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Dark Star Imperial Stout


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94
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An Imperial Stout brewed by
Dark Star

Haywards Heath, England

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713.76/5.03.73/5.0Special10.5%48.4 Snifter P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Cask & Bottle Conditioned;
Imperial Stout is a truly special beer which harks back to the days when English brewers exported strong stouts and ports to the Baltics. Brewed with a high proportion of roasted barley and target hops, this is complex beer with a big flavour. Our bottle conditioned Imperial Stout has been aged at the brewery so you may enjoy it now, although it will continue to improve for many years.

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 downender (1510), Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20

Jul 22, 2008  
2007 Bottle from Utobeer. Cola coloured with a minimal tan head. Sweet aroma of milk chocolate,prunes, figs and some hard to place spice. Flavour had more sweet chocolate, along with roasted malt, vanilla and a touch more fruit. The finish had plenty of warming alcohol and a lot of dryness. Drinkable, but I preferred Harvey’s by a long way.

 fonefan (4328), Ulfborg, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Aug 10, 2008  
Bottle @ the Horse school WSF-08 afterparty in Opstal.
Clear dark black color with a average, frothy, good lancing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, chocolate, alcohol notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily - smooth, carbonation is soft. (240508)


Mitch_Wayne (77), Kokkola, Finland
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Aug 7, 2008  
Quite simple impy and lacking the grace of many weaker ones. I mostly just taste and smell liquorice in this and there was something unpleasantly medicinal/liquerlike in this, maybe it is just the combination of anis and liquorice that rubs me the wrong way.


 goozen (740), Leiden, Netherlands
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/104/516/20
Jul 19, 2008  
Botle: Opaque black stout thats have its bitter moments and some chocolate, coffee and hints of plume.


 Doppelganger (1112), Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/516/20
Jul 9, 2008  
Bottle, from Fin. Been looking for this one for ages—really kind of you to get this for me mate! Shiny black pour, sandy tan head. Cocoa, mahogany, chalk and cinnamon aroma. A little whiff of quinine around the edges. A sip: Mmmm. Red velvet cake. Coffee laced with rum. Chaser of chalk dust. Surprisingly light body for the abv. Lots of flavor and deceptively drinkable.




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