Dark Star Imperial Stout

Brewed by Dark Star
Style: Imperial Stout
Horsham, England

Serve in Snifter

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Black with a small off-white head. Aroma of chocolate, licorice, and vineous alcohol. Sweet, roasted flavour, with a drying burned finish.

Bottle courtesy of Hugh (non-RB). Pours pitch black with a small brownish gray head that quickly dissipates without leaving much trace on the glass. Smell is sweet with toasted malts, wood, vanilla, plums, very ripe oranges, orange zest, raisins, dark bread and alcohol. Taste is sweet, tiny bitter and tiny sour with plums, grapes, orange zest, roasted malts, dark bread, alcohol, burnt caramel and hints of banana. Mouthfeel is round, tiny tart and medium bodied. finish is tiny sweet, slightly bitter and tiny sour with dark grapes, toasted malts, dark bread, burnt caramel and orange zest.

33cl bottle courtesy of and shared with _angst_ Brune foncée, col fin beige. Bouquet fruité noir, laissant passé un alcool bien présent. Profile malté, caramel gardant ce côté très British, le tout reste léger malgré les 10%, note malt cara/pâle et chocolat? sur une pointe d’amertume houblonnée et pomme caramel, le tout reste assez faiblard en fin de bouche.

Pours dark brown with a small beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, soy, chocolate, liquorish and dried fruit. Flavour is roasted malt, soy, chocolate and liquorish. Dry.

Pours a clear and dark brown/black beer with a beige head. The aroma is malt, soy, roasted, licorice and dried fruit. The flavor follows the nose. The palate is sweetness. Overall an average beer.

33 cl bottle consumed on May 4, 2012. Thanks to _angst_!
Dark brown to black color, small light brown head. Ripe banana, solvents, chocolate scent, alcohol. Alcohool, solvents, fruity, glue, chocolate taste. Solvents and chocolate aftertaste. Medium to smooth mouthfeel, medium high bitterness.

Botella de 330ml. Copa Lager. Saboreada en abr´12. Espuma broceada, capa fina pero persistente. En nariz maltas torrefactas y matices cítricos. Maltas y sutil agrio – ciruela verde- con bajo amargor al primer sorbo. De repente una inesperada explosión de lúpulo que crea un seco paladar. Toques de madera y crianza, viscosidad agadable. Cuerpo intenso y carbonatación suave. Final lígeramente tartárico. Comentario: las notas de barril producen un desequilibrio de sabores. Vamos a darle una oportunidad y la conservaremos en bodega ya que creo que su complejidad nos reserva sorpresas. ¡ Ya veremos ¡ 330ml bottle. Lager glass. Enjoyed on apr´12. Tan froth, thin lasting crown. Roasted malts & citric hues to the nose. Malts & subtle sourness – green plum-, low bitterness at first sip. Then unexpected hoppy explosion creates a dry palate. Wood & aged hues, gentle viscosity.Full body, soft carbonation. Slightly tartar finish. Comment: barrel notes produce unbalanced flavor. I´ll give it an opportunity so I´ve picked it up to my cellar since I think its complexity reserves nice surprises. We´ll see!

2010 bottle@home for #IMPOFF 700th rate! I’ve previously tried a 5yo version of this. Really uncctuous this one, evil black beer with fluffy tan head. Aromas of blackcurrant and molasses. Tobacco features heavily in taste, alongside roast barley and warming booze. Long finish with a touch of marmite.

Bottle. Pours a cloudy brown with small off white head leaving spotty lacing. The aroma is roasted malt and chocolate. Thin mouthfeel with a sweet roast and sweet finish. A good Imperial stout from Dark Star.

On cask at The Caley. A black beer with a lacy tan head. Aroma of alcohol, liquorice and caramel. Similar flavours with a fairly bitter, burnt toast finish. Mild carbonation and an oily mouth-feel. A long warming alcohol hum. OK but alcohol does overpower with this one.

pours deep black/brown with a tanned head. aroma of molasses, coffee, almond, some chocolate. taste is sweet but well balanced, some cherry, some spice, lots of alcohol. a dry coffee bitterness comes through in the finish. smooth, perhaps a little thin, but its a good example.