Emelisse White Label Imperial Russian Stout (Glen Elgin BA)

Brewed by Brouwerij Emelisse
Style: Imperial Stout
Kamperland, Netherlands

Serve in Snifter

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Pitch black, opague colour with a light brown head. Smells coffee, roasty, chocolate, alcohol and peat. Tastes coffee, roasty, dark chocolate, alcohol, whisky, wood and peat. No carbo, full body.

33cl bottle @ Arendsnest Amsterdam, shared with Dutchdrebus. Pitch black opague color, small off-white to brown head that diminishes quite fast. Smell coffee, alcohol, whisky, wood, oak and a light sweetness. Taste dark and roasted, maybe even burned malts, alcohol and coffee plus sweetish-chocolate. Medium to full body, low carbo.

From bottle @ ACBF 2012. Toffee and whisky in the aroma. Dark chocolate. maple syrup. Malty sweet flavor with toffee, oak, whisky and caramel. Dry out effect. Warming alcohol.

Bottle @ 5th ACBF 2012. A pitch black colored beer, with almost no head. The aroma of vanilla with wood, chocolate notes, dark malt and some gentle whisky notes. The taste of dark fruits, vanilla, wood notes with whisky. The aftertaste is nice bitter with a little sweet.

Wow. If I took a blind taste test I would called this Bourbon County Stout bases on my previous knowledge. Pours thick and black with a small brown head. Nose is rich vanilla and chocolate, heavy alcohol notes, a little coffee and some nutty notes. Taste is sweet and rich, small amount of bitter for the balance. Mouthfeel is creamy and silky. Long aftertaste.

Bottle at ACBF 2012. Black - brown head. Smokey, peated, licorice, sweetenss, sweet malty, oiley body, earthy, fruity, dark chocolate, whiskey, oakey, roasted malts.

Bottle at ACBF 2012. Pitch black coloured with a very small beige head. Sweet and roasted aroma of liquorice, coffee and dark chocolate with notes of whisky. Sweet and roasted flavour of liquorice and dark chocolate with notes of oak and whisky. Sweet and roasted finish.

UPDATED: OCT 12, 2012 Draft @ acbf. Aroma is huge roast, smoky malt and whiskey, coffee, liquorice and more. Subtle coat of fruity and full Glen Elgin. In the flavour the whiskey takes a more dominant position. The roast is pushed to the back while the malts come more upfront. Fruity notes, smokey notes. Nice one.

Bottle @ ACBF 2012: pitch black with a nice decent mocha head, sweet caramel malts blending with the Glen Elgin, honey, nectar, slight hint of smoke, taste is sweet, hints of molasses, brown sugar, dark, slightly roasted malts, caramel, dark fruits, caramel malts, honey & sweetness blending seemlesly with the Glen Elgin flow into the finish, seamless marriage, caramel, fluent body, damn those Emelisse whiskey beers

33cl Bottle from De Bierkoning. Black colour, no head. Aroma of sweet Glen Elgin (tasted this beer side-by-side with the single malt), which is honeyish, fruity, slightly floral, sweet coffee, some alcohol, roasted malts. Flavour is sweet, coffee, lovely Glen Elgin presence, hard roasted malts, bon-bons, still never overly sweet, light alcohol and roasted malts bitter finish. Fullbodied, no carbonation. Loved it.