t Smisje Catherine The Great Imperial Stout

Brewed by Brouwerij De Regenboog
Style: Imperial Stout
Assebroek-Brugge, Belgium

Bottled. An unclear brown beer with a huge tan head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of spices and caramel. The flavor is also sweet with notes of spices, caramel and malt, as well as light notes of wood, leading to a dry spicy finish. Thanks KimJohansen for sharing.

(Bottle 33 cl) Courtesy of BelJohansen. Pours a hazy, orangey brown with floating impurities and a tall, beige head that leaves some laces. Aroma of burned malt and yeast. Full-bodied with sweet, burned malts and yeast. Distinctly bitter finish - mainly from the hops I believe. Again a rather different Belgian take on an Impy. 160408

ZBF2008: From tap. Pours dark brown with a lacing light tan head. Spiced and light herbal aroma. Flavour is light caramel malt with a solid spice note. Lingering spiced into the finish. Shows a nice caramel malt base along the way. Nice.6-4-7-4-14=3.6

33 cL bottle. Pours dark brown to hazy orange with a lacing off-white head. Yeasty and chocolate malt aroma. Flavour is yeasty and with a mix of caramel and chocolate malt. Light roasted to smoked note and with a mild dry note. Ends dry malty with a very minor spice note.6-3-7-3-14=3.4

Bottle. Clear dark red brown color with a huge, frothy - creamy, excellent lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy hay, straw, pine needle, notes in the finish of licorice. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, finish is dry. (Flavor is young and fresh). Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to lively. (A very nice beer but a Imperial Stout ? no it’s a nice beer) (140208)

ZBF08. Fruity aroma. Very dark brown colour, muddy. The flavour is liquorice, some mild anis. Roasted and creamy. Not as nice as it sounds.

Bottled. Deep ambery brown colour (quite close to black). Aroma is spices, roasted malts, yeast and also some dry dark fruits. Flavour is spices, roasted malts, some wood, smoke and ashes. Very strange sweetish, but smoked and roasted brew. Still works quite well though.

Draught at ZBF 2008. Muddy red brown coloured with a small off white head. Aroma of fruits, liquorice, vanilla and chocolate with acidic notes. Sweet flavour of vanilla, liquorice, chocolate and hops. Hoppy finish.

Name: t Smisje Catherine The Great
Date: 04/02/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Green’s, Atlanta

Appearance: clear very dark ruby red, big tan head qickly settles down,
Aroma: sweet estery aroma with lots of ripe plum ans a touch of chocolate,
Body: big carbonated body,
Flavor: lots of rich ripe plum flavor, touch of estery sweetness, nice chocolate comes in for complexity, a swirl of yeast adds a bready yeasty character and an earthyness,
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Date: 06/15/2008
Mode: draft
Source: brick store

draft follows the bottle very well with maybe a richer chocolate character to blend with the fruity esters,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+/4