 Nuffield (2749), Roseville, Minnesota, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 11, 2004 For nearly ten years my wife and I have made our own breakfast cereal--a homemade granola from oatmeal, oat bran, wheat germ, molasses, honey, and nuts. Every few years someone forgets to set the over timer and we return to a kitchen full of smoke from burnt granola. If Smuttynose ever needs the inspiration for a new BIG beer, I could send them the whole pan (which we inevitably end up throwing out anyway), caked with burnt molasses and grains. This beer is big, for sure, just pounding away at the senses with roasted/burnt coffee and chocolate. Roasted. Very roasted. Big black, with a nice dark tan head, fully opaque. Decent palate, not noteworthily silky but substantial and tingling nicely with the aftereffects of the beer. Nicely restrained alcohol (nice to see an Imperial Stout at 7.1% abv rather than the all-too-common 10%+ ones). Good flavors (roasted, molasses, chocoate, coffee, hops are there)...did I mention this is a very roasted beer?
IrishBoy (2730), Bakersfield, California, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 28, 2007 Bomber, 2006; Nose of chocolate, roasty coffee, and some light hop notes; opaque dark brown with some cherry highlights on the edges and a small cinnamon head; flavor very roasty with coffee and bitter dark chocolate; nice medium thick body with a light bitter hop finish. Excellent!
notalush (2699), Denver, Colorado, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Oct 4, 2003 Tastes like a higher alcohol version of their robust porter, which is fine with me, cuz I likes me that robust porter - hoppy coffee, alcohol, chocolate milk - slightly light in body for an imperial, but quite good none-the-less.
nick76 (2695), Tampa, Florida, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 10/20 |
Mar 28, 2009 The aroma is special. It’s very hoppy (pine) even for an Imperial Stout. Also it is very sweet and toasted. The appearance is nice with a large foamy head and a very dark brown color. The flavor is like the aroma but also astringent. The palate is smooth. Overall a nice experience and one I would drink again.
Svesse (2686), Hässelby, Sweden
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Feb 26, 2008 (Draught at Oliver Twist, Stockholm, 25 Feb 2008) Black colour with brief, brown head. Roasted, hoppy, citrussy notes with coffee, chocolate muffins, liquorice, pine needles and loads of piney, citrussy hops. Roasted, hoppy taste with notes of citrus, pine needles, resin, heavily roasted coffee, soy sauce, liquorice and serious amounts of citrussy hops in the finish. Slightly vinous with alcohol shining through towards the end. Lovely hop monster with the hops almost overshadowing the chocolate and coffe notes. Absolutely brilliant beer!
Storm (2685), Amager, Denmark
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
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.
DarkElf (2681), La Jolla, California, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
May 23, 2005 Updated: May 25, 2005(22 oz bottle: Obtained in trade with Eyedrinkale, thanks Mike!) A rather earthy nose sets the stage, but also disappoints because I’m starting to think that many of my aged (9 months or so) Imperial Stouts are showing signs of too much aging, as many are pretty earthy and pungent. This earthiness is dominating the nose, to the point where I really can’t pick up anything else. Like I’m out hiking in undisturbed environs and move a decaying log. The flavor is also fairly earthy and pungent, malty, somewhat toasty, lightly roasty and bitter. But the overwhelming flavor I pick up is earthy. I don’t expect that is the intended primary flavor of the brewer, so it’s probably the aging talking here. Medium bodied. Very dark brown in color, with a fairly small tan head that gradually dies down to nothing, not even a small halo. So I like this beer, but as Imperial Stouts go, it’s nothing special, merely average, riding off into oblivion.
PilsnerPeter (2667), Flushing, New York, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 4, 2006 This stuff is big! Pours black with a short lived deep brown head. The aroma is roasted chocolate, with a surprisingly resiny, grapefruit hop kick. It has a great thick body, exactly what I want from an Imperial Stout. Huge resiny flavors which is a perfect balance to the thick chocolatey malts. Viscous mouthfeel, without being unpleasantly syrupy. Mocha roastyness, with a grapefruit hop middle and a long roasty dry hop and coffee finish. This is a rich, complex and satisfing brew, but it doesn’t have the drinkability of some other amazing Imperial Stouts (like Old Rasputin).
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