Eel River Ravens Eye Imperial Stout

bomber from the cheese man! thanks! typical RIS pour, very black, nice tan head. Aroma is ALL roasted malt, some smoke, and a touch of dark roasted soy sauce. Flavour is super roasty, with touches of coffee, chocolate, and lots of roasty smokiness. NOt a bad impy at all, i love how roasty it is, and you dont get smacked over the head with hops.

22oz Bomber - Gravity Beer Market - Olympia, WA
Aroma – Good deep dark malt aroma. Lots of Chocolate and coffee aroma.
Appearance – Dark Brown in color, Light head and clear.
Flavor – Huge Dark beer. Dark malts and a lot of extra Coffee and Chocolate flavors.
Palate – Nice Mouthfeel, Good Gritty texture with a decent finish.
Overall – A very nice beer to drink. Huge flavor. Lots of character. This was not a beer for the wimpy light beer drinkers. This was put out for us who can handle the good stuff.

A very average/slightly below average impy. Aroma was very weak for the style. Chocolate mostly. Pour was a deep dark brown with a one finger off white head. Taste was thin and watery. Mostly chocolate malt with a bitter espresso aftertaste on the back of the tongue. Decent carbonation. Hides the alcohol wonderfully. I’ll give it that.

22oz. Bottle: Aroma of chocolate, roasted malts, alcohol, soy sauce, and mocha. Poured black in color with a medium-sized, dense, light brown head that lasted throughout. Clear. Lightly sparkling. Lightly sweet flavor. Tastes of chocolate, malts, roasting, mocha, burnt malts, alcohol, and coffee. Medium to full body. Thick, creamy, then chalky texture. Average carbonation. Burnt malt finish.

22oz bottle. Not very impressed with this brew. Pours a deep, mostly hazed brown. Head was foamy and light beige in color, not much lacing. Pretty much your standard stout nose and flavor.....chocolate, coffee, and some dark fruits, very faint. Not the worst, not the best.

22 oz. bottle. Pours black with a moderate light brown head that completely disappeared after the first sip. Pleasant aroma of roasted malt and chocolate with lots of alcohol vapors. The flavor is again roasted malt with chocolate, which is then washed over with a strong alcohol flavor. There is plenty of heat from the alcohol, which lingers well beyond the swallow. A decent impy stout, but there are a good many others I would have again over this one.

Man, this is one boring imperial stout - looks like a glass of cola - some light herbal character in the aroma, with very faint roastiness, but you’ve got to inhale deeply to pick anything up - soft mouthfeel, thin-bodied (for the style) - bittersweet flavor reminiscent of nothing in particular, with notes of corn syrup, toffee, coffee - fairly well-masked alcohol, but it still burns a bit in the finish - lacking character in pretty much every respect - a highly forgettable brew.

Bottle: Black, tan head and nice lacing. Nose of nag champa, bright roast and alcohol, some coffee. Nice mellow caramel and light cocoa character. Clean and balanced. Good!