Nashoba Valley Imperial Stout

Brewed by Nashoba Valley Winery
Style: Imperial Stout
Bolton, Massachusetts USA

Serve in Snifter

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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.

bottle thanks to swalden28. poured dark brown with a beige head. aroma was dark roast, chocolate, and fudge. flavor was dark roast, chocolate, and slight coffee with a medium body and low carbonation.

12 oz bottle. Pours black with small tan head. Aroma has signs of fruit, medicinal alcohol and dark roast. Flavorseems to be off a bit, has some dark roasted grain, fruity esters and a dirty hop bitterness that overpowers the dark roast grain bitter. Mouthfeel is medium-heavy body with medium carbonation. Overall, the earthy hop presence just over powered the dark roasted grain. Just wasn’t that enjoyable as other imperials.

Black pour with tan head and lace. Coffee and light abv on the nose. Coffee and roasted malt flavor. Thin and fizzy but very drinkable.

Last one to list from Nashoba- Almost black pour, small tan foam head. Light roasted quality, good malt body. A slight sweet roasted character throughout-medium and mild.

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

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.

on tap-pours a thick creamy brown head and black color. Aroma is cappuccino-sweet. Taste is strong cappuccino, licorice, dark malt.

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.

Poured a clear very dark brown color with a reddish hue that is almost opaque and a medium tan head. Sweet roasted malt aroma with a touch of smoke. Sweet malty flavor but not as roasted as expected until the finish. Medium body with a sticky mouthfeel.