Scotch Irish John By Imperial Stout

Kichesippi Beer Company
Formerly brewed at Heritage Brewing Limited
Style: Imperial Stout
Ottawa, Canada

Serve in Snifter

The aroma of this is very light, with some sweet malts, but nothing utterly distinguishable. It pours a lovely deep dark brown with an light almond thick head, that lingers quite some. For taste, perhaps one of the more subtle stouts i’ve had - dark liquorice, dark cherries, and an alcoholic taste - contrary to what the commercial description states. The mouth feel is moderately full-bodied. All in all a mediocre stout.

Near black pour with heavy root beer head. Toffee, wood, liquid smoke, sourness. Coffee, bitter chocolate, roast, kind of a burnt vegetal, liquid smoke taste. Slick sourness, not a creamy taste. Thin mouthfeel, might have liked a more robust malt body. Finish is dry, bitter coffee. Not loving it. Smell is grossly overpowering.

pours black, brown head. pretty standard for an imperial stout. heavy creamy mouthfeel. not bad, hard to drink more than a little though.

This actually wasnt too bad, it had a taste pretty bitter. roasty malts and black in colour

Bouteille de 341 ml achetée chez LCBO (Ottawa, ONT). Arôme: Odeur de café torréfié avce une pointe fruitée. Apparence: La couleur est noire opaque. Présence d’un large col brun mousseux et d’une large dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de café avec une pointe de lactose. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement onctueuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Légère présence de café au lait en arriere goût. (Rating #3473)

(From TheJester, thanks!) Le liquide dévoile une robe brune, à la limite d’être noire. Une large tête mousseuse s’impose et perdure. Le nez est fait de grains lourdement rôtis aux parfums de café fort et de légère fumée. Des pointes fruitées finissent par accompagner des effluves de cacao et de vanille. L’alcool me semble bien caché. Le goût est efficace mais cependant plus monotone avec des notes franches de grains maltés rôtis qui, dans leur robuste élan enfumée, étouffent toute saveur apaisante. En bouche, le liquide a un corps moyen avec une effervescence modérée et une texture légèrement crémeuse. La finale est costaude et longue de notes amères de torréfaction et de notes amères de houblons.

Bottle shared with McBerko. I brought it to the tasting and it’s a bottle I have had cellared for at least 6 years. You can tell it’s unlike recent bottlings due to the 6.7% alcohol content listed on the label (now 8.5%). Pours a solid black with tan head. Aroma is immediate cause for concern. There’s some typical stout notes here stuffed down by a medicinal, turpentine scent. Apparently this beer does not age as well as I had hoped, perhaps the alcohol content wasn’t high enough. Taste is not horrific but, having had this many times before rating it, the beer just doesn’t represent itself as it should. For that reason my rating should be considered provisional until I can re-rate with a fresh bottle.

Bottle LCBO Pours near black with generous tan head. Aroma of roasted malts and black molasses. Full bodied, moderately carbonated. Some sweetness in flavour finishing with bitterness. Not the most interesting stout I’ve tasted but satisfying.