East End Toaster - 4th Anniversary Imperial Stout

Formerly brewed at East End Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle. Black pour with brown head. Roasted coffee, dark sugar, and some light chocolate, next too a bit of alcohol warming. Ten percent isn’t hidden well at all.

1 liter swing-top; thanks alex!! pours thin, jet black with thin tan head forming along the edges; smoky and super dry; chocolate, roast and burnt toast; bitter coffee and burnt malts; level of smoky is mildly harsh at first, but as it warms a rich balance emerges; pretty damn good

Bottle from MaltOMeal.
Pours a deep black with an aroma of coppery chocolate powder and faint smoke. Flavor is smokey alcohol-soaked chocolate bacon. Lingers on the tongue. Very tasty.

Bottle shared by Smokepot23 at Woodshop 5.0 (2/20/10): Pours an oily opaque with a small froth of dark tan head. Aroma of sweet dark caramel and chocolate with a smooth dark fruitiness. Starts with good fullness and a rich dark chocolate flavor with earthy bittering hops and a smooth mocha finish. Well-balanced and fairly complex. A good imperial stout.

Big, flip-top bottle. Pours black with a brown head. Nose is smokey with roast malt, chocolate and coffee. Taste is of coffee and chocolate. Mouthfeel is medium-to-thick and creamy. Very nice.

A: A fantastic looking pour on this one! The beer is thick and black with a mild tan head. S: The nose is incredibly roasty and smokey. There’s a lot of roasted malt, char, and a slight vanilla and chocolate sweetness to it. T: The smoke character is even more intense in the flavor. The char is big and bold with some peat notes and a generally smokey flavor. The chocolate is not anywhere near as noticeable here. M: This is most definitely a full bodied beer with a low carbonation, which is great for big stouts like this one. D: The intense flavor makes this beer a bit tough to drink too much of, but the lack of alcohol presence in the nose or flavor does help out a bit.

1 L bottle. Dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is dark fruity and hard roasted malty. Smooth roasted and dark malty. Liqourice and dark breadish. Lingering dark malty finish. Smooth and nicely balanced.

Bottle. Pours deep brown with a tan head. Boozy sweet aroma with roasted malts and light notes of molasses. The flavor is roasty and chocolatey with some molasses sweetness and a light smoky edge. Pretty good.

UPDATED: FEB 20, 2010 Very good IS bottle brought from a rater from Capones for me, so I shared it with a couple people at the Rattle ’N’ Hum Cigar City Takes NYC event, best is sharing it with Wayne and Joe. Dark black, with a Caesar white head. Chocolately. Not different than other well brewed RIS about.

Growler. Poured a rich dark brown. Nose is bourbon and big roasted malts. Lightly carbonated but oh so drinkable. Strong rich big malts and lots of bourbon hints. Excellant.