Emelisse White Label Imperial Russian Stout Sorachi Ace Single Hop

Brewed by Bierbrouwerij Emelisse
Style: Imperial Stout
Kamperland, Netherlands

Serve in Snifter

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No head, motor-oil coloured & -viscous liquid. Cheesy nose, with a fresh herb as coriander leaf (cilandro) or bramblebush. Hint at camphor, but very dosed - intriguing. Blue cheese, black coffee, brown cacao powder, purple brambleberries, white mushrooms and fresh herbs - a flavourexplosion complex and layered as few, but yet perfectly in balance. Rich, full-bodied, warming and viscous. This is brainrackingly good. Kees, wow!

aroma:roasty, coffee Apearance black color, brown foam, Taste: coffee, roasty, , thick feel, soft carbonation, bitter,

Sampled @ Haand beer festival 2012. Black body with a small but dense beige head. The aroma is mild, roasted malt, coffee, dry fruit and some hops. Flavor is sweet, roasted malt, some smoke, coffee, dry fruit and quite bitter. Fine body, good aftertaste. Well balanced and really nice.

On tap at Haand beer festival 2012. Poured a black colour with a small white head. Aroma is roasted malts and coffee, but the Sorachi Ace hops is also present. Flavour is sweet and malty. Notes of coffee, caramel, chocolate and alcohol. Some hops as well.

(Bottle) Pours black with small light brown head. The aroma holds coconut milk, dill, mild roasted malt and a touch of alcohol. Hints of berries, milk, dark bread, corn based cereals, molasses and maybe some earthy spices. The flavour is light sweet, medium bitter and light acidic with notes of salt liquorice, roasted malt, subtle hops, spices and alcohol. The mouthfeel is soft,’round and bit numbing and tart from the alcohol. Light carbonation. Earthy liquorice, dark bread, hops and woodsy alcohol on the finish. Medium bodied.

330 ml bottle bought @ Être Gourmet. Smell is sweet with roasted malts, sweet dark spicy bread, alcohol, coriander seeds, dill seeds, lemon zest, cereal, wood, burnt caramel, caraway, dried flowers, mango, pineapple and hints of nutmeg and liquorice root. Taste is sweet, bitter and tiny metallic with dark sweet bread, alcohol, wood, dill seeds, unripe mango, orange peal, cumin, coriander seeds, hay, liquorice root, cereal, dried pineapple and hints of freshly cut grass and resin. Mouthfeel is intense, slightly boozy, very tiny tart and medium to full bodied. Finish is slightly sweet and bitter with dark bread, wood, ash, lemon balm, orange peal and dill. Strange but good...

Bottle. [thanks noize/skortila/caesar]
Deep black with a small, creamy, beige head. Aroma is kinda sweet, light bubblegum, roasted, light vinious. Medium carbonation, fine dry and kinda creamy mouthfeel. Flavour has roasted malts, light nutty, sweet resiny hops, very light vinious. Very dry grainy mouthfeel. Lovely.

Haandbryggeriet Festival 2012. Strong whisky aroma. Well balanced, smoky, smooth beer underneath.

On tap at Haand Festival 2012
Black, thin laced brown head. Smells of roasted malts, coffee, some chocolate. Taste is quite malty, medium to full sweet, some chocolate. Also some i supect is the soriachi hops. Full bodied, average carbonation. Nice bitter finish of the earthy kind

Bottle 33cl. Poors black with creme head. Aroma milk, malts, some alcohol. Nice bitter hops, coffee, choco, little bit sour. A good stout complex nice hop.

On tap@ Haand2012. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma of milky sweetness, some chocolate, hint of lemon and some coffee. Flavor is sweet and malty with some roasted notes, coffee, some alcohol and chocolate. Medium body, soft carbonation.