4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20Draft at World of Beer (Tampa Palms). Pours a extremely dark brown color with a mild tan head. Sudsy tan sheet of lacing along the glass. Aroma is dominated by dark roasted coffee and bittersweet chocolate. Flavor is quote nice and smooth with a decent amount of hop bitterness in the finish. The high alcohol is hardly noticeable.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
My Bottom Line:
Caramelized raisins, aniseed angles and delicate dark chocolate merge in this cake-like Imperial Stout.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-A sheet of foam sticks to the top of the blackness.
-Carbonation is smooth enough to let all the malts shine.
-This is a sweet rendition, but it never gets sickly.
-Malts also offer roasted bread crumb allusions.
-Alcohol is not a major factor in the flavor profile.
Bottle.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
355ml bottle. Black colour with huge, creamy, fully lasting, moderately lacing, tan head. Dark malty aroma has notes of dark chocolate, a dry touch of fruit parings. Taste is initially chocolately dark malty, fruity notes of dark berries, later with dry hoppy overtones; dry, minimally roasty finish, smooth palate.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 13/20
Poured from a bottle into a glass. Black pour with a mocha brown head that is thick with lacing. Aroma dominated by dark roast malt and chocolate. Taste is a great balance of dark malts, mild coffee and dark chocolate with a bitter finish. Smooth mouth feel with mild carbonation. Thick body. Great.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
thick coffee mocha head with lacing. coffee coloured. complex aroma of roasted malts, wood, liquorice and butter toffee. very pronounced liquorice taste, slight sweet, oak, vanilla. long aftertaste of liquorice and roasted malts and some alcohol sweetness. slick oily mouthfeel, medium carbonation and body. bottle 35.5 cl
4.5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Uma grande representante do estilo Stout bem ao gosto da escola americana, mais complexa do que as stouts britânicas.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bouteille 22oz. De couleur brune-noire et opaque. Nez de malt très rôti et légèrement terreux, léger de chocolat noir, de café et de réglisse noire avec des notes de houblon herbeux et de fumée (tourbe). Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen ainsi qu’une texture moyennement crémeuse. Moyen goût de réglisse noire avec un moyen goût de chocolat noir et quelques traces fruitées (figues) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût de malt assez rôti et aux petites notes terreuses avec un léger goût de mélasse amère et quelques traces de fumée (tourbe) puis en finale l’on retrouve une moyenne amertume de houblon herbeux avec un léger goût de café. Post-goût long, moyennement amer de rôti, moyen de houblon herbeux. léger de chocolat noir avec des notes de café.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle: Color: Deep brown, black. Pillow cream head. Aroma: Malt, chocolate hint . Flavor: Sour, mildly malt/chocolate/roasted flavor. I understand the bold flavor profile, however did not get much complexity.
4.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
On tap at Sweetwater. Dark brown pour with a mocha head. Alluring roasted malt aromas. Good body, really good mouthfeel. Impressive foreign stout, cuz I usually dislike this style. Creamy and desert like with decadent chocolate, caramels, fudge, mocha, and velvety roasted malts. Very well done.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Botella en el Kitsch (Gasteiz). Negra como el carbón, espuma, no muy abundante y color marrón oscuro. En nariz es un auténtico espectáculo...café, regaliz, toffe, maltas tostadas...en boca se confirma todo ello. No se nota demasiado el alcohol. Para mi gusto un pelín aguada, sin tanto cuerpo como otras scouts que he probado pero sin duda, un cervezón.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: MAY 11, 2013 bottle.
Pours almost black with dark reddish tones, brown creamy medium top with medium retention, middle lacing. Aroma - good intensity, dominant roasted malt with notes of burnt, light sweetness, far away chocolate, creamy, almost no fruitiness. First saps are sharp, umami (I would like to describe it as robust but must understand what "geeks" mean with this word) - seems like from over carbonation, but it is medium CO2 filled. Later mouthfeel seems more gentle, creamy with dry, hopping bitter, long finish, thick texture, although palate is not so silky, so smooth like even "Founders" porter. Taste is minimal malty sweet, backboned by roast and burnt bitter as well as hopping bitter - medium. O.A. - very good brew, but I can’t exactly explain why - maybe simplicity of balance make it good, maybe something else, but I can’t find any less than good aspect of this brew although I would prefer more silky, more sweet and more complex flavor dark beers but then I must go and find some of according style. So - cause I yet can’t figure out the big difference between stouts and porters I would say - good dark roasted type brew.
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