Two Brothers Northwind Imperial Stout

Brewed by Two Brothers Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Warrenville, Illinois USA

Pours dark brown with a nice tan head. Decent chocolate aroma, some smokiness. Overall a decent beer, but not a very exciting imperial stout.

Bomber - Thanks shigadeyo! Pours a blackish brown with a tan head. Has all the requisite stout elements for me: Coffee, chocolate, roasty malt with some hoppy bitterness behind it. I gotta agree, this is good stuff.

Bomber, courtesy the fine hospitality of BitBucket. Pours deep black with a big thick tan head that falls away after a good little while, leaving a decent amount of lace. Coffee/chocolate nose, the usual. Decently bold attack; fairly big body, detectible carb, assertive flavors. The mid-palate’s maybe the most striking and memorably part of this one: it has a little of every flavor associated with the style. There’s chalk, cherry, chocolate, coffee, roast, char, roughly in that order. I guess maybe they left out anise. But that’s about it. Long, complex lingering finish. Good stuff!

I’m gonna have to disagree with a number of people here. I liked this beer alot. It wasn’t as thick as most Imps but to me it was kinda like Victory Storm King lite, if there was such a thing. I found it easy to drink and it smelled like raisins. I was eating some pretzels and drank a whole 22oz pretty quick.

22 oz bomber. Pours a malty black color with a small beige head that quickly disappears. Aroma is of slightly smoked roasted malt with a hint of coffee beans. Flavor is sweet malt with hints of roasted coffee and smoke. Lacking rich flavor for an imperial stout. Seems more like a regular stout to me. Below average for an imperial stout.

Dark light brown head. The aroma is similar to a milk stout. Sweet lactic with some molasses. Ho hum. The flavor is all roasted malt with some sweetness coming in late but it never develops any of the complex chocolateliness that I like from an IS. Very thin bodied for the style, almost watery. An entirely forgettable Imperial Stout in a sea of forgettable Imperial Stouts.

Bomber. Aroma: Fair amount of sweet roasted malt aroma with some coffee. Light cocoa. A touch of roasted nuts. Appearance: Pours an oily black. Dark tan head was full and creamy with nice retention. Good lacing. Flavor: Roasted malt and coffee. Sweetness from malt and chocolate flavor seem to come together. A touch of cereal grains. Caramel. Very light smoke. Palate: Medium-full bodied. Moderate carbonation. Slight astringency noted. Pleasant alcohol warmth in back of mouth. Overall: Not bad, but when compared to some of the great Impy Stouts out there, just doesn’t hold up. Biggest complaint is the wimpy mouthfeel. No chewiness or thickness I would expect from the style. Worth a try, but far from my favorite.

Oil black with very little head. Chocolate aroma. Taste of roasted malts, not overpowering, and actually a little thin. A slight taste of coffee at the finish. Reminds me more of a strong porter than an imperial stout.