Hermitage Ale of the 2 Tun

Brewed by Hermitage Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial Stout
San Jose, California USA

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle from Hayduke and it was enjoyed with he and his brother Rick via facebook chat. This pours black! It is thick and has a big dark tan head that lasts a couple of minutes. The aroma is chocolate and huge amounts of malt. The flavor begins with light chocolate and some hops that don’t quite jibe with the malt. That improves with warmer temps. Some tobacco is tasted. Those hops grow and actually dominate at the finish with fruit and nice bitterness. The body is almost as thick as it seems in the pour. After a slow start this finished nicely.

On tap @ Tied House. Deep black pour with some tan head. Nose of roasted malt, coffee, and some dark fruit. A bit thin with flavors of molasses, roast, and dark fruit.

A really hearty thick stout. Really enjoyed. Not up to some of the bigger breweries but this was a great effort for a small brewery and had really quality roasted flavors.

In bottle at Craig’s. A black beer with a tan head that dies away early. Aroma of chocolate, honey and coffee. Similar flavours with alcohol quite present. Mild carbonation and an oily mouth-feel. Nice.

bottle at home ... deep black ... thin tan head .... sweet toffee roast ... dark malt nose ... chocolate malts ... dark roast ... bit toffee malts ... light bitter charcoal ... little honey malt ... bit thinner than id like ... soft coffee in linger

Half liter bottle pours dark darkness with chocolaty mocha like head. The modest aroma has dark roasted malts mixing with muted spicy black licorice, molasses and a faint note of slightly singed toffee. The taste lacks a bit of body but delivers rich dark roasted malts, dark roasted coffee, a bit of burnt malts and then some yummy chocolate around the edges. It does have a sense of mineral earthiness that distracts a bit from the experience. All in all a tasty treat.

500mL bottle, no date from Mission Valley BevMo! Black with a small creamy dark mocha head, fading to a thick ring and swirling head. Big dark fruit and prune nose with some semi-sweet chocolate and caramel, and some roast backing with a bit of oxidation. Pretty dessert-y. Flavor has less sweet fruits at first, and a good deal more roast. Big burnt ashy roast in the dry finish, bitterness peaked at a 4. Also getting a touch of pine. Low prickly carbonation with a full body.

Dark in color. Rich and roasty nose. Some good coffee aromas. Rich flavored. Roasted coffee with just the lightest hint of chocolate. Finish has a hint of a hop bite. Good stout.

Bottle at Paul’s tasting. Pours a black body with thin lacing. Aroma is roast and chocolate. Mouthfeel is thin with notes of chocolate malts, roast and toasted malts.

Bottle at Paul’s tasting. Pours a crimson tinged black with a touch of a tan head. Lots of plum and prune notes, oxidized, malt and roast, chocolate. Medium bodied, sweet with roast and chocolate, this out. Light bitterness and more oxidization on the finish.

bottle from bevmo 2.99. 2/7/11. thin pour but dark... blackish with a soft orange tinted head. candy aroma initially... roasty, grapes, cherry, nuts, caramel, lactose, choco, spice and minty herbal hops. theres a bit of molasses in the flavor along with mild smoke, dark vinous fruit, choco, spice, caramel and herbaceous hops with a light sour finish and ashy aftertaste. it is light bodied for the style (but it is barely imperial) but extremely quaffable and a definite surprise compared to everything else this brewery has to offer. there’s a lot of hyped i.s. that aren’t this good... 7/3/7/3.5/16