Tröegs Scratch 5

Formerly brewed at Tröegs Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania USA

This poured dark brown in color with a thin light brown head. The nose was powerful with scents of fig, plum, chocolate and crème. In the mouth it was full-bodied, sweet and concentrated without being heavy. The flavors followed the nose before finishing both bitter and creamy. This is an interesting combination of sweet and lush along with dark and bitter.

Bottle, thanks hopdog! Pours translucent very dark brown with ruby lights and a thick and lacy tan head. Sweet aroma of brown sugar and chocolate. Silky full body, chewy, with light carbonation. Sweet taste of chocolate coffee and caramel, but not a big taste, and then whamo...a big and bitter chocolate pine finish. Overall, not a bad beer, but a little ’soft in the middle.’ The finish is more of a wakeup call than something that goes with the flow.

Bottle.

Pours dark but not so very dark that one thinks Impy Stout based on the appearance. Tons of brown sugar and plum on the aroma. Lots of sweet molasses (not sticky) , again plums, hint of smoke, pie cherries, bits of chocolate. Perhaps not a fully fitting metaphor but this seems like a poor man’s Adam, less smoky, less leathery, but interesting and quite reasonably complex but more to the point, entirely enjoyable, not hot in the least. Nice!

12 oz bottle pours deep brown and black with a nice tan head that leave a ring around the collar of the glass. Great nutty and deep chocolate aroma. Dark fruit, coffee, and chocolate in the initial taste. Alcohol is very present. Very nice Imp Stout. A bit unbalanced, but nice.

Bonus I believe but from who I can’t recall shared with my girlfriend Cyn who loves the PA Beers. Pours black with a tan head. Nose is roasty. Taste is sweet and roasty and malty. Much better than i expected from the reviews. Roasty and not bad.

Pours blackish with a beige head that retains pretty well and leaves some lacing. Smell is of caramel, malted milk balls, dark fruit, and some roast. Taste is of caramel, dark fruits, malted milk balls, milk chocolate, and ash. Higher than medium carbonation and medium/full body. Pretty good, age might help this one as it seems a bit hot right now.

Bottle. Pours dark, dark brown with a small, dense tan head that dissipates fairly quickly to a collar and a bit of swirl on top. The lacing is sporadic. The smell is slightly bitter roasted malts and oatmeal with a strong sweet dark fruit aroma as well. The taste starts with a bitter chocolate and roasted malt kick that gives way to the smooth oatmeal flavor. There is only a hint of fruit in the taste and the roasted notes leave a lingering bitterness on the palate. The mouthfeel is medium but a little on the thin side for the style with moderate carbonation. This is my third Scratch Beer (after 4 and 12) and the least impressive of the three. A good beer but nothing memorable.

12oz bottle. Pours a dark brown with a tan head which dissipated quickly. Nose was of roasted malt, chocolate and some smoke. Taste was of roast coffee, chocolate and burnt malt. Mouthfeel was medium with a little hop bitterness. Seemed more like a stout than an Impy stout.