Stoudts Fat Dog Stout (Vintages 2004 and later)

Brewed by Stoudts Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial Stout
Adamstown, Pennsylvania USA

dark brown/black color with a creamy dark brown head...head is short lasting with a good amount of lacing...aroma of coffee, malt and alcohol....roasted coffee bean and chocolate taste...thinner on the palate than I expected...good finish with a pleasant aftertaste..nice stout..I am more into the IPAs but this is a very enjoyable beer

bottle.....aroma: heavy on the chocolate, strong malt with a slightly roasted scent peaking through.....appearance: very dark brown, almost black, very carbonated, medium to light body with a small tan head. small white floaties were dancing around in my sample.....taste: very light body compared to other imperial stouts, chocolatey but a little too much on the sour end for me to enjoy more. i’d compare it to the Duck Rabbit IS although i found this one to be slightly less enjoyable.

Bottle Courtesy of drewbeerme. Black color with a average frothy good lacing mostly lasting light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, burnt / dark chocolate, moderate yeasty, soy sauce, sugar, licorice. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily to creamy, carbonation is soft.

Sampled at the RBSG 07 Grand Tasting. Black color with faint black head. Chocolate aroma with a well done smooth mouth feel . Chocolate overtones in the body with a faintly dry finish.

Pours thick, though not syrupy, black color with moderate mocha head. Aroma is sweet and nutty with nice dark chocolate notes. A little alcohol comes through at the end of the nose. This has quite a unique flavor; I am used to a far more bitter imperial but the dark chocolate combined with the sweet nuttiness of oatmeal is delicious. Fantastic creamy mouthfeel adds to the feeling that your drinking a dessert. Not as much roastiness as I usually look for in an imperial stout, but the aforementioned chocolate/caramel/cream mixture fully makes up for it. Definitely worth a try.

Imperial and oatmeal? Odd mixture; we all know that oatmeal is a sweet stout, right? 12 oz brown bottle as pictured. Has a sweet initial aroma when you pop the lid and that goes into a roasty volatile alky stout smell. Watch out, the smell says it is a killer. Pour is viscous black, like used shovelhead oil. Bitter syrupy chocolaty flavor coats the inside of your mouth, yeowee! Tho it does have a bitter palate compared to most imp stouts it is not tremendously oppressive, almost doable! Wow, that aroma is quite an alky kick with each lift to the lips. I swear that I am catching an alky buzz right off the odor! If you ignore the aroma the taste is rather interesting. Burned bitter back of throat impact but again not terribly bitter. Probably one of the easier imp stouts to drink. Almost on par with Old Heathen! Better(IMHO) and more enjoyable than Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout and Brooklyn Black Chocolate. Hey am I finally developing an appreciation for impy stouts? NO WAY! This stuff is still pretty acrid, just less so than most in this style. But it comes across as above average!

Pours out big and black. Coffee and roasted malt in the nose. Beautiful, complex and a little bite on the back of the tongue. Absolutely wonderful.

Tap at Stoudts. Black creamy color with a bit of tan head. Aroma of malt and coffee. Very sweet taste up front that hides the alcohol. Full flavored finish.