BrewDog Riptide

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

Serve in Snifter

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Bottled. Dark reddish brown coloured. Fluffy small light brown head. Light chocolate, ligth alcohol, light roast, light cocoa. A bit subdued. Chocolate, liqourice, light herbs, light prunes and roast. Nicely balanced. Medium to full bodied. Quite dry. Sweet and fruity roasted end. Has some alcohol warmth on lips and palate.

This poured a black color with a beige head. The aroma contains some coffee, chocolate, and licorice. The flavor is rather bitter with some licorice, coffee, and chocolate. An odd gritty aftertaste. Overall a decent stout but not a great Impy.

Bottle, thanks after4ever! Pours opaque black with a lacy tan head. Sweet aroma of brown sugar, grain and coffee. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Sweet coffee taste, moderated by earthy hops. Somewhat astringent and smoky finish.

Bottle. Small light brown fizzy head that mostly diminished. Pitch black color. Spare lacework. Chocolate, roasted malt, coffee, dried fruit. Over the palate grapefruit, and bitter burned malt. Medium to full bodied with a light dry texture and a soft carbonation. Moderated to heavy bitter with a light sweet note. Heavy bitter and burning finish

Bottle. Poured very dark very little white head that vanished quickly. Really full taste but little watery with some rich roast flavor.

Bottle. Pours black with reddish brown highlights, just a few bubbles for a head, fairly still. Swirling the glass brought no head either, just some spotted lace and dark brown streaks on the glass walls. Looks like one of those super high abv imp stouts. Not sure how I’ve been drinking the same brew as the other raters here. None on the first page mention hops in the aroma, whilst mine was just full of it. Loads of citrus, some resin, liquorice, dark yet sweet chocolate, sweet fruits, some vanilla. Plenty of hops on the tongue too. A fresh citrus hop wave hits first, before a sweeter malt medsection, with a big, bitter, burnt espresso and cocoa powder finish. It looks more or less flat, but there is a significant tingling in the tongue. Could perhaps have done with a bit more, to get a thicker body, as it’s left a wee bit thinner than I’d like. It’s a surprising brew, didn’t expect this much hops, and I certainly didn’t expect that massive espresso finish, when the aroma didn’t reveal anything coffee like at all. Said finish is actually a bit harsh, making it more of a sipper.

Beautiful deep auburn mahogany color. Brief yeast aroma, followed by intense dark chocolate. Chocolate flavor, with barleywine-strength alcohol and hop levels. Goes down smooth.

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.

chocolate,dark black,not a bad beige head,fades fairly quickly,good feeling on the palate,good strong bitterness,nice beer just not up to De Molen or Emelisse

Bottle, pours black with small tan head. Aroma is dark chocolate, coffee, roasted malts. Taste is bitter finish. Medium body. Good stout with lots of chocolate, maybe not that interesting but still very drinkable. Think ill forget some bottles a couples of years, might improve them.