BrewDog Riptide

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

Serve in Snifter

Strong, smoky aroma has firm tones of molasses and chocolate as well as hints of licorice and caramel. It all but screams "Drink me!" to a lover of good stouts. It pours a dark, slightly reddish sable with a thick, fluffy, and fairly persistent tan head that leaves heavy lacing. Mouth-filling flavor has smoky, chocolate and molasses tones with hints of coffee and caramel. It is slightly sweet, which balances a subtle bitter tang. Full-bodied texture is smooth as almond milk and just fizzy enough to let you know this is beer. Very satisfying.
Earlier Rating: 12/18/2009 Total Score: 4.7
Aroma is strong, oily and smoky with an undertone of fine roast coffee and a hint of molasses. It pours a dark-chocolate brown, opaque and nearly black, with a fairly thick and somewhat persistent head. Rich flavor fills the mouth with roast coffee, molasses, unsweetened chocolate, caramel and even a bit of hops. Texture is jagged, fizzy and lively. This beer is NOT for the timid!

mmmm.... warm, chocolatey, malty warmness, whiskey tones floating throughout. A lovely scotch whiskey aftertaste lingers for so long you almost don’t notice the lovely bitter tang of the hops. This is damn near perfect.

Dark brown body with white head. Roasted aroma less dominant compared to other stouts I had, more of chocolate, vanilla, and caramel. Oily, dense, rich mouth-feel with just the right bitterness. Hard not to love..

Bottle 330ml. Black color with small foam. Coffee and chocolate taste and after taste. Intense alcohol. One of the most full body beers I ever had. Brew Dog never fails.

Opaque black, thin bubbly tan head, coating full body, medium carbonation.

Aroma: black malts, liquid smoke, soy sauce, bitter sweet chocolate, damp stone minerality. Very rich and heavy. I don’t know how, but it smells like ancient Scotland, with dank stone and smokey thatch.

Taste: lots of astringent black malts, charcoal, mushroom, soy sauce, cola, slight alcohol, and a touch of bready yeast. Flavors are really dark.

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!!

660mL bottle, capped. Purple and white label. Batch 406, Best by 21-09-14.
Jet black pour. Light brown rocky foam, sexy porridge-like lacing now the glass. Aroma of charred grains, mocha, burnt cereal, and molasses. Tastes of burnt sugar and licorice root and some distant dark fruit. Wooded bitterness and bitter licorice. Lingering bitterness of the palate blends well with residual sugar left on the lips. Soft and ABV well hidden. After just one sip, I feel like I am ancient royalty reincarnated.

A very dry thick aroma. Looks fantastic. This is basically a very respectable thick Russian Imp Stout but not outstanding in any particular way. A bit lighter than some but quite tasty nonetheless.