Water Street Imperial Stout

Brewed by Water Street Brewery
Style: Imperial Stout
Delafield, Wisconsin USA

Dark brown with a small, tiny bubbled lid of tan suds. Sweet roasted malt and treacle aromas. Only a hint of dry herbal hops. Thick, chewy and smooth in feel. Mild raspberry and light roasted malt flavors. At times it is a touch too sweet. A decent effort from this brewery. Actually better than I expected.

On draught at the Delafield Water Street location. Pours an opaque dark brown brew with a thin creamy light tan head that slowly dissipates to a creamy fine film top. Aroma of toasted dark malt, a touch of soy sauce, dark chocolate, molasses and a hint of latte coffee. Taste is quite smooth and creamy, full bodied with flavors of toasted dark malt, dark chocolate, a hint of soy sauce, and some flowery hops. Finish is very smooth and silky with a mild bitterness that quickly disappears and leaves behind a toasted dark malt with chocolate aftertaste. This has to be one of Water Street’s finest seasonal beers.

On tap at the Milwaukee location. Poured near black with a short cap of deep tan head that settled quickly. The aroma picked up molasses and dark chocolate laced with some raw sugars.. brown sugar warmth filled up the back of the nostrils, and the booze was well-masked. The flavor found sweeter, well-roasted chocolates, molasses, and vanilla with light coffee and woodsy bitterness surrounding.. wam on the back, and quite smooth. Sweet, roasty, and dry on the palate with a medium-plus body to it.. warm final impression. Looking at the rating history, they’re getting better with this one.

Sampled on my b-day... possibly the best beer water street makes... and it still pretty much sucks. a kind of transulcent black color w/ a tan head and some lacing. Smells of light roasted malts and hints of brown sugar and plum. very light for an IS. Palate is thin and overly carbonated. Flavor is genericly sweet some plum, and raisen and carmel and blah. BLAH.

Semi-opaque and black with light mahogany edges when put to light. Creamy, dark tan head that’s basically just a layer of dust. Decent aroma consisting of dry dark chocolate, coffee grinds, blackened oats, caramel, vanilla beans, tiramisu and chocolate torts. Progressing to flavor, there’s a coalescing sweetness that builds momentum post-sip, each and every time. Some lactic semi-sweet chocolate traits and arid cocoa powder. Mild bakers chocolate and semi-souring nodes, but a percussive, dry sweetness prevails. Seems like there was a hefty sugar additive throw into the mix. Chalky, dark chocolate afterlife with hints of black patent and booze in the finish. All in all, an enjoyable rendition.

Clear dark brown body, thin tan head. Very light aroma - light oily patent malt. Good roasty sweet stout flavor, not much hop bitterness. Milk chocolate, coffee, dark chewey with a light oil bitter leaf vodka upturn in the end. The flavor is decent but what kills it is the unsmooth, dry mouthfeel. Clashes with the rest of the beer.

Fairly dark, but not completely black body. Semi-lasting creamy light brown head. Very fizzy, annoyingly so. A little thick and coating in the mouth. Semi-roasty, but mostly sweet with brown sugar and overly sweet port-like fruit. Some charred whisky wood and resiny green grass notes. Too sweet and forced complexity to me. Its not bad but a pint got tiring.

Heavy roasted aromas, some chocolates and coffee, monsterous roasted taste,with lots of bakers chocolate and coffee and hop bitterness in the finish,smooth at first got a little harsh towards the end. Came from a growler ,so I didn’t get the heavy carbonation spoken of previously. Water Street does make good stouts,they have the best stout on the Summerfest grounds during Irishfest. Thanks Ubamartian