Drakes Drakonic Imperial Stout

Brewed by Drakes Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
San Leandro, California USA

Serve in Snifter

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Looks magnificent. Smell is roasty, a tad sweet and a hint of alcohol. The flavor is really quite good. Thick and chewy but not at oil levels. Really quite good stuff.
Earlier Rating: 11/15/2006 Total Score: 4.4
Smells and looks great. This is pretty tasty. Not too thick or heavy, and with a nice amount of hops in the finish. A good beer from a great style.

very nice smell, looks great and except for a metallic aftertaste, it tastes great too.

Delicious, dark, thick imperial. The mouth feel is luscious and the flavors are decadent. It has no head, which one of my only complaints. Otherwise its one of my favorite stouts. And certainly the best I’ve had on the west coast.

(Bottle 23/09-2011) Low brown head, pitch black color, roasted chocolate aroma, roasted coffee and chocolate taste combined with good bitterness.

Dark brown hue with a tint of red – thick coco colored head , small bubbles – nose of dark fruit coco , espresso , and milk chocolate – taste of coffee dark fruit coco , espresso , malty , and milk chocolate– thick creamy body with some acidity – aftertaste is black cherries a roasted malt taste, bright long , espresso , coffee and slight hops

UPDATED: NOV 4, 2006 500 ml (16.9 oz) flip-cap bottle via degarth (thanks!). Hahh, this is my 298th rating and my first flip-cap...are these things that rare? This is a very black pour with an average size dense tan head. Aroma is mild and i mostly detect vanilla and toffee. Flavor starts with some chocolate, then some coffee and licorice and ends in a bittersweet roasted cocoa. Some hops are apparent in the finish and aftertaste underneath the roasty/burnt malts. Medium body, average to high carbonation. Silky mouthfeel.

Flaske: Kulsort let tyktflydende øl med et meget lille mokkafarvet skumhoved. Duften sidder næsten i skabet. Masser af chokolademalt, og en tand vanilie selvom den ikke er fadlagret minder den en del om oak aged yeti.. Smagen er af den anden verden og ruller præcis som jeg kan lide en imperial stout. Fantastisk øl.

HUGE thanks to Flipbrewer for sending this to me! Ernie, you’re the man! I would have to assume it is 2004 vintage. Thick dark black body with a minimal brown head. Ever so slight shade of dark goldenrod around the edges. Extravagant aroma of roasted malts, lightly smoked wood, oily coffee, alcohol, raisins, plums, and dark chocolate. WOW! The taste is much sweeter than imagined. Nice semi-sweet chocolate with dark fruit, coffee, brown sugar, and rich caramels.The alcohol is there but fits in perfectly and is not over the top. There is a nice warming feeling from it as well. Palate is a bit oily and bittersweet. Silky smooth and lacking carbonation but it fits this perfectly. Finish is moderately bittersweet. More of the alcohol coming through again. NICE beer! Anyone know where I can get a case of this stuff???

Bottle at Post Zythos Struise Tasting 08. Really lovely aroma. Powdery choc. Quite a light impy stout. Only one hop used apparently. Roasted malts, but more subtle roasty/toasty than charcoal. Really soft. Bit of mintiness from the alcohol. Fresh and really rather good.

Some fennel/anise aromas atop everything here, a dark chocolate behind that, sharp and clear without oxidative or alcohol mess and those invariable complexities, the feel is opulent -- deep and rich frothing into a sopping devil’s food cake. The bitterness is nuanced, acting as chocolate bitterness with little trace of the herbal origin, back of the tongue and leaving with a trace of alcohol warmth. Well done.