Evolution Craft Brewing Menagerie #5

Brewed by Evolution Craft Brewery
Style: Imperial Stout
Salisbury, Delaware USA

Serve in Snifter

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Tap at Churchkey. The pour is a clear ruby looking near black with a small, tan head. No lace. (Will give this the benefit of the doubt given Churchkey’s reputation for terrible pours) Nose is sweet dark fruits with raisins and a small amount of apple. Fairly muted nose overall. Taste is soft and sweet, raisin-heavy and chocolate/silk upfront moving to cardboard, ash, and earthy/dirt bitterness in the mid and finish. No bourbon character.

Bomber shared at Justin’s. Aroma is amazing of vanilla and anise and leather. Taste is much more subtle, but still incredible. Thank you brutha.

22oz bottle shared by Doug, thanks
Appearance: Black with a medium sized tan head and good lacing
Aroma: Roasted malts, bourbon, oak and vanilla
Taste: Dark roasted malts, coffee, bourbon, vanilla with some hot alcohols
Very nice and enjoyable. Still has some heat, but smooth. Lot’s of bourbon, but not over done.

22 oz bottle. A pure black color with a medium brown head. A great bourbon and roast nose. A warm dry roasty flavor, dusty, hot bourbon. Sweet, very dry whiskey. Peat. A bit hot but nice.

[Draft @ Henlopen City Oyster House] Opaque black color with a medium sized, tan head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of vanilla, bourbon, roasted malts, cocoa, some dark fruits, a bit of smoke, and some alcohol. Taste of roast, cocoa, some smoke, vanilla, and bourbon, with some alcohol in the finish.

A: The beer pours very dark brown, almost black, with a finger of tan head. S: Plenty of roasted malts and espresso-like coffee notes to this. Lots of chocolate with a little bit of vanilla, booze, and oak. The bourbon comes off a bit too hot and almost solvent-like. T: The flavor is a bit better. Definitely still boozy with some nice fruit notes which balance out the intense roast and charred oak flavors. A bit of dark chocolate, vanilla, and bourbon. M: Medium bodied with a somewhat high level of carbonation. O: The nose wasn’t very good, but the flavor wasn’t too bad. Don’t think I need to have this one again, though.

Bottle courtesy of yourefragile last night. Served in a Hill Farmstead long-stem tulip. Pours a moderately-dark brown with a thin off-white head and a good collar throughout. Nose brings forward mild bourbon and a bit of light cream. Faint roast and a bit of chocolate as well. Nothing too strong or complex. The flavor is about the same -- light bourbon notes as well as light roast and a bit of chocolate. Fairly creamy. The mouthfeel is the highlight of this one -- nice and creamy with a smooth finish after a medium-heavy body. Pretty good, but not fantastic.

(22oz bottle) Pours an opaque black body with a medium tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, lactose, bourbon, and chocolate. Flavor of chocolate, roasted malt, vanilla, raisins, wood, and caramel.

Served on draft at Beer Run in Charlottesville, VA on 7/13/11. Pours a reddish dark brown color with a medium sized creamy tan head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of bourbon, wood, maple, roasted malts, chocolate, faint bitter hops, faint booze. The taste is roasted malts, bourbon, chocolate, booze and minty hops. Medium bodied.

This poured a dark brown color with a beige head. Aroma was mild bourbon, some light roasted malts and not much else. Flavor was a bit bland for an impy light milk chocolate and roasted with some wet bourbon character. Eh.

22oz bottle @RBSG-pours a light tan ring for a head and brown color. Aroma is roasty dark malt, some acidic, wood. Taste is bourbon then roasty dark malt, some acidic, wood.