Bass P2 / Czars Imperial Stout

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

Serve in Snifter

Poured an opaque black color with a small, tan head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of roasted malts, light cocoa, wood, some smoke, caramel, and dried fruits. Taste of chocolate, roasted malts, some charred wood, though balanced by the darker fruits, and a mild alcohol presence in the finish. Thanks for sharing kmweaver!

Big thanks to cgarvieuk. Poured with an almost opaque brown color and small beige head (with a strong pour). Chocolaty aroma. Like chocolate licorice, not the black ones but the brown ones, and hot chocolate powder. The flavor is of dry roasted malt and a chalky chocolate. Light to medium bodied. Some mild warmth but no alcohol taste. The beer opened up a good bit with warmth. With a fuller smoother milk chocolate did come some alcohol but not too much to distract.

(Cask at White Horse, Parson’s Green, London, 28 Nov 2009) Black colour with brief, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with chocolate, black coffee and dark fruit. Malty, roasted taste with notes of dark chocolate, black coffee, prunes, raisins and a balanced coffee bitterness in a long finish. Full body, smooth and rounded mouthfeel with alcohol well hidden. Deceptively drinkable. Lovely stout!
Earlier Rating: 9/3/2009 Total Score: 3.8
(Cask at GBBF, London Earl’s Court, 5 Aug 2009) Dark brown, almost black in colour. Brief, foamy, beige head. Malty nose with notes of liquorice, chocolate and blackberries. Malty, fruity taste with liquorice and dark chocolate, leading to coffee, dark berries and more liquorice in a slightly vinous finish. Cocoa bitterness playing in the background. Full body, rather sweet. Complex and well balanced. Lovely beer!

Dark stout with a light coffee aroma and a dry coffee flavour. A nice strong stout.

Appearance: Pours a simple, dark brown body marked by a few random bubbles. Smell: Dark, roasty malt aroma with notes of licorice, dark fruits, and a sprinkle of high-quality top soil. Taste: Dark maltiness with a fair amount of roast. Very restrained sweetness throughout. Tiny morsel of chocolate. More of that licorice from the nose. Thin measure of grapey fruitiness precedes an earthy, roasty bitterness. Hint of hand-worked leather. Drying, earthy finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Mild carbonation. Drinkability: A fine, decent stout, but nothing to lose your head over.

Sampled at the RBESG08 grand tasting. Dark brown with a red edge, small beige head. Fruity and spicy with some roasted chocolate notes. More alcoholic than no 1.

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.

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.