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Brewed by Half Pints Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial Stout
Winnipeg, Canada

Serve in Snifter

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Black with a thick head. The aroma has bourbon, vanilla, chocolate, light nuts and maybe a hint of barrel and booze. Full bodied. Rich chocolate body with hints of bourbon. Nice lacing down the glass. Very nicely balanced.

@RBWG-22oz-thanks to savvy–pours a light brown ring for a head and black color. Aroma is roasty medium/dark malt, medium fruit. Taste is roasty/chocolate-medium/dark malt, medium fruit, some earthy hops.

A deep dark stout with a thin dark brown head. In aroma, a smooth chocolate with smooth licorice, coffee, nice and smooth. In mouth, a nice chocolate with mocha, herbal hops, light meaty notes, aniseed & alcohol.

Bottle…RBSG 2010… This beer rocks!… Pours nearly black with a mid-sized, creamy, khaki head. Excellent retention. The nose is of maple syrup and roasted tree nuts with a touch of chocolate. Full-bodied and velvety with dancing carbonation. Sweet, roasty, chocolaty, lightly nutty flavor. Mildly sweet chocolate and espresso finish. World class beer provided by Savvy1982!

Nearly black, tan head. Cocoa, whiskey, light espresso, roasted malt and molasses nose. Flavor is perfectly balanced between roasted malt, chocolate and whiskey notes. Damn good. Thanks savvy!

A must try stout, with the unusual contribution of sugar from an Indian palm tree and the whiskey barreling. Absolutely black colour, roasted aromas. The sugar takes some edge from the bitterness of the citrus hops (Centennial, also Williamete). Very interesting and unique, a sipper than grows on me as I drink it deep into the meal. Sweetish aftertaste. Average mouthfeel.A creation up there with the gret stouts coming out of Denmark. Thanks Ted and ultimately Rudge.

2010-02-19. Black body with a nice creamy beige head. Rich aroma, roast and whisky touches that are prominent but not over the top. Flavour sis similar, warming alcohol, oak, whisky. Warm and oaky alcohol in the finish. Smooth medium bodied palate. Very solid stout. The barrel aging is relatively restrained but still gets to be a bit much for my own tastes after a while. Still, rather nice. Bottle via trade with Savvy1982

February 19, 2010 tasting with blankboy, garthicus, gregclow, jerc & mabel. 660ml bottle courtesy of gregclow. Opaque brown-black pour with a huge creamy/foamy tan head. Aroma of vanilla, coffee, whiskey, mint, powdered milk and alcohol - nice! The taste follows on, slightly grassy, with just the right amount of restrained oak resin. Slick mouthfeel, decent body to it, just mildly carbonated, but oh-so smooth on the tongue, leaving a gently grassy finish after all the coffee and roast --- pretty damned nice understated imperial stout.

In short: A very roasted, bitter, vanilla heavy and moderately bourbonny imperial stout. A good example of the style.
How: Bottle 22oz. Consumed about 8 months after the beer release. Sent to me by Sawy1982. Thanks a lot Kyle.
The look: Black body topped by a large beige head with medium retention.
In long: Nose has a lot of vanilla, a moderate bourbon presence, wood coal, a tiny bit of smoke. Taste has a lot of fudge, a lot of vanilla, high roasted level, chalk, some chocolate cake, some bourbon, some rye, some raisins, some lemon, some green leafy hops. A sharp bitterness with a bite-in-a-fresh-hop-pellet character. There was a metallic acidic bite in the finish that didn’t sit well with me but I think my bottle was the problem and it wasn’t supposed to be there. Carbonation was a little over the top for the style. I drank this beer very slowly while working on other stuff on the computer (and typing this rating) and strangely I appreciated the beer more after it had been sitting in my glass for 30 minutes. The carbonation was more relaxed and the citric/acidic bite was more mellow. Like if this was a beer you need to let breed. The beer was very good but I have grown to like Half Pints more and more and I like many of their regular releases (Burlywine, Pothole Porter, more...) over this hyped and highly rated special release. I really like the beer name and the cute childish label with a punk loaded with cash. A fun packaging by Half Pints. I’m not sure what the message is and the story does not tell how the punk got all that money. But we can pretty much rule out hard work.

Bottle, 2011 vintage. Pours thick and near-black, with a dense creamy light brown crown. Aroma is fantastic: sweet chocolate, vanilla, molasses, licorice, wood. Silky heavy mouthfeel, so drinkable! Sweet and malty, balanced by rich roast and just-right barrel character, with enough hops in the finish to keep the sweetness in check. This was unexpectedly great.