is a little top heavy in terms of the hopping but it seems to be smoothing out a bit as it’s aging. I’d give it six months or so, if you can wait that long. If not, hey, enjoy it anyway.
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 rustychiles (997), Mesa, Arizona, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
Feb 13, 2009  
Bottle shared at bockyhorseys pad. Pours a dark brown to black with a nice brown head. Aroma is barley, hops, malt, cocoa, roast. Flavor is much the same. Nice mouthfeel and lots of carbonation. Very nice imperial stout.


 daknole (2802), Plantation, Florida, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Feb 12, 2009  
Bomber. Black pour wtih a brown head. Aroma has lots of chocolate, molassses, nuts, roasted malt and good coffee as well. Flavor is deep and complex. Roasy and malty, chocolate, coffee and a nice hop balance. This is a might nice beer.


 drfabulous (1212), Columbia, Missouri, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Jan 12, 2009  
Lots of brandy in the stout. Very sweet and malty. Tastes a lot like a barley wine. Missing the traditional Imperial flavors.


 ucusty (1871), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/103/515/20
Jan 10, 2009  
2007 vintage! Thanks to Immy for the bottle. Viscous black pour chestnut colored head and spotty lace. Creamy mouth-feel medium to full bodied. Roast, coffee and chocolate.


 rayg1 (432), Ft. Mill, South Carolina, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/105/515/20
Jan 2, 2009  
2006 bottle for the Big Beer series. Well this beer was aged nearly three full years before I made the decision to crack it and share it with Ross. Pours out like ink in a glass. The beer had little to no head, just a touch of deep brown lacing. Aroma is of deep roasted nuts, coffee, and dark chocolate. The the taste is bold and thick. This beer is very slick on the mouthfeel and has quite a body to it, still not as thick as some impy stouts i’ve had but nothing to mess around with for sure. A majority of the hops have faded away and give way to the chocolate and the roasted flavors instead, coffee to finish. Nice beer.


 aplusbreaks (330), , Colorado, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Dec 29, 2008  
22oz bottle thanks to Cletus. Pours dark brown, almost black with a mocha colored head. Aromas of coffee, chocolate, hops, caramel and some booze. Flavors of coffee, chocolate, caramel, some vanilla and some hop bitterness.


 KimJohansen (6645), Copenhagen V, Denmark
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 21, 2008  
Black with large deep beige head. Sweet aroma with plenty of roastedmalt, coffee, chocolate and caramel notes. Sweet flavour with roasted malt, caramel, coffee and chocolate notes. Somewhat booze. But still fine.


 ratman197 (3137), Arvada, Colorado, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Dec 9, 2008  
Bomber shared by aplusbreaks poured a translucent dark brown with a small lingering brown head. Aromas of bitter chocolate, vanilla, roasted malt and dark fruit. Palate was medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of dark chocolate, carmel, vanilla and light oak with a smooth lingering roasty finish.



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