Two Brothers Northwind Imperial Stout

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

I’ve been pretty happy with the selection of Two Brothers beers I’ve picked up so far, but i found this one a little dissapointing. Pours a dark black colour with a huge brown head. Aroma has noticeable coffee and smoke on the nose, with soft roasted malts. Taste is very metallicy from start to finish. I think that turned me off the most. Flavors of wood, chocolate and coffee. Mouthfeel is decent, but i couldn’t get that metallic out of my mouth.

Pours a thick black color with a soapy tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, hops, dark fruit. Flavor improves as the beer warms. Roasted malts, chocolate, fruit, and a bit of coffee, Decent lacing. A good beer at a very inexpensive price.

Pours to a used motor oil black, with medium-thick tan head that lingers well and leaves okay lacing. Try as I might, I could detect little nose. Mouthfeel was medium bodied, and as beer warmed, more tingly. Initial taste was dark fruit and coffee, which became overwhelmed by alcohol toward the end of the glass. Finish was semi-sweet and fairly long lasting, with alcohol becoming dominant at the end. Not a bad, reasonably priced Impy.

12oz. bottle. Pours super dark brown, small tan head. Chocolate and malts in the nose, dark fruit and chocolate across the palate. Nice and roasty, alcohol is hidden well. Great brew.

12 oz. bottle. Pours a very dark brown color with a medium tan head. The aroma is dark roasted malt and light chocolate. The flavor is roasted malt, chocolate, and some hints of coffee. The finish is on the dry side. Medium bodied and smooth. This is decent, but nothing special stands out.

(bottle - 12 oz) Dark black pour with a thin and creamy tan head. Aroma is light but the hints of roasted malts and coffee are very apparent. Not much else that I could tell and I had my nose in the glass. Flavor is very large and complex with lots of coffee, roasted malts, cream, vanilla, and cocoa. A bit watery in the body but very roasty. Not a bad stout.

12 oz bottle. Very dark black beer with a creamy tan head. Aroma is fairly subtle. Heavy roasted malts present themselves in a fairly savoury/leathery base. Dark chocolate, licorice and a bit of cocoa. Lingering roastiness, light vanilla and milk chocolate. It’s not really bad, per se... but it’s not all that good either.

Bottle: Dark pour, near opaque with a bubbly tan head. The aroma is chocolaty, with notes of roasted barley, a touch of smoke and a meaty spicy note. Light fluffy feel. Doesn’t feel like an Imperial. Smooth flavor with mild roast and chocolate character without being very sweet. There’s a light peppery note on the back. Simple, but very drinkable with no flaws. Just doesn’t seem like an Imperial.