Iron Hill Russian Imperial Stout

Brewed by Iron Hill Newark
Style: Imperial Stout
Newark, Delaware USA

[At GABF 2004] A dark red-brown beer with a small disappearing brown head. The aroma is sweet with loads of chocolate notes. The flavor is also sweet with strong notes of bitter chocolate, leading to a dry end, and it’s got a powerful body.

(Bottle 75 cl) Courtesy of sk8viking. Black and opaque with a small, creamy, light brown head. Aroma of vanilla, dried fruit and roasted malt. Very full and rich body, sweet, smooth and a little flat. Lots of vanilla and dried fruit and roasted malts. Soft finish with a subdued bitterness. Very well balanced. This is excellent stuff. 160607

(Hand bottle 33 cl) Courtesy of Kramer 17801. Black and almost opaque - there’s a vague reddish hue - with a light brown head. Sweetish aroma of burned malt and some licorice. Very full-bodied with lots of roasted malt, a lightly burned edge but otherwise dominated by sweet, English licorice and some whiffs of coffee. Very subdued bitterness. 8/3/8/3/16=3.8 090407

Bottle. Black coloured with a beige head. Roasted aroma of chocolate and vanilla. Roasted flavour of chocolate and vanilla with notes of liquorice.

Date: 07/15/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, RBSG, 2006
Words: Newark

Appearance: black, lasting fine tan head, tons of lace,
Body: big body,
Overall: huge sweet chocolate aroma and favor, light bitterness
-------- /> Date: 02/10/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest
Words: Extreme Beer

Appearance: black, frothy tan head,
Aroma: sweet chocolate aroma with roasted and a hint of fruity bourbon,
Body: creamy body,
Flavor: rich and roasty, nice chocolate to back up the roast, tons of flavor hiding behind the average aroma,
-------- /> Date: 05/10/2008
Mode: bottle
Words: cellar party

Aroma: dry dark chocolate aroma with just a hint of dark caramel sweetness balanced out by light roasted malt,
Flavor: rich dark chocolate flavor, a good dose of roasted keeps it dry,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.9/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Dark brown. Chocolatey aroma with some molasses, fudge and a little bit of alcohol. Chocolate, and light brown sugar character. Finishes a little bit hot, and a little bit watery. Hot and syrupy.

(750ml bottle, room temperature) Smallish brown head atop cola/black body. Aroma is moderately sweet, roast, earthy/grapefruit, some bittersweet, chocolate, soy, bourbon. Taste is moderately sweet, coffee, bittersweet chocolate, roast, cream, some vinous. Mild alcohol burn. Silky/creamy/soft medium-full body.

Bottle. A black beer with a brown head. The aroma is of roasted malt, chocolate, coffee and rye bread, also licorice and a bit of alcohol. The taste is light roasted malt, vell balanced, chocolate, coffee, rye bread and licorice. Medium to full body with a plesant chocolate finish.

Frothy, lasting head is beige and very irregular. Opaque deepest brown body. Potent espresso and cookie nose, fully chocolatey malt, yet with a bite of cleansing grassy and herbal hops. The necessary complementing grapey and plum notes offer a nibble of complexity, desserty in spirit as it bites into the doughy maltiness. Oaky, cigary finish and faintly spicy character. The body is medium, with fitting carbonation, moderate bitterness, limited alcohol. Good Stuff.