 kp (6200), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
Sep 1, 2007 Date: 03/01/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
black, whispy tan head, sweet chocolate and roasted aroma, lots of roasted flavor, nice sweetness, hint of sour cherry tartness,
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4
hophead75 (1648), Boonton, New Jersey, USA
Feb 28, 2007 12 oz bottle purchased at the brewery. Black in color, no light is getting through this one with a small light brown head. Aroma is chocolate, roast, coffee, dark fruit, light alcohol. Taste is chocolate, roast, coffee, light vanilla, espresso like. Light notes of dark fruit throughout the taste. Finishes roasty and bitter, with a grainy astringency that seems to be apparent in alot of imperial stouts. Body is medium, the carbonation is very soft. very good.
jcwattsrugger (3793), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
Dec 30, 2006 on tap-pours a thick creamy brown head and black color. Aroma is cappuccino-sweet. Taste is strong cappuccino, licorice, dark malt.
CaptainCougar (4624), Rockville, Maryland, USA
Apr 24, 2006 Bottle thanks to OldGrowth: Nearly opaque dark brown with a nicely-lacing frothy dark khaki head. Aroma of sweet earthy toasty dark caramel with some mild roasted malt and dark chocolate. Starts with a sweet sticky caramel flavor and a touch of raisins toward a more bitter lingering roasted dark fruity finish. A nicely-balanced, enjoyable imperial stout.
fbennett (293), Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Mar 27, 2006 Pours a pitch black with no light coming through, leaving a brown foamy head that stayed with the pour. The smell was pure chocolate malt, espresso, bold hop presence that gave it a herbal fruit feel. The taste has a strong initial hop bite, as the body swirled on my tongue I tasted a dark chocolate sweetness on the palate, with a syrup consistency that coats the throat and allows for a brief rest then finishes dry and just a bit rough. This is a great Imperial Stout, one that is hidden since the distribution of Nashoba is pretty small, but one I would drive to the Winery again to buy. I would pair this stout with Maple Lemon Wings, the maple sweetness will really mirror the maple/brown sugar flavor in the stout and the bitter hop presence will help cut through that sweetness and refresh the palate.
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