BrewDog Riptide

Brewed by BrewDog
Style: Imperial Stout
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Serve in Snifter

Aroma of chocolate, coffee, licorice, smoke and tar, maybe a hint of vanilla paired with alcohol in the finish. Black body and a medium tan head. Flavour is the same as in the nose, paired with a sweet chocolate backdrop, not that bitter. Average palate. T: decent imp.

Btl. little and fading head, black. nose with dark fruits, liquorice, nice but atipical for brewdog and stout. semifull body a tight grip and some length. chockolate, sweet licuorice, Wow I like the mouthfeel.

Bottled. Very dark brown, tan head that keeps a lacing until the end. Aroma is sweet, hints of dark fruit like plums, also some chocolate, caramel and roasted malts. Flavor is pretty much the same as aroma, medium body, creamy and bitter finish. Mouthfeel is bitter and long! Excellent beer!!

750mL bottle pours deep mahogany with nice firm looking mocha head. The aroma has dark roasted malts, dark roasted coffee and a mild level of spicy black licorice. The taste is rich with plenty of dark roasted malts moving into near burnt malts and some spiciness kind of like black licorice. Wow this is lovely, rich, highly roasted and all good. I dig it!
Earlier Rating: 2/5/2009 Total Score: 3.5
Courtesy of THE tpd975. Pours deep brown with amber edges and almost no head. The aroma is roasty malts, mild wood and smoke to go along with a pulse of vanilla. The taste is roasty moving toward burnt malts and then into wood and mild smoky peatiness. Pretty nice stuff. It thins out into the finish. Starts bold and then finishes with smooth and light lingering notes of wood, peat, smoke and molasses.

From s bottle poured a dark brown color with a small amount of head. Light malty flavor with a quick finish.
Earlier Rating: 1/8/2010 Total Score: 3.6
From a bottle poured black with a small head. Nice toasted malty flavor with a bitter coffee finish.

Bottle. Opaque blackness with a medium, frothy mocha-colored head. Aroma is rather sweet with dark chocolate notes, roasted malt, cocoa, and creamed-and-sugared coffee notes. Taste ups the bitterness quite a bit. Roasted malt, bitter coffee, big hops, bittersweet chocolate, and light licorice. Body is medium-full with a creamy, bubbly carbonation. Finishes with more bitter coffee and bitter hops, blended with chocolate, cocoa, roasted malt, burnt caramel and cocoa.
Earlier Rating: 2/25/2010 Total Score: 3.1
Bottle. Black pour with not much head. Only packs of tan bubbles on top. Nose is soy sauce, dark chocolate and coffee. Perhaps some sea salt as well. Taste is strong roasted malt, light chocolate, soy sauce, light licorice and soft coffee. Body is rather light for an imperial stout and the carbonation still lacking. Finishes with more roasted malt, light salt water, dark chocolate, watery coffee and light smoky notes.

Poured from big bottle. Aroma of roasted nut, coffee, burnt caramel, smoke, butter. Classic stout appearance. Flavors of roasted nut, licorice, molasses, alcohol, banana, pepper, piney hops. Dry feel. Cocoa flavor noticed about a third of the way thru. Enjoyable stout.

Pours a dark brown, almost black. Nice lacing with a highly carbonated tan head. Roasted malt, dark chocolate, earthy, brown sugar. Burnt. Big roasted flavor upfront with a hoppy bite. Slight pepper flavor with a tad of an alcohol finish. Mouthfeel is oily...and bitter/burnt.