Laughing Dog The Dogfather Imperial Stout

Brewed by Laughing Dog Brewing
Style: Imperial Stout
Ponderay, Idaho USA

Serve in Snifter

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Surprisingly this is pretty freaking good. Pour looks great. Dark black with a creamy coating dark beige head. Aromas of dark fruits and dark chocolate. Roasty but not too much. Tastes much the same with great depth. Very smooth. I don’t get much alcohol here at all. Sumptuous. Man this is good beer. I’ve had better and more complex imperial stouts, but man this is easy drinking and it hides the alcohol well. Nicely done.

UPDATED: FEB 11, 2013 Not-for-nothin, but uh, this is good. Bubbly head, heavy. Strong alcoholic finish. Complex enough, all right., but I’ve definitely had better ImpS. I can’t put my finger on why it’s not quite as good as the others. Not bad, but you can get a better one for your money, I think. I like the name and the label, regardless - they should have put snoop dogg on the label but I guess they’d have to pay him.

Bomber bottle. The aroma is of straight dark malt. Also smells pretty dry. The appearance is black with light showing through around the edges, and a tan head. The taste is very dry dark malt and finishes very earthy. The palate is a little unsettling because of the dry, earthy ending. Overall, this is a decent stout. I am interested in trying the barrel aged bomber I have in da cellar.

Very dark cola looking beer with a frothy, brown head. Very strong aromas of dark chocolate, and coffee. Tastes of bitter coffee, some dark chocolate, and molasses. Bitter finish is heavy on the roasted flavors, very boozy, and even has some alcohol burn. Sour lactic flavors were very unpleasant, mix that with the aforementioned booze burn and this is a huge disappointment. Maybe I got a bad bottle, considering other ratings are so high, and that I really enjoy dark beer.

On draft at spacebar in falls church. Pours black with a tan head. Some fibe lacing. Deep chocolate and coffee aroma also in the flavor. Bourbon and charred oak notes.

Sampled at GABF on Thursday October 11, 2012
Malty, sweet, vanilla taste. Roasted, vanilla aftertaste. Medium to smooth mouthfeel, medium dry bitterness. Sweet, roasted scent. Black color, huge brown head.

Bottle from Daknole! Pours black with a thick, fizzy tan head that leaves thick lacing. Aroma is roasty, sweet, creamy vanilla. Taste is chocolaty, slightly bitter coffee. Nice warming, almost spicy aftertaste.

From notes: Poured opaque ink-black with a huge caramel-colored head. Roasty, chocolatey aroma, with a touch of an anise note. Full-bodied, with a slight oily thickness (though not unpleasantly so). Nice roasty, chocolatey flavor with a bright anise note in the finish. Develops a slight grainy note (oatmeal?) in the middle as it warms, as well as a very slight hop bitterness.

Bottled@Oliver Twist, Stockholm (backlog). More or less pitch black colour with a mediumsized beigeish brown foamy head. Aroma is roasted malts, liquorice, mild tobacco and some chocolate and coffee as well. Flavour is roasted malts, mild ashes, coffee, chocolate, some liquorice and mild bitterness in the finish. Hides it’s abv rather well.

One of the best stouts I’ve had in a long time. Pours so dark it makes the Ron darker. Rich head followed by Ann amazing roasted malt taste. As this beer warms the palate gets more complex. Big flavor, big alcohol, big rating from me.