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Karl Strauss Wreck Alley Imperial Stout

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RATINGS: 68   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.63   SEASONAL: Special   IBU: 50   EST. CALORIES: 285   ABV: 9.5%
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Beneath the tides off Mission Beach rests Wreck Alley – a dark and mysterious seascape of forgotten ships. Amidst the rusted wreckage is a marine ecosystem, an artificial reef teeming with life. Our Wreck Alley is as dark as the depths of its namesake, an Imperial Stout of uncharted complexity. Brewed with darkly kilned malts, cocoa nibs, and Ethiopian coffee beans, Wreck Alley boasts rich layers of dark chocolate, toffee, and espresso-like roast. Save a bottle. This one has a stout shelf-life.


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3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Majin (186) - West Des Moines, Iowa, USA - MAY 12, 2013
Bomber from bine n vine shared with friends... Black pour..light brown head.. Coffe fruit some vanilla... not bad... Nothing spectactular Agreed. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

3.7
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
boozedude (1001) - Des Moines, Iowa, USA - MAY 12, 2013
Bomber from bine n vine shared with friends... Black pour..light brown head.. Coffe fruit some vanilla... not bad... Nothing spectactular

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
AmEricanbrew (4868) - Belcher, Louisiana, USA - MAY 11, 2013
dark brown color with tan sheen. Nice milk chocolate, coffee, ash aromas. medium body, soft carbonation. Dark chocolate, medium roast malt flavors with a drying black malt bitterness to finish----not bad.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
anders37 (12708) - Malmö, SWEDEN - APR 28, 2013
Draft @ the brewpub, San Diego, CA. Pours a dark ruby black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and caramel flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish.

4.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 19/20
madsneergaard (10) - Gistrup, DENMARK - APR 20, 2013
Bottle. Dark as night in the glass with a mocha, light brown colored head. Aroma: Coffee, roasted malts, very dark and milk chocolate. Maybe a small hint of dark fruits like dates??? As it warms up, you sort of get an alcohol touch to it - but it’s not overwhelming at all. Nice creamy mouthfeel. It starts out in a sweet and milk chocolaty way, and then, very nicely moves into the darker and more bitter coffee, roasted malt texture. Really good! If this was a blind test, I’d might say this would be a sweet/milk stout - and that’s not a bad thing for me :) Again, time turns this into a sweeter stout than at first sip. Really good stuff! This would be an even more awesome beer if it’s barrel aged. Please do that in the future! That would make this a perfect beer :)

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 13/20
greenhorn1 (664) - Mission Viejo, California, USA - APR 19, 2013
Bottle. Pours black, thin head. Roasted malt nose. Flavor espresso, toffee and dark chocolate. Flavor lingers on the palate. ABV is undetectable. Lots of flavor but very unbalanced and too thin on the palate. Hopefully it will age well.

3.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 15/20
ICEatALAMO (533) - Troy, Michigan, USA - APR 6, 2013
Bottle. The pour is dark with a thin rim head. The aroma is a lot of toffee. The taste actually has a nicer blend of coffee, toffee, and some hints if chocolate. A very complex taste and really plays games on the palette. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

2.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
Barreras (608) - Diamond Bar, California, USA - APR 4, 2013
Pours a deep brown almost black color. Aroma is of dark roasted hops. Taste is very chocolate, with an earthy flavor for a stout. Overall a rich stout that was bitter with a hop aftertaste. Not for the weak beer drinker as heart.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
deekyn (539) - Yosemite, California, USA - MAR 25, 2013
A - pours deep cola brown with almost no head. No real lacing. S - a nice sweeter stout. Notes of cacao nibs, caramelized sugars, molasses, toasted malts. Quiet coffee, vanilla and burnt malts. M - sweet mediums bodied stout. Lighter on the front, light sticky sweetness on the back. Bitter long ending. T - coffee (grounds and tangy espresso) and toasted malts up front. Tangy Cacao nibs, burned malts, fake chocolate, oats on the palate. Long bitter grassy and coffe grounds malty end. O - ok stout. Weaker than I'd like. Less complex and to sweet. 3.3 ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
5000 (4974) - Hardened Liver, Washington, USA - MAR 22, 2013
Bottle:   Black, moderate frothy beige head, spotty lacing.   Roasty nose, a touch of sweet soy, minor lactose and hops.   Soft graham cracker on the tongue, minor roast, little hop, decent maltiness, with a slightly charred wood background.   Pretty smooth and clean, not harsh at all.   Some chocolate notes on the backside, bakers chocolate like.   A little lactose.   Hides the 9.5% ABV well.   Body and mouthfeel are moderate to full.   More respectable than I thought it was going to be.



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