Brodies Romanov Empress Stout Whisky BA

Brewed by Brodies
Style: Imperial Stout
London, England

Serve in Snifter

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CBC 2012, Copenhagen. Black beer with almost no head. Licorice, tar, vanilla, chocolate, dried dark fruits aroma.Similar flavour. very nice beer.

Tap @ Copenhagen Beer Celebration. Pours black, no head. Aroma of hard roasted malts, whisky, coffee, burnt caramel. Taste is hard roasted malts, coffee, hins of dark chocolate and burnt caramel, whisky, light booze. Medium body, low carbonation. Nice one. 110512

Copenhagen Beer Celebration, 2012. Pours black with bubbles on top. Roast, soy, ashes and salty liquorice. Mild whiskey. Smooth and slick. Nice.

Sample on tap at Copenhagen Beer Celebration. ABV was said to be 12.3%. Black colour, no head, minimal carbonation. Roasty aroma with notes of oak / whisky barrel, vanilla and coffee. Rich and warming mouthfeel. Roasty flavour, medium sweet, notes of strong coffee, salty liquorice, oak and peated whisky.

Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2012. Black beer with almost no head. Chocolate and licorice aroma, mint, vanilla, milky notes, toffee notes. Vanilla flavor, licorice, milky, chocolate, figs, hops, tar, pine notes. Bitter vinous finish with some alcohol.

Cask at King William IV, London during the Bunny Basher 3. Pours black-brown with a foamy-bubbly head. Roast, char and barrel in the nose with whiffs of bitter cocoa. Big sweet flavor with strong cocoa notes, booze, burnt wood. Full bodied, chewy with fine carbonation. Warm to hot on the finish with rich, bittersweet cocoa, burnt wood, roasted malts, peat, earth. Excellent barrel treatment. Good work, Brodies.

cask at brodies festival ... deep deep deep black ... thin tan lacing ... dark sweet malts ... light whisky but only just nose ... dark malts ... big blackcurrant toffee ... juicy oily body .. rich malts ... big chocolate ... soft whisky ... hint of cola... bloody nice

8th April 2012
At the Brewpub. A sneak preview courtesy of James Brodie. He asked me to be kind as it was still in the conditioning tank., he really didn’t need to ask as this is lovely! Opaque black - brown beer. Residual bubbly tan head. Smooth palate and semi dry. Carbonation is very low but that’s a good thing here. Lovely smooth malts with really well judged whisky that is very very smooth indeed. A little cream and a trace of wood. Dark fruits underneath. Whisper of spice. Smooth finish with more smooth smooth whisky and a little (pleasing) warmth. Smooth is the dominant word here - easily the smoothest BA Stout I’ve had - really delightful.

Leicht herber und malziger Beginn, im Verlauf süffiger aber langweilig laff. Die Herbe geht in bittere Noten über, das Röstmalzig ist gelungen, könnte aber noch intensiver sein. /8/9/10//9

UPDATED: JUN 4, 2012 Draft @ 5th ACBF 2012. A black colored beer, with a beige head. The aroma of dark malts with fruits and some notes of whisky, with vanilla. The taste of dark fruits, bitter dark malt, notes of whisky and a little alcohol. The aftertaste is nice bitter with some alcohol.