BrewDog Riptide

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

Serve in Snifter

Bottle, thanks for sharing dEnk! Deep dark brown pour, thin tan head with lots of lacing. Aroma of fresh bread, caramel, butter, peat and leather. Flavor is slightly sweet, bread, some licorice and sugar and with a bitter finish. Nice.

Thanks McGavin. Very dark brown pour with a sudsy tan head that quickly turns into cappuccino froth. The aroma is earthy loam with lots of chocolate, vanilla, lactic sugars, roasted malt and a slight citrusy hop bitterness. the flavor is bitter roasted malt, further lactic sugars, coffee, chocolate, and more of that odd earthy loam. Very unique and weird, but I think it actually works. The palate is medium bodied with a supple smooth mouthfeel and medium carbonation. Quite nice.

1pint, 6.4oz bottle with 002-07/07/09 stamped on the label. Pours a black body with a creamy, finger-width, light brown head that dissipates quickly and leaves a nice, bubbly lacing. I like this aroma. Its lean, but robust at the same time. Lots of distinct English toffee and nutty marzipan with some sweet chocolate, alcohol, caramel cookies, and subtly bold roasts. There is some leafy and earthy hops, a touch of vanilla, and licorice as well. Flavor seems to lack the complexity of the aroma with an odd, disjointed palate. Lots of sweet marzipan, English toffee, caramel, and chocolate up front before this quickly dries and leaves a clingy bitterness. Lots of leafy and earthy hops as well as very dry roasts and alcohol that make this a bit too bitter. There is still that hint of vanilla cookie and fruit, but the overall balance seems off. Medium, quick, silky body with a lengthy aftertaste and light carbonation. Overall, an interesting impy. I thought the disjointed body was distracting enough to throw this off a bit. I assume a little more cellaring could help. Despite my complaints, it had a nice aroma and the flavor was definitely plentiful. Not terrible, but it could use some work/aging IMO.

33cl bottle: This pours a dark, reddish brown with a creamy beige head. Nice stout-y aroma, coffee, brown sugar, subtle resiny hops and dense, powdery cocoa. Nice roasty taste, slightly minerally and hoppy (earthy) with a great balance between sweetness, bitterness and hints of alcohol. Mild carbonation gives a medium-bodied, creamy mouthfeel. The balance here is actually really nice: the sweetness is up front at first and makes you think that it will dominate, but the finish is immediately dry and the bitterness from the roasted malts and the hops takes over. Very well-brewed Stout!

Pours dark brown with a tan head. Aroma is roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, liquorish and light alcohol. Flavour is roasted malt, light smoke, chocolate and liquorish.

Aroma of coffee and licorice. Deep, dark, ruby brown with short-lived frothy head. Flavor is again of coffee, roasted malt, licorice and raisins. Significant hop bitterness but does remain balanced. Very easy to drink with a velvety texture and nice long alcoholic finish. Well worth the $6.50. Very nice stout.

Pours black with a quickly vanishing beige head. Sweet aroma of chocolate and coffee. Flavor is chocolate, licorice, some smoke, and a little woodiness. Mouthfeel seems a little thin for an imperial stout. I was expecting more, but its not bad.

Bottled. Dark color, short head. Aroma of dark chocolat, roasted malt, coffee. Nice balanced taste of chocolat and malt again, decent bitterness. Bit creamy texture. Smooth stuff, nice.