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Left Hand Imperial Stout 3.69 805

Left Hand Imperial Stout

Percentile
95
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
8053.69/5.03.69/5.010.4%56.4Snifter
Commercial Description:
Imperial Stout is a silky smooth, very flavorful black brew. It is a traditional style of strong stout originally brewed in Britain for export to St. Petersburg, Russia. The malty sweetness of the beer is tempered by a medley of roasted malt and the aggressive use of hops. A long conditioning time gives the brew time to mellow and mature. The beer is not filtered, allowing every subtlety and nuance to be enjoyed.
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 bleeng (681), Spring near Beersel, Texas, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20

Sep 15, 2008  
On tap at The Dig, Cedar Park, TX. Nitro. Black pour with just a hint of light shining through. Creamy white head. Nose is a bit milky, the alcohol is hidden, not much roastiness or malt. Taste is alcoholic (where did that come from?), sweet, chewy. A bit too sweet and alcoholic for me.

 phiconners (133), Massachusetts, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/53/103/56/20
Mar 19, 2010  
Pours dark, looks a little thin for an imperial stout. Not crazy about the flavor, alcohol comes through way too much for me, flavor is just not good. Good brewery, but something went wrong with this one, not enjoyable.


 rlaw (118), USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/514/20
Mar 11, 2010  
Bottle pours virtually black with a medium tan head. Aroma is of vanilla, dried cherries, a little coffee, nuts, some alcohol. Flavor is more of the dried cherries and other fruit, sweet malt, nuts -- and lots of alcohol! Overly boozy: I can feel this one go down. A light, creamy mouthfeel.


 madquacker (755), Canberra ACT, Australia
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/510/20
Mar 10, 2010  
Was underimpressed. Thin and overly alcoholic with metallic taste. No head at all. Was i missing something?


 rand (100), Switzerland
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/513/20
Mar 8, 2010  
Bottle 35,5 cl from Bier-Bienne (CH). Beer black red glare, thin foam and carbonation. The nose is torrefied malt, coffee, some fruits (blackcurrant-cherry). That we find in the taste with mocha, toffee, dark chocolate. Syrupy and keys of dust with grapes in the corner. Rather creamy texture, touches of tar, bitter end, underlined by a gentle sweetness


 JoeinUccle (984), Brussels, Belgium
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Mar 8, 2010  
Draft at Delirium Café’s Hoppy Loft in Brussels. Sweet, chocolate hazelnut nose with edges of burnt toast. Very very dark brown and essentially black in color with a light beige head. Tastes quite sweet with a brief blossom of bitterness before finishing with a toffee-and-chocolate-tinged sweetness. Maybe a touch thin and boozy. Warming. Not too complicated but it does feed a certain jones.


 pineypower (1141), Pine Barrens, New Jersey, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
Mar 7, 2010  
Pours out a dark brown color with a thing tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, slight chocolate, coffee and a hint of some hops. Mouthfeel is a bit thin for an imperial stout. Notes are of light milk chocolate, roasted malts, coffee, light citrus hops. Solid brew, but didn’t come all together.


 davidm (331), Melbourne, Australia
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Mar 6, 2010  
Bottle 330ml. Full marks! Aromas of chocolate, coffee, dark fruit, and alcohol. Taste starts sweet, with bitterness taking over slowly for a long finish. Palate is syrupy, and full bodied. Dark brown, almost black, with a frothy off-white head.


 inbirraveritas (149), Budapest, Hungary
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/513/20
Mar 1, 2010  
0.355 l bottle. Presents a non-transparent black colour with no head (in my chalice). Sweet, fruity, light roasty nose, the taste is sweet, the start’s moderate sharp. Vanilla, intensive dried fruity flavour, the aroma is light and of roasted malt, yeast and citrus hops. The finish is mainly alcoholy with some notes of coffee-bitter and dryness in the back. The body’s full, texture’s sticky and oily. Nice fruity flavour, but because of that forward placed alcohol, overall not really made for my taste...



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