BrewDog Sink the Bismarck

Brewed by BrewDog
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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UPDATED: NOV 6, 2011 Hazy orange red pour. This stuff burns like hell but i’ve had worse. Intense malty aroma. Lots of caramel and of course tons of alcohol. Lots of sugar. Really just syrup and alcohol. Some grain and alcohol, but really nothing but sugar and booze. I had about a 1.5 oz pour and I could barely finish it.

Caramel colour, no head. Very hoppy aroma, lots of alcohol, reminding of wood, vanilla, varnish. Flavour sweetish alcohol, hops, wood, reminding of young whisky. Interesting as an experiment. Insane beer.
(From 33cL bottle @ DRBM 2011, courtesy of dEnk)

Appearance: Pours a clear, dark amber-hued body. It’s still, but check out those legs.

Smell: Lacquery, quick-drying wood varnish, some perceived earthy hops, some caramelized sugars, but it’s quite sharp and quite painful.

Taste: Rasping hop bitterness and coarsely fusel akin to a poisoning sip of rubbing alcohol. A beer that quickly leaves you flustered and out of patience (and money).

Mouthfeel: It’s hard to distinguish the viscosity of the beer as your mouth starts writhing the instant it hits your tongue.

Overall: Unenjoyable and undrinkable. A proudly gimmicky, unnecessary beer at an equally obscene price.

UPDATED: OCT 24, 2011 Bottle @ drbm. Aroma is huge hoppy earthy blueish cheese madness. Flavour is huge hoppy sharp hoppy madness. Very alcoholic. This is beer?

Doft: Sprit till en början, sött fruktigt, chili Färg: Rostbrun, rödaktig Smak: Stark, söt och tydlig smak av chili Liknar inget annat, förvånansvärt tydlig ölsmak

UPDATED: FEB 25, 2012 Pours a dead amber color that seems very viscous. I prefer this aroma and actually found I prefer the sink the bismarck over tactical nuclear penguin. Even though the alcohol is still very prevalent, it is surprisingly drinkable.. in the recommended small amounts, obviously. Still no way it is worth the price, but fun to try.

Det här var en spännade upplevelse, flera hade tidigare sagt att den bara smakade sprit, som tur var höll jag inte alls med. Jag tyckte verkligen att det här var en god ’öl’ med mycket smak av humle och lakrits. Men som sagt det här var en trevlig upplevelse som jag gärna om och den gången kanske man kan ta mer än endast 1cl.

Clear copper amber with no head. Malty sweet boozy aroma with toffee, caramel and heavy alcohol plus maybe a hint of dried fruits. Taste is sweet malty and heavy boozy with caramel, toffee and licorice and herbs. Full bodied with no carbonation. Tasty but very boozy and burning. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Pours like a scotch (i.e., thick), amber with no head. Surprising aroma of hops. No real alcohol aroma to it, just a strong resin hops. Taste of hops resin hits you like a ton of bricks. Almost puckering effect at the end. This one could kill you. If I hadn’t known, I would never have guessed 41%. Well played, BrewDog.

Well, I’m not one to brag, but this is a pretty impressive tick. Available at Plumpjack and Willow Market. Clear deep amber in color with minimal head. Viscous looking, and OMG this isn’t even a dark beer WTF! Just kidding, I’m a professional. The aroma is actually nice. Enormous hop smell invades your nose and some sweet caramel and toffee is in there as well. Rather spicy too. Oh and a bit of booze...but not 41% of booze. The flavor is like a concentrated DIPA from the east coast or a barleywine. Gigantic sweet caramel and toffee malts with an earthy hoppiness. Lots of IBUs for sure. Full-bodied as all hell with low carbonation. Not as boozy as you’d expect actually. You can feel the big alcohol warmth on the mouthfeel though. In this case, the ticker’s mantra "2 ounces is all you need" definitely applies here. You don’t want more than that. Gets harsher as it goes. But those 2oz were actually pretty enjoyable, crazily enough.