Kelso Bierkraft 10th Anniversary Imperial Stout

Brewed by Greenpoint Beer Works
Style: Imperial Stout
Brooklyn, New York USA

Serve in Snifter

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biercraft growler fill... good looking beer but the fun stopped there, something not right with this beer, I’d have to pass

Had on tap at Bierkraft’s 10th Anniversary event in Brooklyn. A- Pours black in color. A frothy tan head that stuck around for about 5 minutes or so. S- Hoppy, for an Imperial Stout. Roasted notes in the nose. T- Hops are surprisingly strong within this Imperial Stout. I’m not adverse to hops in stout, so I do enjoy it. Slight to moderate dark malt presence. M- Carbonation is spot on. The stout seems a little light in feel. I like it. D- Overall, if I see this beer on draft at some other point, I will have it. Very good stout that wasn’t so rich you’d be done after one. Very balanced, but you do need to enjoy hops.

A deep dark stout with a thin lacing brown head. In aroma, a rather meaty chocolate with iron notes, floral mentholated hops, very pungeant. In mouth, a nice smooth bitter chocolate with some funk, floral pinhey hops, a bit of menthol, beautiful. Sampled at Bierkraft, Dec. 27 2011.

On tap at Double Windsor, Brooklyn. Not a bad one, some lace. A big IBU good hoppyness, that’s the story over the stout. Grapefruit, malty fruitiness. Good drinkability. Above average mouthfeel.