Moon River Black River Imperial Stout

This pours pitch black and has a nice, dense, lasting tan foam head. The aroma is rich, chocolate, overripe fruit, a bit of char. There’s also a slightly winey character (almost port) in there as well. The beer is complex in flavor, but something is keeping it from being a top-tier imperial stout, although I’m not sure if it’s a lack of something or just that what it has doesn’t go together all that well. Still, far from being a bad beer. Moon River does pretty well with it’s higher gravity beers.

This was a very dark and rich stout. Oatmeal arouma with creamy brown head. sweet with a bitter finish. Very strong and a good finish.

Draft, red wine goblet. Chocolate, coffee, caramel, oats (M); perfume hops (L); anise, raisin, port, dates, light alcohol. Smells like a very big oatmeal stout. Deep black body with a small, creamy brown head. Heavily sweet, lightly acidic flavor becomes a heavily sweet, lightly acidic, moderately bitter finish. Nice piney hoppiness. Full body, creamy texture, soft carbonation, smooth vodka like warmth. The bottom line is: the aroma is not as big as I was expecting, but the flavor is pleasant with a nice piney aftertaste. Mouthfeel is extraordinary.

Brewed in honor of the new ABV law passing in Georgia. Served in large wine goblets. Extremely thick, chocolate milk like fluffy head on top of a coal black pour. Very thick and creamy mouthfeel - velvety smooth - luxuriant. Aroma has several elements going on - light soy sauce (not unpleasant), watermelon (odd - yes!) and alcohol. Flavor reminds me of kahlua with a bit of soy sauce in for good measure. This should really be good one after a few brewings me thinks - still very enjoyable at its innaugaral tasting. Finishes strong - strong sweet/sour flavor lasts througout - no fading away on this one.