3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Poured the usual, although the head and lacing were pretty stellar. The aroma was of coffee and chocolate, nothing that impressive. The flavor followed suit with a touch of a hop or roasted malt bitterness to support this thing. It prevailed as not being a cloyingly sweet impy stout, but the problem was it didn’t seem like anything more than a basic stout. Impy stout? Hard to believe.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Draft at brewpub. Pretty non-descript for an imperial stout. Not much on the nose. Pours dark brown and leaves no lacing. Taste is muted. Slight notes of roasted malt. Thin mouthfeel. Clean finisher. Nope!
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Dark black pour (although not pitch black). Aroma shows a bit of black licorice and a touch of charred malts as well. There is a soft spiciness on the back of the palate. Fairly peppery with a bit of ethanol apparent in the mouth. Light roasty astringency and some surprisingly subtle aromatics. It’s quite the wimpy impy.
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
I expected more. First off this is not an Imperial Stout. It’s rather weak compared to others. The flavor was weak and nothing special, the thick texture is what saved it for me. The aroma wasn’t too great either. It reminded me of dirty pennies...gross.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap. Chocolate notes, pretty good beer. Good flavor, but felt a little thin for an imperial.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Coffee aroma. Really bold rich coffee,taste on tap at the brewpub. Creamy mouthfeel, lace on brandy brown though minimal head. Bitter.One of their best in this place, unfortunately inconsistent.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cold on tap: Pours a dark brown color with ruby highlights and a medium sized, creamy, tan colored head. Roasted malts with grassy hops and notes of wood and coffee. Medium bodied and smooth with good carbonation. Ending is of dark roasted malts.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Dark stout with a light moka head. Light chocolate aroma, and coffee notes. In mout, light chocolate malt, barely any hops, light bodied, more like a regular stout. On tap Feb.10, 2006.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Aroma:Light aroma of chocolate,and rosted malt....
Appearance:Dark,good brown head....
Flavor:Chocolate intense,alcohol....
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Black body with tan head. Aroma is moderately sweet, chocolate, some roast, light coffee. Taste is moderately sweet, chocolate, roast, some anise in the finish. Watery medium body. Light body for the stye.
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