Bass P2 / Czars Imperial Stout

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

Serve in Snifter

(Hand bottle, courtesy of cgarvieuk) Pours a black body with spare tan bubbles atop. Aroma of vanilla, wood, chocolate, black licorice, and roastiness. Flavor of roasted malt, anise, wood, prunes, raisins, and toffee with a dry, somewhat bitter finish. Craig, thanks for sharing this rarity.

Thanks to Craig for another handbottle! Poured deep brown with a loose-bubbled beige head. The aroma picked up sweet, brighter dark fruity notes along with semi-sweet and darker chocolates.. light ashy and woody notes accented. The flavor found dark fruit with some licorice at the core.. bitterness was on the lighter end and was comprised of coffee grounds and fruity notes.. warm and very enjoyable on the finish with residual darker sugars. Medium-plus bodied with about zero carbonation remaining.. the dark sugars worked well together, but the flow across the palate could’ve used some bubbles. Very glad I had the opportunity to try it!

Handbottle per Jason. The beer pours to a dark brown/black body with no head. The aroma has a creosote and pine sap/soy sauce/fish sauce quality. Pine hops. The flavor is bitter and has a strong black patent and licorice. Not masterfully brewed in my opinion. The palate is medium bodied and has a long bitterness from the malt.

Mini cask in the house, had fresh and after 36 hours venting, which is right now as i rate. Many thanks to go out cgarvieuk for getting these one off mini casks which are infact the last time these beers will ever be made. I almost feel guilty about having them since this is the last of it, but hey beers for drinking! Poured into small cantillon tulip, still a decent amount of carbonation after the amount of venting, but is gradually disapearing. Aroma is roasty chocolate malts, small metallic/plastic note, which may be partly the mini cask but also im guessing something from the hopos as its reasonably earthy and the two can be closely tied at times. Some artifical plum and other berry fruits too, the alc is well hidden but slightly peppery. Taste is initally roasty and burnt toast, thankfully its not too full bodied and the chocolate malt takes over ones your swallowed and the peppery floural hop/alcohol tingles the tougne with the roasty chocolate malts. The finish is long, still slightly pluckering. Im very very gla to have had this, even though its not really my thing(and the guys are coming round tonite to help me get rid of it). One of the better imp stouts iv had in the last year and worthwhile perhaps a few brewers taking note of it! Chin chin Bass, its been good knowing you.

Thanks to Jason for this treat. No carbonation and zero head. Salty flavour that reminds me of a vietnamese oyster sauce. Some slightly hidden coffee flavours well deep into the finish. The only discernable hop character that still remains is a tart bitterness that maintains the overall balance. Interesting.

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.