Central Waters Peruvian Morning Imperial Stout

gtmw 08...thanks to marc for handing over the majority of his pour for me to try.....poured a dark milk chocolate brown with a thin film of frothy off-white head.... coffee, caramel, and vanilla scents make up the aroma....flavors of coffee, chocolate, toffee with some added roast in the flavor profile. comes off relatively sweet with soft to mild carbonation.

GTMW 2008: Ruby brown hue with a creamy off-white head and very good lace. The aroma has big vanilla and coffee vapours with some hazelnut and over-roasted malt... yep smells like a Starbucks vanilla mocha!

The taste is sweet and boozy with some chocolate bitters, Lush and viscous with a lively edge. A solid brew but seems to need a tad more hop character.

Name: Peruvian Morning
Date: 08/09/2008
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, Great Taste

Appearance: muddy brown, fine beige head,
Aroma: chocolate and butterscotch aroma witha nice dose of coffee,
Body: creamy body,
Flavor: rich dark chocolate and coffee flavor, bitterness follows the coffee,

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

Aroma is wow! Chocolate, sweet malt, coffee in ass loads, and vanilla. Taste is bourbon, vanilla, some butter, dark coffee, chocolates. This is very nice. Laces well and finishes with a slight sourness.

On tap at GTMW. Poured deep brown with a shorter cap of dark beige head. The aroma picked up deep, well-roasted coffee all the way through with lovely vanilla bean accents.. succulent! The flavor starred well-roasted coffee as well with a sweet vanilla twist.. drier on the edges with dark chocolate and coffee bitterness.. more sour on the back with a long, grainy finish. Medium-plus bodied with an odd building sourness as it progressed.. despite that, still an excellent brew!