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Bethlehem Brew Works Blast Furnace Imperial Stout


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89
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An Imperial Stout brewed by
Bethlehem Brew Works

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania USA

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173.67/5.03.59/5.0Special8.5%30.4Snifter P  Stats

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The King of all stouts, Imperial stout was originally brewed by English brewers for export to the Baltic sea and Russia. Said to be a favorite of the Russia royal court. Brewed with Chocolate and roasted malts, Blast furnace has a sweet malt flavor backed by a solid hop bitterness to balance it out. At 8.5% this is a sipping beer to be enjoyed in a snifter glass.

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 JAF737300 (733), New York, New York, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/519/20
Mar 11, 2007  
This was awesome. It was deep black and had wonderful notes of chocolate, espreso, and oaked smoke....killer!


 obxdude10 (1408), Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/105/516/20
May 26, 2007  
Very nice impy stout, black in color, big but soft brown head, excellent lacing left around the glass, aroma full of coffee, chocolate & burnt malts, lots of roasted notes in both the aroma & flavors, medium in body & mouthfeel, pretty drinkable & smooth, big & bold flavors with more notes of dark chocolate, burnt malt, oak, a touch of vanilla & slight hops just for good measure, long lingering finish with a little hint of cream & alcohol, a very nice stout


 Jine (885), Nutley, New Jersey, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/516/20
May 7, 2007  
3.30.07 on tap. Very roasty. Dark. Powerful Stout. Not syrupy or over-bearing. Lit and stoked our fires that night in preparation for the Steelgaarden


 Lou18 (1353), West Paterson, New Jersey, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/516/20
Apr 13, 2007  
thanks to Ty5592 . I loved this. poured black with small brown head. nose was chocolate, roasted and a touch of smoke. I drank the whole growler in one sitting. LOVED THIS, can’t understand the lower ratings?


 Firemoose15 (501), Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Apr 9, 2008  
On draft at the pub. Aroma of coccoa and roasted malts primarily. Poured a nice black with a decent chocolatey head. Flavor was nice meld of coccoa, roast malts and tad of vanilla and molasses. Palate was medium bodied and nicely creamy. Overall, I think this could be the best I’ve had at the brewworks. Very tasty.



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