BrewDog Riptide

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

Serve in Snifter

Pours black, tan head. Aroma very roasty. Huge robust roast malt flavour, big bitterness. Hops are there a wee bit. It okay.

Bottled. Pours pitch black with à small Brown head. Smells tar and licorice. Tastes roasted malt, soy and licorice with à similar finish. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Black as the ace of spades, no hue shall pass thru this brew. Mocha brown head disipates quickly. Burnt roasted malt and dark fruit aroma. Intense dark roasted malt taste. Bitter chocolate and coffee. Dry bitter alcoholic finish makes this murky brew NFL (Not For Lagerboys)

1pt 6.4oz bottle as "Old World Russian Imperial Stout" 8.2%abv - poured a pitch black color with a medium sized off-white head. Aroma was dark, mild roast malt, with notes of coffee, chocolate. Flavor is chocolate. Rich, creamy. Pretty enjoyable. Alcohol is a bit noticeable.

Aroma of chocolate, coffee, licorice, smoke and tar, maybe a hint of vanilla paired with alcohol in the finish. Black body and a medium tan head. Flavour is the same as in the nose, paired with a sweet chocolate backdrop, not that bitter. Average palate. T: decent imp.

Btl. little and fading head, black. nose with dark fruits, liquorice, nice but atipical for brewdog and stout. semifull body a tight grip and some length. chockolate, sweet licuorice, Wow I like the mouthfeel.

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!!

750mL bottle pours deep mahogany with nice firm looking mocha head. The aroma has dark roasted malts, dark roasted coffee and a mild level of spicy black licorice. The taste is rich with plenty of dark roasted malts moving into near burnt malts and some spiciness kind of like black licorice. Wow this is lovely, rich, highly roasted and all good. I dig it!
Earlier Rating: 2/5/2009 Total Score: 3.5
Courtesy of THE tpd975. Pours deep brown with amber edges and almost no head. The aroma is roasty malts, mild wood and smoke to go along with a pulse of vanilla. The taste is roasty moving toward burnt malts and then into wood and mild smoky peatiness. Pretty nice stuff. It thins out into the finish. Starts bold and then finishes with smooth and light lingering notes of wood, peat, smoke and molasses.

From s bottle poured a dark brown color with a small amount of head. Light malty flavor with a quick finish.
Earlier Rating: 1/8/2010 Total Score: 3.6
From a bottle poured black with a small head. Nice toasted malty flavor with a bitter coffee finish.