Baird Dark Sky Imperial Stout

Brewed by Baird Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial Stout
Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan

Serve in Snifter

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bottle thanks to bu11zeye. black pour with no head. nose of roasted malts, chocolate, vanilla and smoke. good thickness with a lot of chocolate and a very roasted malt/coffee finish.

UPDATED: JUL 19, 2009 Yeah definately Bairds best. So smooth for the high alcohol you could drink this to oblivion. Lots of vinious characters, particularly black current. A solid body with enough malt to hold it all together. Yes, there are better ISs about, but this holds its own. cheers!

633ml Bottle (Labeled as 9%ABV): Aroma of chocolate, coffee, malts, hops, citrus, pine, light toasting, light toffee, and slight tobacco. Poured black in color with a medium-sized, dense, rocky, brown head that lasted throughout. Opaque. Good lacing. Flavor is medium sweet and lightly bitter. Tastes of malts, chocolate, tobacco, hops, pine, citrus, coffee, slight alcohol, light sweet cream, light caramel, and light toffee. Medium body. Smooth, creamy, lightly sticky texture. Soft carbonation. Sweet, malt, caramel, chocolate, and piney hop finish.

UPDATED: FEB 23, 2009 633 bottle from west lakeview....pours almost black with barely brown edges and a frothy light brown head..... sweet roast and creamy chocolate is what i get right off the bat. as it warms, a hop character surfaces that adds a degree of fruitiness.... flavors continue where the nose left off. roastiness, decadent chocolate, fruitiness with a slightly bitter finish in the end. silky and almost seductive mouthfeel and carbonation on the softer side. did this beer just come out of nowhere? def. a pleasant surprise for me and could deserve even somewhat of a better score.

633 ml bottle from Plaza Liquors - Pours a dark brown color with a one finger thick tan head. Light spotty lacing. Soft carbonation. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, and a hint of floral hops. Flavor is roasted malt, chocolate, a touch of coffee, and dark esters. Mouthfeel is quite smooth. The bitterness and the roastiness of the beer lingers. Alcohol is well hidden. Medium to full body. A very nice beer.

Bottle shared by nbutler11 at the 09er. Pours a disturbing beautiful deep blue from the unusually sized bottle. Very smooth and clean without being crisp... which I liked. Nice mellow roast, dark fruit, double-smooth coffee and slight vanilla. Supreme beer and the best I have had from this island.

Bottle from Papago. Pours charcoal black with a creamy tan head. Smells and tastes of bakers cocoa, vanilla, dark fruit, and caramel. Finishes bitter with hops and ash. Quality.

633ml Bottle labeled as 9% Alc/Vol. Pours a very dark, not extremely viscous, brown with a dark beige frothy bubbly head, pours more like a dark IPA than an IS. Typical Baird hop aroma, perfumy, really floral/botanical, with some mellowing roast and sweet caramel underneath, a bit of wood and alcohol as well. Oh wow, quite tasty and aggressive first taste, really coats the mouth and tongue. That is delicious, the perfumy hops annoyed me a bit in the Baird Pale, however they really come alive with the sweet roasty malts. This really is a dark IIPA. Its almost sweeter than it is dark and bitter, a bit of honey, definitely sweet-cream, velvety rich chocolate dark syrup, floral hops, a touch of resin and citrus. Sweet-cream and honey finish with a long chocolate aftertaste with a slight dry bitterness. Medium/full bodied, oily, hardly any carbonation, close to flat aside from a light sizzle. A chocolate IIPA, rich and decadent without being the slightest bit cloying. Easy drinking with a slight burn. Not a beer for aging. Something new and unique to me.

[bottle 633 ml] Dark black pour with a very creamy looking tan head. Aroma is loaded with chocolate, toffee, caramel, coffee, and dark malts. Flavor is very dark and deep with tons of chocolate, coffee, some cream, plums, oak, vanilla, and a very bitter coffee and hop finish. Feels like liquid silk and warms on the way down. Very impressive.

Pours dark with at small creamy beige head. Lovely aroma of chocolate, prunes and plummes, vinious and roastet malt. Flavour is dry roastet malt, coffee, chocolate, prunes and plummes and a nice viniousity - very very nice. Palate is very soft and oily, the flavours covers your mouth, and stays there - especially the roasted malt and coffee.