Eskilstuna Fristadens Stolta Imperial Stout

Brewed by Eskilstuna Ölkultur
Style: Imperial Stout
Eskilstuna, Sweden

Serve in Snifter

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Bottled. Pours out in a black colour with a small bubbly beige head. Roasted malts, anise, dark and mild peppery alcohol in the aroma. Nearly full-bodied with notes of dark burnt malts, black chocolate, mild caramel and black pepper. Anise, mild black pepper, dark chocolate and mild alcohol in the finish.

Sour smell of burned and smoky malt and burnt coffee. Large taste of hard roasted malt, soy sauce, burnt coffee and a little licorice. Slightly burnt and bitter aftertaste. There is a slightly fruity aroma in the flavor that in a positive way lifts in the other heavy flavors of burnt coffee and heavily roasted malt. The fact that the beer has an ABV of 9% is not noticed. A nice Imperial Stout, to belong to the variety of Stout’s with pretty burnt taste (which is not my favorite).

Soja, lakrits choklad samt kaffe doftas. Men...men...smaken är trevlig och välbalanserad men...vart tog den lilla söta kolsyran vägen..ingen som vet? De faller plakat då jag anser att kolsyran livar upp och lyfter fram smaker..Så STORT MINUS där. Behaglig lätt beska på slutet...Slutsats: Gör om gör rätt!

Bottle. Opaque, deep black liquid with minimal, thick mocca head. Really small head, had to pour really slow to build it up at all. Aroma is quite roasted with notes of coffee, licorice, dark chocolate, smoke/ash, some yeasty esters, caramel and very light grassy hops. Taste is also roasted with a light sweetness and medium bitterness. Lots of ash and very dark roasted coffee. Too much black patent malt? The mouthfeel is way too light for an imperial stout. Light bodied and quite watery with low carbonation. OK imperial stout but it really lets down on some critical points: Not enough sweetness to balance the roasted notes, too light body and too low carbonation. Nice aroma though.

As it warmed up the roastedness became less aggressive and the body a bit thicker, so I upped the score a bit.

Bottle shared at Olstugan Tullet, Goteberg. Black pour with a beige head. Pretty standard chocolate, coffee, roasted aroma. Same in flavour with a bitter dry finish. Full bodied and low carbonation.

On tap at Malmö Brygghus. Very dark brown with a small brown head. Malty with fruity notes. Malt, fruit, licorice and chocolate. Full body with a very nice, bitter sweet after taste.

Bottle at Papsø’s - Thanks. Pitch black - brown head. Dry burned, fruity, toasted, nutty, high malty, light hoppy, sweet malty body, ocoa, alcoholic, coffee, light alcoholic finish.

Bottle. Black with a medium tan head. Aroma of licorice, roasted malt, ash and some smoke. Roasted taste with licorice, chocolate, smoke and some notes of ham. Descent.

Draught.Black colour with medium beige head.Aroma of chocolat and rosted malt,full body and coffee and caramel flavor aswell overall very nice beer.

pitch dark ,smooth light brown head. aroma is roasted malts, wood, bitteress, faint sort of licorice, pretty nice. flavor is roasted malts, coffee, coffee powder, hard roasted malts, nicely bitter.

Bottled. A pitch black beer with a dark brown head. The aroma has notes of chocolate, roasted malt, and alcohol. The flavor is sweet with notes of chocoalte, roasted malt, soy sauce, and alcohol, leading to a dry chocolate finish.