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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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Paulp (20), New Jersey, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/517/20
Sep 19, 2009  
Poured black with a tan head. aroma of roasted malt, coffee, chocolate and hops, easy to drink.


 jzzbassman (838), New Albany, Mississippi, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/517/20
Sep 16, 2009  
Hoppy aroma with a touch of liquorish. Pours dark black with a nice tan thick head. Flavor is earthy, with some musty coffee in the end, very malty with a hoppy finish.


 HonkeyBra (1270), Lemont, Illinois, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/513/20
Sep 11, 2009  
Black pour with tan head. Aroma of smoke, hops, coffee and chocolate. Flavor is citrusy and chocolatey. Almost like a chocolate covered orange that got some lemon pledge on it. Decent mouthfeel for an impy, kind of odd finish. Hmm. This one is ok.


 thefle (111), , New Jersey, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Sep 10, 2009  
pretty unimpressive stout. Not very tasty at all, it’s smooth and easy to drink. thats about it though, avoid this as its a forgettable brew


 smith4498 (825), Miami, Florida, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Sep 7, 2009  
Pours dark brown/black with light brown head. Roasted malt and some hops in the aroma with a little alcohol. Roasted malt, coffee, vanilla and chocolate flavors. I’m also getting lots of hops and a touch of lemon. Full body with a good amount of carbonation for the style.


 scrizzz (1252), kirkland, Washington, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/514/20
Sep 5, 2009  
Peculiar and intriguing fertile topsoil nose with limestone and resiny hops. Thick black, thicker tan head, slick and like sludge. This beer creates a devil and angel on each shoulder. I really like the polarizing flavors here, densely sweet with dark and dank oily hops, but the experience isn’t as fun on the palate. On paper doesn’t always transfer to the palate. Heavy tobacco. Charred in the finish. I like this beer and I don’t. Interesting but still..... There’s a large part of me that gets pleasure from expressive beer and this really seems to pull that favor out of me. I love that this was brewed apart from any sort of pedigree. Cheers.


 TaktikMTL (2745), Montréal-Nord, Quebec, Canada
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Sep 3, 2009  
Bouteille de 22 oz partagée lors d’une dégustation Ratebeer Montréal chez Glouglouburp. Arôme: Odeur de café et de chocolat avec une pointe d’houblons. Apparence: La couleur est noire opaque. Présence d’un mince col beige mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de café, de chocolat et de petits fruits avec une pointe d’alcool. Longue durée de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement crémeuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Présence de cafée en arrière goût. (Rating #2638)


 coyotehunter (542), , Michigan, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 22, 2009  
Thank you MrBunn for sharing. Smells fantastic of hops, tobacco, dark fruit and some bitter chocolate. Pours a deep black/brown with an enormous tan head.First sip, not so good. Some lactose, cocoa, light hops. Second, way better. A litle smokey, smooth palate. Very good!



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