Tröegs Scratch 5

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

Courtesy of Dickinsonbeer. The aroma holds perfumey alcohol, dark chocolate, roasted malt and a suggestion of dark fruit. Dark brown to ruby black the body holds a thin mocha colored head. Very thin fore for an Impy...chocolate, smooth and sweet. It’s very much not to style and the flavor range is laughably narrow, but what is there is pretty tasty.

Bottle thanks to hopdog. I really thought this was a BW after tasting it, and I really enjoyed it. Pours a dark mahogany color with a thin beige head. The aroma is full of berries, sweet chocolate and brown sugar. The flavor is balanced and excellent; a smooth and crisp fruity aspect, mostly raspberries and strawberries, a sweet chocolate and brown sugar, some roasted malts and a smooth body. No way this is 9.6%. It is so easygoing and tasty, there is a ton of warmth that I enjoyed. I really enjoyed this brew, fruity and sweet, but really balanced out by a strong hop presence that leaves a bitterness in the finish. Very damn good.

12oz bottle from MrBendo. Aroma: Sweet roasted malt with notes of chocolate, caramel, grain, and raisins. Appearance: Dark, dark brown in color with no highlights. Light tan head was full and creamy with great retention. Good lacing. Flavor: Sweet roasted malt hits first with notes of chocolate and coffee. Raisins, smoke, caramel. Flavor peters out into the finish and leaves a weird ashy astringency. Palate: Medium-full bodied. Moderate carbonation. Light alcohol warmth in back of mouth. Overall: This looked awesome, smelled good, but tasted....meh. Flavors don’t build and just end up falling flat.

Bottle thanks to hopdog. Dark brown pour with good sized brown head. Roasted malt and sugar on the nose. Flavor was much the same with hints of chocolate and light roasted coffee. Body was not as thick as it looks.

Dark clear brown with a light brown head. Nose of toffee, mocha and fresh cereal. Flavor is sweet up front with notes of caramel, a tinge of burnt roastiness/hoppy resinousness, mocha and a detectable alcohol presence. Full, round and creamy with moderate carbonation. Overall, tasty stuff.

A nice imperial stout. At first sip I thought it was a barley wine but as it warmed the stoutness came out. Aroma was kind of weak. Chocolate with a hint of dark fruit. Pour was a murky dark brown with no head and little movement. Taste was very different. Strong sweet chocolate, bitter malt aftertaste and this wierd fruitiness in the aftertaste. The hops bitter this in the end and leave the mouth dry. Another interesting Scratch beer.

12oz bottle, 2007 from kramer17801, thanks Jason! Clear deep ruby with a 1//2 finger medium-light beige head, fading to a thin film and ring. Cola, raisins, chocolate up front with roast hanging around in the back. Flavor has some chocolate covered cherries in addition ot the aforementioned aromas with some caramel sweetness. Dry ashy finish with bitterness. Alcohol present, but not overpowering or boozy. As this warmed I was getting more of the berries that tjthresh spoke of, but I thought they were either raspberry jam-like or strawberries. Not really an imperial stout in my mind. Moderate carbonation with a medium-full body. This did turn out interesting to say the least.

12 ounce bottle from kramer17801. Pours dark brown with a thin dark tan head. Kind of a weird aroma. I get a little bit of chocolate and there’s a bit of a oat aroma. I also find some mashed blackberries. I’m kind of getting the cola that the previous rater mentioned. Fairly sweet, and even a bit on the hot side. You can pretty much take everything that I just said and apply it to the flavor. Medium body and oily. Prickly carbonation. Dry finish with a bit of heat. Very average.