Southampton Imperial Porter

Bottle from PilsnerPeter, thanks man! Poured a deep brown/black color with a moderate off-white head that faded to a ring. Aroma of chocolate, some dark fruit, caramel, some light coffee, and roast. Moderately sweet chocolate malt entry with some light hints of dark fruit (plum, dark grape, and raisin), molasses and roast, finishing with some moderate yeast. Smooth and creamy, light carbonation.

black under a small creamy brown head. aroma of molasses, chocolate, and dough. a medium bodied beer with a smooth creamy palate. flavors of chocolate, molasses, light hops, hints of dark fruit(raisin, plum). not a sweet beer nor is it the big, dark, full, robust baltic i expected. i feel like i’m missing something.

22-oz. bottle received via trade with yobdoog. Pours black with an average, frothy, light brown head, somewhat lasting with fair lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (cookie, molasses, chocolate), light hops (herbs), average yeast (dough, leather) with notes of prune and tar. Full bodied, sticky texture, average carbonation, and a bitter finish. Long duration, light sweetness, moderate acidity and bitterness.

22 oz bomber, very little head develops even with an aggressive pour. Aroma contains overripe and dried dark fruits (but not nearly as much as you might find in a doppelbock or dunkel weiss), dark caramel, slight roast, humid wood. Taste is mild roastiness, slight astringent twang, hazlenut chocolate bar. Flavors fall away to leave the hop backbone that was present all along. Nice beer, not huge but still big, balanced. Could use just a bit more fine bubbled carbonation to create a creamier mouthfeel.

650 ml. Opaque chocolate with a lasting disc of cream. Nice frosting of lace. Aromas of coffee, cocoa and a touch of woody marshmallow. Flavors of bittersweet chocolate liqueur, whole grain bread, figs, chalk, oak and slight hickory char. Medium-heavy body is softly carbonated and dry, with a nice mouthfeel that is neither too watery nor syrupy.