Emelisse White Label Imperial Russian Stout (Ardbeg BA )

Brewed by Brouwerij Emelisse
Style: Imperial Stout
Kamperland, Netherlands

Serve in Snifter

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Black, tan head. Chocolate and beef jerky on the nose – a good amount of peat in here overlaying the cacao and molasses. Flavor is a bit boozier, with the smoke holding out until the end. Not too thick, very drinkable, with a really lovely peat overtone. Really nice – great balance between the peat and sweetness of the underlying stout.

Bottle @ ACBF2012. Pours ink black, a bit shiny. Peated nose, very strong one dimensional aroma’s, but in a good way. Chinese ink & soy sauce up front, something iodine like in it. Slick MF, a bit salty taste. Very balanced, more a Porsche than a Dodge Viper.

33 cl bottle @ Gastropub Tuulensuu, Tampere.
Pours deep dark red, almost black color with no head. Aroma of very strong whiskey, dark malts, some chocolate and cocoa and mild wood and vanilla notes. Flavour of whiskey, malts, cocoa, vanilla and hints of coffee. More like a whiskey than a beer.
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Bottle. Pours very dark, almost black, with a very little but coloured creamy head. Aroma is definitely smoky, with notes of burned malts, peat, BA oak and some sweet toffee thrown in. The body is full and oily, with a very soft carbonation. Flavour is nice and dark with chocolate, liquorice and coffee. Nice finish.

Draft @ acbf. Aroma is huge roast, coffee, liquorice and more. Thin layer of peaty ardbeg covering the whole. Nice. Flavour is a nice balance between the beer and the whiskey. The roast had some smoke over it, the malt some peat, the coholate some wood. Nice one.

330ml bottle from Bieresgourmet. Vertical with Sorachi Ace version

Pours pitch black with a light brown head. Aroma of strong peated notes, roasty malts, hints of smoke and licorice. Taste is strongly peated and smoked with some hints of roasty malts, licorice, vanilla and oak. Finish is again heavy on peaty notes, with some smooth licorice and wooden notes. Awesome if you like Islay whiskies, but the peatiness dominates perhaps a bit too much.

Sample from bottle at Haand Festival 2012
Black, thin laced tanned head. Smells of peaty and smoky islay whisky, some liquorice, coffee and roasted malts hidden behind that islay wall. Fantastic aroma i must say. Nice malty body, heavy sweet, then there really is some nice dark flavors ruled by the peaty whisky. Full body, soft carbonation, some bitter finish. This is beer for the whisky lover for sure

330ml bottle. Pours almost black, with a brown head. Huge, clearly smoky aroma, malt, chocolate, oak, vanilla, peat, coffee, tobacco. Semi-sweet, full bodied, medium bitterness, balanced CO2. Very smoky, oaked taste, vanilla, peat, iodine, malt, coffee beans, tobacco. Complex, slightly burning, ashy finish. (2012-09-01)

Aroma di Whisky torbato con note di liquirizia, caffè e malti tostati. Perfetta corrispondenza naso-bocca.

Pours an average light brown frothy head that mostly diminishes. Body is flat black. Aroma contains roasted and burnt malts, caramel, milk chocolate, mild coffee, grass, orange and lemon, dough, leather, earth, banana, grape, raisin, cask wood, smoke, licorice, alcohol, spices, peat and whiskey. Flavor starts off light acidic and light bitter, to go to sweet and light bitter and to finish peaty and bitter. Body is medium to full with creamy texture and soft carbonation. Less fruity and more peaty than Emelisse standard Russian Imperial Stout. The Ardbeg whiskey brings a nice addition to the flavors but doesn't improve the beer, just changes it.