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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Strong aroma has a firm overtone of sweet chocolate, like getting a good whiff of a Hershey bar, along with smoky, coffee and nutty hints. It pours a mouth-watering sable that is opaque save at the very edges and has a thick, fluffy, persistent light tan head that leaves some substantial lacing. Smoky flavor has tones of coffee, licorice, molasses and nuts and is subtly sweet - and has quite the alcohol kick! Texture is fizzy and lively, a little oily, very pleasing. This one is worth seeking.

~Pours black with red tints and big fluffy brown head. Nice lacing. ~Sweet malty aroma with citrusy hops and subtle chocolate. ~Has a hoppy bitter taste followed by some sweet dark chocolate maltiness. ~Medium feel and a bit dry. Bitter dry finish. ~This is quite the brew. It’s like a smoked IPA. I really dig the hoppiness in this. A very different and delicious beer. I would prefer a little more sweetness to balance out the hops. Just a tad though. I do enjoy the bitter bite. ~As the beer warms the chocolate and coffee flavors come out a bit more. When it’s cold it is very hoppy.

22 oz. bottle, pours black with a medium beige head. Aroma of roasted malts, burnt flavours and cofffee. Flavour begins with roasted and burnt malts, with coffee notes hitting later on. Slightly bitter hop and roasted malt on the finish. Wonderful.

Bottle. Pitch black with a thick and creamy light brown head leaving lacing. Aroma: roasted, chocolate mousse, hoppy and fruity. Taste: chocolate, coffee, lots of licorice, grapefruit and the bitter white stuff under the peel, asphalt/tar/ashes, quite bitter with a long finish. Quite full-bodied. Yes, it is a bit harsh, but very nice all the same.

solid black but a bit too overpowering for me in thickness but never in body and taste. I wanted to have solid stout and enojy some macgyver when i left tempe and this bloody god damn just bout did it.

Black color; medium head. Roasted malts aroma, later there are some hops too, and very light vanilla, light alcohol. Strong body, strong dark caramel flavor, dark chocolate, light liquorice, pleasant hidden sweetness; powerful bitterness. Straight but pleasant and powerful Imperial Stout.

Dark brown with a tan head. Aroma of milk chocolate and some coffee. Taste is very hoppy with roasted malts, medium body, creamy, average carbonation, long bitter hoppy finish. Alcohol is well hidden.

Draft at Bitter Creek Alehouse. This delivered on its promise in nearly every way. Deep, dark and intimidating on the pour, it drinks with kick-butt chocolate-alcohol warmth and goodness, a great American example of style. (#4681, 7/7/2012)

Bottled. thanks to omhper! Pours out in a opaque black colour with a beige creamy lasting head. Big aroma of black coffee, black chocolate, tar with a strong presence of leafy, minty and citric hops. Big and uncompromising flavour and mouthfeel of black bitter coffee, grapefruit, mint, pine-needles and cocoa. Long bitter finish of grapefruit, menthol, coffee, pepper and alcohol. Extravagant and bold stuff.

Black body with good tan head. Nose is of smooth chocolate and a little coffee. Taste is also very smooth, layers of flavour, liquorice, tobacco, cocoa, coffee, also charred notes. Enjoyed this a lot, more than previous IS rated, cos it went a lot longer, smotth and slowly warmed. .