Triumph Imperial Stout

Brewed by Triumph Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Princeton, New Jersey USA

Philly, nitrogenated imperial stout!? that’s a first. I gotta say i’m not hating it. The aroma definitely suffers because of that. Chunks of dark chocolate and some smokey malts. i was a little distracted because i was wasted by the end of it and i was staring at a bunch of hot chicks. black with a delicious tight bubble brown head.

Cask at the NJ Brewpub. Dense good sized head of dark brown bubbles. Head lasts for an eternity. Roasty, chocolaty, little bit of dark fruit in the aroma. Very dark brown in color with a hint of red. Silky smooth flavor. A little bit of dark chocolate, coffee, roasted malts and some more ripe dark fruit. Hides its alcohol very well. Rich, roasty finish that warms as it goes down. Some damn good stuff.

Pours like 6500 mile oil drained from my old Cordoba. Looks similar too. Black with opaque resish at sides of glass. Rich bold chocolate malt with patent bitterness and coffee. 11% lets you know its there and upstages the hops. Head faded quickly and faint laceing. Good with goulash.

Black pour with sizable tan head. Strong malt aroma with coffee and alcohol in the nose. Roasted dark coffee, chocolate, and a good deal of alcohol in taste - alcohol taste drops it down a few notches. One of those Impy stouts that could surely benefit from some time. Overall, pretty good. Re-rate from Philly location: 2nd try was much smoother and roastier. My understanding is that the guy @ Philly is a better craftsman than the brewmaster at New Hope.

On tap, Princeton. Pours black, with a brown head. Roasted malt and chocolate aroma. Flavors are roasted malt, chocolate, and smoke. Body is a little too light.

Cask at P-town. Pours a rick deep black with ruby highlights. Nice thick tan head that lasted the whole way through. Aroma is fruity and estery, balanced with lots of roasted barley hints of coffee, chocolate and a fair amount of star anise-licorice. Thick smooth oily body with nutty, fruity and roasted flavors. Light burnt malt profile with lots of sweet caramel and nice acrid bitterness yet still remains smooth as silk. This is the 8.5% version. I came here seeking out this beer, but was even more surprised by the roggenbock they had just put on.

On cask at Princeton. Black with a fairly large, creamy tan head. Aroma of dark roasted malts, light smoke and a bit of nuttiness. Mild roasted malt flavor with some dark chocolate and a bit of lactic sourness. Nice full, creamy mouthfeel that was probably partially due to it being on cask.

on cask at princeton. ABV was listed at 8.5 so I am thinking this has to be a different recipe, or the 11 % listed here on RB has to be a mistake. Anyway, pours black as night with a light brown head. Aroma of roast, coffee, chocolate, some alcohol. Taste is roasty, nice and chewy body, chocolate, with a hoppy and roasty bitter finish. perfect beer for the cask.