Bass P2

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

12oz handbottle from cgarvieuk via goldtwins: Pours a barely transparent dark mahogany with a spotty-lacing light tan head. Aroma of sweet dark caramel and milk chocolate with a touch of roasty coffee. Body starts about average with a finely dissolved carbonation and good sweet dark caramel maltiness. Earthy bittering hops provide some balance along with a touch of lightly tart fruits. A pretty unique imperial stout, but not as enjoyable as the No 1.

Tasted at WeeHeavySDs place. Real treat to try this rarity. Huge thanks Jon! Some interesting citrus? in the aroma. I can’t place it. I think it might just be alcohol fumes confusing me. Brown black color. No roasty burnt aroma. Dryish.

12oz handbottle viia trade with cgarvieuk thanks dude. 4th beer of the tasting I hosted tonight, shared with bikesandbeer, wetherel and my girlfriend Cyn. Pours dark dark brown with a ying yang head. Nose is bitter and malty, sweet not the typical Imperial Stout, but nice. Taste is chocolatey sweet and bitter chocolate malts. By today’s standards this seems like a big stout. Overall very good beer interesting and feel lucky to be able to try it, very cool, big dry and big mouth feel, super smooth, posibly degraded from handbottle, but who knows.

Big thanks to Craig for this hand bottle. Pours a dark brown and struggles to form a small off-white head. The aroma is very nice; chocolate, dark fruits and molasses. The taste was also way above average; the initial taste was full of chocolate covered fruit, perhaps raspberries, some burnt malts and a very different finish that is mostly coffee and is fairly dry. Survived the trip well, the body was fairly thin, but otherwise a very good beer that I am very happy to have the chance to try. Thanks Craig.

Courtesy of Craig, I really appreciate this hand-bottled treat! It’s pitch blanc and has a small, creamy head, or more a ring along the side of the glass. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, dark fruits, licorice, and it’s rather vinous. The mouthfeel is semi-oily and naturally flat. The flavour has notes of roasted malt, licorice, very light hints of smoke, dark fruits, light chocolate and a light bitterness. The finish is very, very long. It’s a really nice Impy!

Hand bottle from cgarvieuk. Drank on Father’s Day 2008 while watching the Cubs put it to the Blue Jays. Hell yeah! Pours dark brown with a slightest white ring around the edge. The nose is full of dark fruit. Plum is what comes to mind. There is some chocolate and roast as well. Again, very plum or prune in flavor. I can get the coconut that Craig mentions. I think I taste some licorice. Very bitter. Light, oily body. Light carbonation. Dry finish. I feel that this may have suffered a bit. Craig shipped on a Monday while I was on vacation. This could have been sitting on my front porch for a day or two. Ouch.

Mini Cask ... Huge thanks to the Brewer for helping me out here Deep brown.black ... thin off white head ... Deep rich roast malt nose with some toffee and plums ... mellow roasts with a touch of meeatness i often find in an Imerial stouts ... little coconut ... lots of coffee ... little bitterness in linger ... This beer lived up to my hopes for it ... alcohol is nicly subdued for 8% ... good depth and great rich flavours ... Just a bit of a long bitter linger once your finnished ...

Wow Its Day 3 into the Mini Cask and F... Me if it isnt getting better ... Its smoother more rounded still a bit bitter in its finnish for me but wonderful none the less...

Cask at GBBF 2009 ... hahaha i got this one again .its LOVELY

Cask gravity @ Reading Beer Festival 2008.
Clear medium black color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, caramel, chocolate, licorice. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily - creamy, carbonation is flat. Very nice. Fantastic stuff ;o)) (020508)