Moylans Ryan OSullivans Imperial Stout

Brewed by Moylans Brewery & Restaurant
Style: Imperial Stout
Novato, California USA

Bottle... Poured black with a brown head. Aroma of cake-like malts, Irish Cream, whiskey and roasted tones. Soft, foamy, subtle palate with a roasted chalk tone to balance the sweetness and dark notes. The booze was masked nicely while coffee and chocolate tones crept through.

Bottle thanks to barzigkin. The color is brown to black with a beige colored looking head. The smell is malts, chocolate, coffee, roasty, and ok. The taste is malts, coffee, chocolate, and roasty.

Bomber bottle, has a black pour which gave a partial chocolate/coffee colored head that whiffs away to a thin ring, there is a small bubble island that appears in the center of the glass, this Impy is pretty dark but I can be seen through this at the edges, aromas of dry chocolate, roasted malt and some coffee fragrances emerged as the ale warms, flavors of roasted malt, malt astringency and burnt malts? Coffee with coffee bitterness and malt astringency and hop bitterness? and muted chocolate, may be a bit too much bitterness, there sure is not much sweetness in this drink, and the bitterness appears to grow as it warms, no trace of the 10% alc. but the bitterness hides that well, mouth feel is a little thin for a Imperial Stout, the nose was so-so, the bitterness in this beer makes it a little hard to drink, after a half glass, the bitterness starts to grate on my palate, this Impy has no sweetness and the bitterness is pretty strong, lots of burnt/strong coffee like bitterness, this may be good with a very sweet dessert, this was a little hard to drink except in small sips, you may like it if you prefer a bitter IRS.

on tap-pours a brown head and black color. Aroma is dark malt-anise/molasses. Taste is dark malt-anise/molasses, acidic hops.

(Bottle at Pikkulintu) Poured black with small and light brown head. Aroma contained burntness, roastedness, rye bread and liquorice. Palate was full bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were roastedness, liquorice, rye bread, chocolate, ash, hops and bitterness. Aftertaste was ashy and bitter.

Bottle says Ryan Sullivans...Pours black into a snifter. Mocha head with medium retention recedes to mottle surface. Sour chocolate, roasted dried pit fruit and espresso aromas. Sweet chocolate upfront turning slightly boozy bourbon in the lasting espresso finish.

(bottle - 22 oz) Dark black pour with a puffy and lasting tan head. Aroma is big and roasty with a lot of coffee, chocolate and burnt malts. Heavy roasted malt and coffee flavors at the beginning with a light wood hint near the middle. Espresso really comes out at the finish and leaves a very nicely roasted and burnt coffee finish. Smooth and really creamy with the alcohol hidden nicely.

bottle thanks to barzigkin. poured black with a beige head. aroma was caramel, dark roast, and fudge. flavor was dark roast, coffee bitterness, and caramel with a rather light body.