 ukoolaid (572), Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Mar 28, 2008 Pours an opaque clean black with tan head and tons of lace. Aroma is sweet roasty malts and nutty chocolate. Taste is semi-sweet toasted malts with a nice hop bite to balance. Super smooth. Hell of a beer.
Tilley4 (218), Huron, Tennessee, USA
Mar 27, 2008 A fabulous brew by Smuttynose here....
Rich, dark, and loaded with chocolate and dark fruits, it has a very nice thickness and packs a heck of a punch at 10 ABV as well.
RomanW70 (297), Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Mar 24, 2008 Updated: Mar 29, 2008Pours deep black with a tan head that recedes to a ring. Aroma of alcohol, dark chocolate, and hops, but the alcohol domonates. Powerful chocolate descending into hops and bitterness with a warming alcohol at the finish. Thick mouthfeel. Nice beer, but the alcohol is too present. I’d recommend letting this one breathe for a while.
Jblauvs (530), Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
Mar 23, 2008 Black pour, piney Aroma of citrusy hops very predominant. Dissipating tan head.
Taste is bold, and hoppy, although a little unbalanced. I love hops, but in this brew they overpower the other flavors a bit. Some cellaring would smooth this out into a fantastic Stout
Storm (2685), Amager, Denmark
Mar 23, 2008 65 cl bottle. Wintage 2006. Black colour with a fast disappearing head. Nice light aroma of riped fruit, roastedness, and chocolate - also hints of alcohol. Great tasty flavour of syrup, roastedness and chocolate. Ends up bitter and with a warm finish from the alcohol.
oteyj (713), Canterbury, New Hampshire, USA
Mar 23, 2008 Pitch black pour with 1 finger lingering tan head. Intense aromatics in the form of the hop- dominated by pine and citrus. Hops were also quite evident in the flavor- too much so. This is quite over hopped, but somehow still managed to be delicious. Excellent smooth malty backbone, but eclipsed by hops. Oily rich and thick mouthfeel with awesome lingering hoppy aftertaste. This would be incredible after a year or two of cellering, which is exactly what I plan to do.
deftim13 (103), California, USA
Mar 21, 2008 220z bottle. Pours black with a two finger head. This is a thick syrupy stout. Smell is straight hops with a light chocolate, dark fruit and coffee. Taste is piney hops, bitter chocolate, roasted malt with a strange metallic after taste, Mouth feel is thick and a little cloying. Decent Imp. but nothing out there. Was hoping the KTG would play a role in this one and it would have the same character. No such luck.
xmarcnolanx (789), Kirkwood, Missouri, USA
Mar 21, 2008 This beer opens up into an orange/citrus hoppy RIS which compliments the more subdued oakiness and dark fruits soaked in cocoa.
An interesting aroma for a RIS to say the least.
Pours completely opaque with a caramel head.
A significant amount of hop bittering with dry, chewy caramel, with subtle hints of a fruity ester.
Finish is hoppy bitterness and cocoa.
Overall this is a really hoppy imperial stout with a nice citrus finish. Smooth, creamy, resiny.
Blind Imperial Stout tasting
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