Heavy Seas Peg Leg

Brewed by Heavy Seas Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Baltimore, Maryland USA

Serve in Snifter

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Ooohhh...an IMperial Stout?! I don’t think so. Aroma is nice, sweet chocolate Hershey’s milk-like with maybe a bit of piney hoppiness in the nose. Aroma is fair. Moderately transparent dark amber color with a long standing fizzy light tan head. This is entirely too light in color and too transparent. The head is what redeems the appearance of this. Sweet, sticky, caramel maltiness to start, turning....well...um...not much else here. I do not buy the fact that there is 8% abv in this by any stretch of the imagination. This is bland and boring for even a sweet stout, albeit an "Imperial" one...

Bottle. Dark roasted malt, molasses, chocolate, hops aroma. Dark brown with a small tan head. Coffee, chocolate, molasses, anise flavor with a tart and light bitter finish. Medium body, lively carbonation. Rather acidic and light for an imperial stout, more like a porter.

12 oz Bottle. Dark brown pour with brown head, small head and lacing. Aromas are roasted malt, molasses, soy, nuts. Taste is milk chocolate with a roasted fruit aftertaste. Mouthfeel is kind of light for stout and a little too carbonated for my liking. This was an alright brew from Heavy Seas out of MD. I would reccomend their Loose Cannon (IPA) and Yule Tide (Triple) when they are in season.

Chevy Chase, DC 12oz ($2.50): Pours a black colour with a small head. Aroma is just roasted malts and molasses. Taste is really sweet. Mouthfeel is really thick and syrupy. Roasted malts shine through. Hops are kept on the down low. Even though Imperial Stouts are not really my style of choice, this one

Originally reviewed: 2/23/09. Pours a deep brownish black with about a half inch tan head on top. Retention was lacking. Decent webbing on glass edge. No sip rings. Smelled of espresso, slight cocoa, some citrus, and bread. Creamy mouthfeel. Velvety smoothness coats the palate as this is sipped. Taste is pretty underwhelming. Comes across more like a regular stout rather than a RIS. Some hints of cocoa and coffee, finishes slightly tart. Very easy to drink. Nothing horrible about this beer, but nothing that spectacular either.

Un nez assez discret de cassonade et de tabac avec une touche de malt rôti. Le corps est assez onctueux mais le profil des saveurs est un peu trop passif pour mériter l’appellation ’’Imperial’’. Le côté café au lait n’est pas désagréable et la buvabilité excellente mais au final, c’est une expérience simplement banale.

12 oz bottle pours black with a tan head. Aroma and taste are basic. Coffee, chocolate and roasted hops.

Bouteille de 12oz. offerte par Patrick. Une bière brune foncée avec une mousse brune. Le nez est simple, il y a une touche d’iode, de grains rôtis. La bouche est mince, facile sans grande complexité. Du rôtie, du café et du chocolat. Une Imperial Stout qui a moins de corps que certain Stout.

(12 oz) Une tête brune qui flotte sur un liquide à la robe brune foncée. Des arômes simples de malts rôtis et de grains torréfiés aux accents de caramel brûlé. Un goût qui évolue vers un caramel qui se fait toucher par de faibles notes chocolatées. Une saveur distinctive de rôti : un grain sec et timidement enrobé par la fumée de la torréfaction. Une bouche qui penche plutôt vers la minceur. Un bon apport de bulles. Une texture qui peut rappeler la petite crème. Une finale de chocolat mi-sucré plus ou moins réussie. Un stout facile à boire qui ne démontre aucune grande qualité ni aucune complexité. Dans une perspective purement hédoniste, on peut aisément dire qu’un certain plaisir est atteint et que le déplaisir est évité.

armoa was of old malt no hop at all, color, very dark, small to hardly no head, taste was mostly of malt, some chocolate, overall, not bad for the price, pretty easy drinkin

Pours black, with a small tan head. Nose is vanilla with some spice. Aromas of coffee and chocolate drift in and out. The taste is weak for an imperial stout. watered down. Mostly sweet. Mouthfeel is soft and creamy, aftertaste is weak.