BrewDog Riptide

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

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle from Microbar, Manchester. Jet black pour with a light tan head. Dark roast coffee, dark chocolate, caramel and tobacco aromas. Coffee, vanilla, chocolate and a little smoke in the flavour. Dry, sweet finish. Most satisfying.

THOUGHTS: Nice, but nothing unique. It was nice to see a simpler and probably more traditional take on what the style was probably actually like when it was first created. Everyone tries to put a new spine like coffee or barrel aging on imperial stouts so it was nice to taste the beer in its raw state. Hid alcohol fairly well. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a dark brown that was basically opaque black in the glass with an average to large, tan to light brown head that mostly diminished, but left excellent lacing. The aroma had moderate to heavy grain, roasted and burnt malts; lighter caramel; light herbal and earthy hops; raisin; plum; prune; hints of licorice; slight vegetable; slight vinegar; and dark fruit. The initial flavor was light to moderately sweet and slightly bitter; while the finish was moderately sweet and moderate to heavily bitter with a long duration. There was roasted malt, dark chocolate, caramel, chocolate syrup, coffee grounds, slight licorice, burnt malt, dark fruit, earthy and herbal hops, a little metallic hops, raisin, prune, and a little alcohol. The medium to full body was sort of silky, but also slightly sticky on the lips with rather fizzy carbonation and a lightly metallic and ever so slightly alcoholic finish.
Earlier Rating: 11/5/2010 Total Score: 3.9
THOUGHTS: Not incredible, but a very nice Imperial stout. Not the fullest impy, but very easy to drink. Slightly boozy, but it might age well. A well balanced beer, but slightly artificial. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a very brown that was nearly black in the glass with amber, brown highlights in direct light and a small to average, off-white head that almost fully diminished with only a few stray bubbles along the glass and left virtually no lacing. The aroma was moderate to heavy, chocolate and chocolate syrup, lighter coffee; soy sauce, alcohol, and whiskey. The initial flavor was rather sweet and lightly bitter; while the finish was very sweet and light to moderately bitter with an average to long duration. There was chocolate, chocolate syrup, cocoa powder, alcohol, weak coffee, grain, slight dark fruits, and slightly artificial soy. The medium to full body that felt thinner because of how oily it was was a bit sticky on the lips with fairly soft, yet tingly carbonation and a metallic, slightly chalky and slightly alcoholic finish.

Bottle at Butters’ 4th Cellar Reduction. Pours a fading, not enough lace, beige head with a dark brown clear body. Smells of chocolate, caramel, and toast. Tastes like bubblegum, toast, brown sugar, and bitter chocolate. A bit thin in spots in the aroma and flavor/mouthfeel.

Cask RA. Black reddish colour. A light chocolate taste. Quite stoutlike and bitter taste.

Bottled. Pours nearly black with an orangy glow and a medium sized tan head. Nose of roasted malts, coffee and notes of wood. Slightly sweet flavor with roasted malt, bitter chocolate. Medium bodied, creamy to oily texture and average carbonation. Ends up with some bitterness too. An awesome and rather smooth imp. stout.

another very nice brew fom brew dog. I like this company and am anixous to try more of it. This stout was very, very good.

On-tap. The Rover Gothenburg. Dark brown colour with a beige head. Light roast, chocolate, toffee, licorice, coffee, mint/menthol, the alcohol is a bit too noticeble. Decent, but not more.

POrs deep dark black with little head, almost flat. Notes of licorice and chocolate dominate on the nose and the palate. A nice dry coffee roast shows on the finish.

Thanks to my sweetness kaggie. A little thin. Flavor is whack. I wish he would have just given me his love juice instead.

Bouteille 330ml. De couleur brune très foncée et claire. Nez de café, de malt moyennement rôti, moyen de chocolat noir avec des notes de crème (faibles notes lactiques) et léger de houblon herbeux avec de faibles notes fruitées (petits fruits). Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et d’une texture moyennement crémeuse. Léger goût fruité (notes de cerises noires, traces de mûres et de pommes) accompagné dun léger goût de chocolat au lait et de crème (notes lactiques) ainsi que des traces de vanille lors de lentrée en bouche auquel se rajoute rapidement un moyen goût de malt rôti accompagné d’un léger goût de chocolat noir, de notes de biscuits avec des traces de caramel sucré puis progressivement, un goût de café noir prend toute la place jusquen finale accompagné dun moyen goût de houblon herbeux. Post-goût long et un peu sec, moyennement amer de rôti, de café, moyen de chocolat noir et de houblon herbeux avec de faibles notes fruitées (moût de petits fruits).