Dark Horse Plead the 5th Imperial Stout

Brewed by Dark Horse Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Marshall, Michigan USA

Serve in Snifter

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Draft at Local Option. Pours pitch black with beautiful thick mocha colored head. Aromas of chocolate, roasted malts and dark fruits. Taste is slightly bitter with notes of roasted malts, espresso and chocolate. There’s a nice baalnce between the hoppier notes and the roasted malts. Smooth finish. Really, really nice.

Poured from bottle. Opaque, near black with a tiny mocha head and lacing that starts that initially coats the sides of the glass, but does not linger. Aroma of cocoa, roasted coffee, roasted malt and mild cherries. Taste of sweet roasted malt, cocoa, roasted coffee, charred oak and cherry. Medium/full body and medium carbonation. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle via UD in drop off trade. Ser, you da man! Black and biting at start. black patent roasted mostly. Body grows as it warms and all the nasty biting bits go away. No lacing. Head is splotch and filmy. Medium tan lily pads of carbonation. Slick and hardly a bit of alcohol is noticeable as it is consumed. My back feels great!..Tasty with Ramen noodles.

[5/5/13] Draught at Mikkeler & Friends in Copenhagen. Black with a brown head. Aroma of lots of dark chocolate, roastiness, liqueur-like notes and a bit of alcohol. Sweet flavor with dark chocolate, a bit of smokiness and a slightly bitter roasty finish. Full-bodied. Great.

pours oily black with a dark beige head, some retention and lacing. molasses, soy sauce, burnt caramel - some burnt candi and licorice too, very dark roastiness, roasted acidity, citrus, resin and coffee. boozy and light woodsy notes. soft carbonation, full body - oily, some sweetness, medium long resinous and bitter coffee finish. good impy.

Had a 2013 and a 2012 side by side. Both versions smelled very roasty. The older version did not have as much of a boozy smell. Noticeable taste difference between the two, more so as it warmed. The older version is much smoother, although both versions are very drinkable for 12%. I prefer the older, smoother version because the malty dark flavors come through much more.

On tap @ Mikkeller and Friends. Pours black with a small brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate and coffee. Taste pretty much aroma. Soft (and perfect) carbonation. Full bodied and creamy with lots of lacing. Really good imperial stout. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Draught at Mikkeller & Friends, Copenhagen, Denmark. Black with beige head. Dark chocolate aroma with some salmiak. Medium bodied, soft carbonation. Semi dry, medium bitterness.

2013 bottle. 5/6/13. Pours deep brown-black with a thin brown head. Aroma is vanilla, caramel, dark fruits, roast malts, wood, chocolate, hint of bubblegum. Taste is big and complex; alcohol, chocolate, caramel, dark fruits, floral, lots of bitter hops, molasses; finish is long, bitter, chocolate, coffee. Some nice lacing. Medium-low carbonation; appropriate. Mouth feel is thick, creamy, full-bodied. The alcohol, while still very apparent, is well-hidden. Doesn’t taste like 11%. It’s a huge, full-flavored, memorable experience. Easily the most aggressive of the 5 stouts. Certainly the one to write home about.

Draught at Mikkeller and Friends 2013-05-04 Köpenhamn AR: dark thick rich chocolate, vanilla AP: dark dark brown, wee frothy brown head F: heavy chocolate, rich roasted malt, white sugery feeling, wee roasted red berries, and a small dryness