Nebraska Brewing Company Black Betty Russian Imperial Stout (Draft)

Brewed by Nebraska Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Papillion, Nebraska USA

Serve in Snifter

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Sampled on draft at Zeno’s in State College PA this beer poured a black color with a medium sized creamy dark brown head that left decent lacing. The aroma was dryish and malty with notes of wood, whiskey, anise and a touch of cocoa. The flavor was strong wood and whiskey and was quite bitter with notes of anise, port wine, cocoa, nut, tobacco and a strong boozy presence. Long and boozy finish on wood and whiskey. Moderately full bodied though undercarbonated. Almost a chore to drink.

UPDATED: SEP 8, 2012
Name: Black Betty
Date: July 01, 2012
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, First Sunday
Appearance: black, wispy tan head, streaks of lace
Aroma: big roasted aroma, touch of sweetness
Flavor: rich roasted flavor, bitter dark chocolate, hoppy, rich chocolate emerges, long bitter finish

Name: Black Betty
Date: August 26, 2012
Mode: bottle
Source: bruisin ales
Appearance: black, fine tan head, lots of sudsy lace
Aroma: rich roasted aroma, dark chocolate, touch of sweetness brings out richness in the dark malts
Body: think creamy body
Flavor: rich roasted malt flavor, lots of dark chocolate, caramel sweetness, plenty of hops, well tempered bitterness

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *** /4

Sweet nose! Not the aroma of your typical RIS. Flavor starts similarly with a strong candy sweetness, though quickly replaced by the bitter chocolates and coffees we all have come to expexct and love from a nice russian imperial stout.

Pours a black with thin off white head. Aroma of coffee Flavor of coffee with bitter after taste.

Freaking excellent beer. Served with a nice sized, thick, foamy, fluffy, billowy, tan/brown head that soon settles to a light cover that lasts all the way down and lots of lace. Color is an opaque brown black. Aroma is like the rest of the beer qualities: well balanced, with no off characteristics - roast, malt, cocoa, coffee, old leather, earth, molasses, burly tobacco. Flavor’s like nose, with not quite as much going on - faint malt sweetness balanced just so with the hop, bitter malt, yeast, carbonic tang. Body and carbonation are dead on. Finish is like flavor and of average length and just a smidgen of alcohol warmth at the very end. Fabulous beeer!

Draft at The Good Pie. Listed as "Little Betty", the draft, non-barrel aged base for Black Betty. Served in a Southern Tier tulip. Pours an opaque, super dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma doesn’t open up much, even as it warms- earth, molasses, metal, cream, coffee, and bitter chocolate. Flavor of rich coffee, super dark chocolate, earthy hops, tobacco, bitter orange rind, and just a whole lot of roast. Medium-full bodied, with an astringent, roasty, bitter mouthfeel and moderate carbonation. Not as smooth as the Black Betty, and the barrel mellows this one a whole lot.

Draft at CAH. Pours black with little head and lots of lacing. Nose is mild with molasses and brown sugar. First sip is coffee, brown malt and toffe.finish is bitter sweet chocolate.

Tar black with a nice lasting dark milk chocolate foam. Aroma is lots of roast, earthy hops, fresh coffee grounds, and some mild cocoa in the background. The taste is a dominating roast, coffee and roasted malt astringency dominate with some earthy hops coming through, a bitter finish seems to be from both malt and hops, but it is the roast that lingers. Again a light chocolate note is perceptible, but this one is all roast.

Had at the St Louis Microfest. Pours black with not a lot of head. Aroma is molasses, chocolate and coffee. Flavor is much the same as the aroma, but with a bit of malt. Full bodied and light carbonation. Pretty good beer.

On tap at brewpub. Dark brown colored pour with thin tan head. Molasses, chocolatey aroma. Sweet, but bitter chocolatey finish. Not too bad.