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Legend Imperial Stout

Legend Imperial Stout

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An Imperial Stout brewed by
Legend Brewing Company

Richmond, Virginia USA

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933.74/5.03.72/5.0Winter8%47.1Snifter P  Stats

Commercial Description:
If beer is liquid bread, then this is a meal in a glass! A big, black, monster of a beer the color of used motor oil that tastes like a food fight in your mouth. This is actually an Imperial Oatmeal Stout, as nearly 25% of the mash consisted of flaked oats, producing a thick, silky smoothness. Pale Ale Malt is the base for this brew, with Chocolate Malt, Roasted Barley, and Black Barley (all in generous amounts). Tomahawk hops are used exclusively during the boil and for dry hopping. Expect a thick, heavy brew with intense dark malt flavors and a sharp, piney hop character.

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 dolemike1 (1105), Owings Mills, Maryland, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/57/103/515/20

Dec 27, 2006  
Jet black, with a brown creamy head, nose of coffee, roasted malts, burnt toast. Flavor is creamy, lots of coffee, dark malts, and a potent hop finish. Pretty good.

 smith4498 (384), Miami, Florida, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/105/515/20
Aug 19, 2008  
Bottle courtesy of growler. Pours black with brown head. Aroma of burnt malts. Flavors of sweet burnt malts, chocolate and coffee. Some piney hops are also noticeable. Full body with minimal carbonation. The addition of oats really gave this beer a nice silky mouthfeel. A decent, easy drinking imperial stout.


 Ty5592 (1009), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/103/515/20
Jul 2, 2008  
Bottle from Dkachur, thanks! Pours Black with small tan head. Aroma was of straight butter with some deep roasted malt notes. The taste was the same with bright hops mingling in the background. Deep bitter roasted finish.


 railcat1 (491), Kissimmee, Florida, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/104/514/20
Jun 11, 2008  
This was a good but not overwhelming IPS with a lot of chocolate malts and generous amonts of roasted barley with a nice but not to big sweet finish and some hints of hops and vanilla not bad and very drinkable.CHEERS!


 badbeer (411), Iowa, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
May 27, 2008  
Black with a tan head. Buttered popcorn, roast, and lactose sweetness as well. Buttered popcorn shows up in the taste as well; roasty finish, lactose. There’s a good beer in here, but the diacetyl is really distracting and takes a lot away from this beer. High carbonation and less than medium body. I’d like to try next years batch to see if there was just a problem with this bottling/bottle.


 sliffy (1951), Columbus, Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
May 24, 2008  
Bottle shared by puddintane: Pours black with a tan head. Aroma, dark fruits, coffee, caramel, and some faint dark chocolate. Flavor, coffee, roasted notes, dark fruit, chocolate milk. Roasted bitterness on the finish.



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