BrewDog Riptide

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

Serve in Snifter

22.4 oz. bottle. Pours black with a moderate tan head that lasted through two-thirds of the glass and left an almost solid sheet of foam on the glass. Very pleasant aroma of chocolate, roasted malt, coffee, and prunes. The roasted malt is more dominant in the flavor, while the chocolate takes a step back. A bit of prune in the flavor as well along with a few notes of tobacco. Moderate bitterness. Medium-full bodied. Enjoyable.

Lovely balance impy stout. Almost black with a small declining beige head. Hints of smoke and liqourice in the coffee dominated aroma. Somehow i find this quite "old school" - more chocolate, and roastiness than big heavy bite from hops. Straightforward and an instant favourite.

Very dark and aromatic. Lots of malts, chocolate, licorice, coffee and hops on the aroma. The same with the taste. A very intense beer.

UPDATED: SEP 14, 2008 Bomber. Pours fairly black with a spotty whitish head comprised of rather large bubbles. The aroma is something of a departure for an imperial stout. It has the coffee and roast going on, but it has a solid hickory and light spiced character too. I don’t get a lot of dense roastiness, but I do seem to find something creating a sharp, almost citrusy sensation. The flavor is a bit heavier and certainly roastier. Actually, the coffee presence in the flavor is quite delightful. This fades to an ashy, smoky note. Sappy hickory is noted throughout. I start to detect hints at raisins and a dash of port qualities towards the end of the snifter, but I think the drier flavors are Riptide’s strong suit. This is a pretty tasty beer, but not very large. I liked it but not enough to drop that kind of cash for another bomber.

Pours dark brown, with a tan ring of bubbles for a head. Rich coffee and chocolate, roasted oats, and toffee. More sweet than bitter in the taste. Chocolate and coffe a prevalent, as is the roasty grain and malt, some smoke, caramel, and dark fruit. I liked how the beer avoided the soy sauce taste that can pop up with other Imperials. Excellent.

This one pour a very dark brown almost black color with a small tan head. Aroma was nice roasted malts, some coffee and some silky sweetness as well. Flavor was smooth chocolately somewhat dark, coffee hints and nice roasted maltiness as well.

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).

Bottle (330ml). Shared with blankboy and tupalev, my bottle. Deep, near opaque ruby pour, smallish dimishing frothy tan head. Dry, acidic aroma, initially it seemed a tad vegetal, but it burned off to dark roast chocolate coffee malt, dry herbal hops. Taste - even drier and more sour, cocoa and coffee, milk chocolate linger. Smooth, silky on the palate, lightly acidic, creamy finsih. I like it!