Beer Valley Black Flag Imperial Stout

Brewed by Beer Valley Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Ontario, Oregon USA

Serve in Snifter

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Bomber into pint glass ... dark chunky brown pour..chunks of crap floating around.. aroma is hard to point out..maybe some apple.. taste is hoppy and bitter. Some creamy mocha hints..good one.. has alot of black ipa characteristics

1 pint bottle, poured a cloudy murky dark weird looking brew. Hoppier than it looks. Pretty good. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Some good chocolate, coffee, malt.. hops come through. A little to smoky for my taste but good.

0.65l bottle from Barley Wine. Been saving this for a while. It pours a near black body with a nice big almost creamy looking chocolaty head that’s quite lacing. It smells really nice with salty licorice, roasted malts, leather couch, soft vanilla, some chili-like coffee, also traces of chocolate and something slightly reminding of burned bread. Not bad at all. Oh, it’s soy-salty with tons of licorice in the taste this! The carbonation is definitely present and it has a good thick oily mouthfeel. Mmore salty licorice with both strong espresso coffee, south American coffee, something slightly spicy and the chocolate is dancing on my tongue. The alcohol percent is totally absent in this one. Roasted dark flavors with a salty soy and strong licorice touch would sum this one up pretty nicely. Flavors that I always want more of! 27.12.2012

65cl bottle. Duvel cup. Pours a real black colour with a huge light brown creamy head. Wonderful appearance. At the end looks more foggy. Roasted malts, vanilla and intense hops regarding aroma. Even wood, which is really surprising. Strong flavour: coffe, dark chocolate, roasted malts, brown sugar, heavy hops and a hint of nuts. One expects more sweetness when smelling the beer...that’s definetely not for begginers. Some alcohol presence, irrelevant though. Mouthfeel is full, carbonation just average. Amazing beer, very good Imperial Stout.

I grabbed a bottle of this at Total Wine for $5.99. I hadn’t had it before, and was in the mood for a bigger thicker dark beer. This is 11%, and smells every bit of that. Cold, it also tasted every bit of that. It REALLY opened up as it heated up, and almost tasted barrel aged. The second half of the bottle was great, and was a nice dessert beer. I would totally drink this again, and might try aging one or two bottles. This will get better, and will mellow out, with age. I haven’t really heard of this brewing company... but this is a great introduction!

Dark brown with a small brown head. Malty and fruity notes. malt, fruit, coffee, licorice and bitterness. Full body with a long bitter finish.

650ml bottle from Cotteridge Wines shared with Steve.Nice black pour with a medium sized creamy brownish head which lasted.Nice roast malt aroma with coffee and chocolate there too.Roast malt taste with chocolate and some bitterness and hop with toffee caramel,nuttiness and alcohol also in there.Very nice,easily drinkable and would drink again.

Bottle. Pours black with a lasting creamy medium light brown head. Aroma is heavy malty with roasted malt, milk chocolate, coffee, caramel, toffee, licorice, pine, grass, grapefruit. Taste is medium+ sweet and bitter. Body is full, texture is thick oily, carbonation is soft. Finish is long and quite chocolate bitter with citrus and grassy hops. Even made me sneeze a couple of times (triggered my grass-pollen allergy). This beer is one fantastic bastard and delivers a lot of malt and hop-joy.

Bottle from Belmont Station with Carla. Pours deep dark brown with lots of tan foam. Smells mildly roasty with a hint of alcohol. Tastes sweet with plenty of alcohol and hints of coffee, rootbeer.