Stoudts Fat Dog Stout (Vintages 2004 and later)

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

Bottle, big thanks to keepersj12. Poured pretty much jet black with a thick n good sized brown head. Quite a whiff of booze in the nose with bold roasted malt and oatmeal notes. Flavour was relatively sweet and again displayed a big roasted profile, with notes of vanilla, wood, coffee and alcohol. Quite an oily feel to it. Very enjoyable stuff.

From a 12 oz bottle this Stout pours a jet black with a thin brown head -an oily appearance. Great aroma of dark fruit, roasted coffee, oats and chocolate. The flavor is malty, sweet, brown sugar, toffee and roasted coffee to start and some hoppiness toward the back end. Has the nice thick mouthfeel one would expect for this style. This was a a beautiful brew.

dark brown color/ tan head. Nice dry blackened malt aroma with mild cocoa. medium body. Rich dark roasted malt flavors with hearty corn flakes, mild milk chocolate. Dry and bitter finish. very good. Thanks to Ira for this bottle.

Opaque black with a thin dark tan cover that dies to a lighter ring. Roast aroma, chocolate, anise, light soy, berries. Taste is chocolate, creamy body, roasty astringency in the finish, coffee, berries.

A: This one pours with a large tan head that quickly fades to just a small ring around the glass. It is dark a night and leaves some nice lacing behind as it disappears. S: Fresh roasted coffee spiked with bitter chocolate. You can really smell the malt in this one. T: Very nice taste. There is the coffee and chocolate up front, which fades away to a nice boozy kind of finish. I like this it’s a boozy tasting stout. M: This stout is medium to thick..

Aroma and appearance are both what you might expect, but the flavor is a pleasant surprise. Rich coffee and chocolate tones make their way through this beer which is good enough to have for dessert on its own. High % abv is non-apparent, as the flavors mask it in a superbly smooth and pleasant aftertaste.

Dark black body with a diffuse chocolate cream head. Mild roasty nose, though it takes some coaxing. Sweet chocolate body, borderline cloying, with perhaps hints of lactose. Sugar chocolate flavor. The ABV% is surprising as this strikes me as more of a sweet stout than an imperial stout.

12 oz bottle, dated 7/15/09. Dark brown with a very small light tan head. Aroma is roasty, chocolate, alcohol and vanilla. Bitter sweet chocolate flavor with some hop bitterness and very light alcohol taste. Full body with mild carbonation and a long roasty finish. This is a very nice, easy drinking Impy Stout.