Drakes Drakonic Imperial Stout

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

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle from pangea. Black in color. Light brown head. Silky taste. Slight coffee taste. With a toffee flavor..

65cl, new American brew Anno 2011, from De Bierkoning Amsterdam, complex Stout, roasted/bitter and slightly spicy/sweet, balanced, hazy, good head, very good brew, yet expensive

Bottle from the Davis Beer Shoppe. Pours a dark brown almost black. Smells of chocolate, licorice and all that good stuff. This beer is right up my alley. Just a little too bitter for my taste.
Earlier Rating: 12/7/2007 Total Score: 4.3
Pours a dark brown with a brown head. Smells of chocolate and coffee. A sweet beer that is smooth from start to finish. One of my favorite beers.

Bottle @ Danish Summer Gathering, Ulfborg 2011. Pitch black with a dense, ceramy brown lasting head. Roasted malt aroma, chocolate, vanilla, some coffee and licorice. Similar flavours. Nice bitterness in the dry finish. Very smooth and well crafted.

(22oz bottle from norm). Pours dark brown with khaki head. Aroma is chocolate, caramel, coffee. Taste is roasty bitter and semi-sweet. Medium bodied and oily. Dry, bitter finish. Not a big fan.

Dark brown color, brown head. Roast, molasses, char, cocoa. Flavor is roasty, espresso, bitterness on the finish. Nice.
Earlier Rating: 8/20/2011 Total Score: 4.3
Dark blackish and a nice beige head. Aroma of chocolate, coffee, molasses, sweet dark toffee. Flavor is awesome. Lots of chocolate, coffee, molasses, rich flavors...just awesome.

Bomber. Naturally pitch black with a dense layer of chocolate malt head. The aroma is sweet and roasty with lots of dark chocolate, roast malt, licorice and molasses notes. It tastes fairly similar although it’s a little more bitter and less sweet. The most dominant flavors are roasted malt, bittersweet chocolate and dark roast coffee with some brown sugar and citrusy hops bitterness. The body is silky smooth and creamy with plenty of carbonation to hold it together. The finish is mostly bitter and roasty with a little bit of licorice at the end. Yet another high quality brew from Drake’s and proof that it can brew dark beers as well as its hops bombs.

Pours brown-black with a thick dark head. Aroma is chocolate, coffee, a touch of peat and some mild hoppiness. Flavor is neither too sweet nor dry; chocolate, coffee, some smoke and a surprising hop character round out this beer making it very drinkable and enjoyable.

Great beer for displaying delicious malt, not soo strong, not too complicated. Dark brown look, fine medium brown head. Hard roasted malt aroma, mostly chocolate, grain, cocoa and mild vanilla. Great balanced flavor, medium chocolate sweetness, ashy dry feeling, mild peat, mild bitter roasted. Very well craftet.

Poured from the 22. Aroma is typical for the style, some dark fruits, and licorice. Palate was like silk, very nice. Flavor is of coffee, and chocolate, very nice. Typical but with a bit extra. Can feel the alcohol, but it doesn’t finish to dry, very drinkable.