Bass P2 / Czars Imperial Stout

Brewed by White Shield / Museum (MolsonCoors)
Style: Imperial Stout
Burton-on-Trent, England

Serve in Snifter

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Name: Bass P2 Imperial Stout
Date: 06/21/2008
Mode: Hand Bottled
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: dark brown with ruby edges, wispy tan head, bits of lace,
Aroma: dark fruit and sweet dark caramel aroma with a touch of roasted malt,
Flavor: rich roasted malt flavor, dark caramel sweetness produces a light fruity character, earthy bitterness, long roasty bitter finish,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

4th and 6th August 2009
Cask at GBBF. Opaque black beer. Light dry and soft palate. Sweet malt and light chocolate with some repressed dark berry fruits. A little smooth vanilla, then estery bubblegum sweetness. Rich spicy hops toward the finish and spicy bitterness. Complex beer. Tasted twice to get everything out of it.

Bottle from Beers of Europe. Black pour with a tan head. Dark chocolate, dark fruits, dates, licorice and coffee aroma. Rich old nose this one. Very flavoursome indeed. Demerara sugar, coffee, dark chocolate, licorice toffee, molasses. Dry as a bone. Vinous. Long, sweet dry finish. Lovely stuff!

Bottle from the legendary Kris Wines. Deep brown color with a discrete tan head that slowly fades, leaving plenty of lacing. The nose is alcohol, port wine, milk chocolate, dark grape. The body is roasted malt, milk chocolate, oak wood flavoring, some tobacco. Slightly dry thin finish. Overall, understated and quite good.

On tap. Nearly black body with a tiny tan head.Nose of toasted malt and coffee. Sweet flavor with coffee, prunes, chocolate and licorice notes in it. Full bodied, oily texture and flat carbonation. Ends up more dry, slightly bitter and with alcohol notes.

Cask @ The Wharf, Aalborg. Black with a light brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, liquorice and chocolate. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and roasted moderate bitter finish. Oily. 040412

Had this ultimate stout at the Paisley Beer Festival, April 2001. Cask, gravity dispense. Jet black colour with barley brown head. Strong intense aroma of black treacle, dark chocolate and Kirsch notes linger long. Velvet like texture in a smooth mouthfeel and no lacing. Dark complex malts deliver a plethora of flavours with black forest gateaux flavours, notably cherry kirsh prevailing. Sweet flavours of dates, clootie dumpling, treacle toffee, rich plain chocolate and liquorice. No indication of hop resins present in the short aftertaste. Strong dark malt presence in the finish with prunes, roast coffee, bitter chocolate and root liquorice vie for attention. A superbly complex Imperial Stout and one to seek out.

on tap at the rbesg08 tasting session in kalikovsky mlyn. dark brown with a purple tinge; aroma of fresh asphalt and fruit salad; hints of raisins and cocoa powder; mellow and enjoyable

Old bottle at Chriso’s Fullers-Gales Tasting (thanks Chris!). It pours very dark brown, with a thin tan head. The nose is roasted malt, cocoa, coconut, charcoal, musty, sulphurous hint (due to age?). The taste is charcoal, roasted malt, liquorice, wood, chocolate, caramel and toffee, with a bitter-sweet finish. Medium to full body and fine carbonation. Smooth and well balanced. Perhaps a bit past it, but a classy brew nonetheless.

cask at the national brewing visitor’s centre in burton 1 year old brewed in february 2011 Pours dark black and fairly still with not much of a head formation. In the mouth its rich and thick with lots of juicy red fruit, robust malt and a good bitter finish. chocolate and tobacco also make themselves known and just a hint of oxidation helps to bring it all together. lovely

An old bottle (c. 10 years old) at chriso Vintage Tasting. Pours black-brown with a bubbly, tan head. Musty dark malt aroma - definitely showing some signs of age. Light to medium sweet flavor, aged dark malts, brownies, some leaves. Medium bodied with fine, soft carbonation. Mildly sweet finish, faint roast, dark malts. You can still detect some of this beer’s former glory.