Water Street Imperial Stout

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

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. Pours a thick black with decent white head. Aroma is roasted barley, chocolate, caramel, vanilla, very complex. Needed to warm a bit for the flavors to come through. Chocolate, vanila, coffee, oats, and much more. Starts sweet, blends into the choclates, and a creamy overtone, then finishes with a roasted bitter. Dry finish with a good lingering flavor. A very decent stout. Going to get a growler of this for the game today if I can.

On tap at the Water Street - Delafield, Wisconsin location. Pours an opaque black brew with a thin 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 coffee. Taste is smooth and creamy, full bodied with flavors of toasted dark malt, dark chocolate, a hint of soy sauce, and some flowery hops. Finish is silky with a mild bitterness that quickly disappears and leaves behind a toasted dark malt with chocolate aftertaste.

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

Pours a dark brown color with a small tan head.Has a great coffee and roasted malt and slight chocolate aroma.Taste matches aromas with the edition of a slight hint of hops in the finish. Nice coffee aftertaste.Thanks for sharing Ubamartian!

It looks like a new batch has been brewed and is on tap, so I’ll be pleased to rate it. Alcohol was claimed by the bartender to be at 11.5%, and after a pint, I’m inclined to believe him. This beer is rich and dark, with a respectable head. Aroma and flavor are both rich with roasted barley. Alcohol is somwhat apparent in the aroma and flavor, but is not objectionable. Mouthfeel is substantive, with an almost oily character. Hopefuly I’ll be back for more before this one runs out. 8-4-8-4-4

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.

Ah...a rich, deeply black brew with a thin suspicion of a head. Pouring across your tongue you taste oats, chocolate malts, a touch of alcohol dryness, and a nice dark fruit bit of sweetness. Get one!