Ninkasi Imperiale High Gravity Stout

Brewed by Ninkasi Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Eugene, Oregon USA

Serve in Snifter

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chocolate, coffee, roasty aroma, black, tan foam appearance. Think and solid brew. heavy cloying sweetness, medium bitterness, followed by roasted chocolate with a touch of malt molasses body. full body, creamy, soft carbonation, long finish, This is a tasty high gravity stout. Nice roast through out the excperiance.

Excellent beer. Taste of sweet nuttiness with a hint of coffee. Very smooth for a 9.1% abv beer. One of the top specialties coming from Ninkasi.

Very smooth. Thin tan head. Dark black. Smells sweet. Minimal head. Bitter chocolate. Very tasty. Thanks Aaron.

Pours dark brown, almost black like ebony. Thick tan head. Aroma is like rotated malt and cocoa. Heavy body, slightly syrupy; it leaves a significant film on the inside of the glass. As it warms up, flavors of coffee, black licorice and bourbon are released. Paid $5.49 for a 22 at Tacoma Boys on 6th.

Dark black, clear with a thin head. Strong dark malt and alcohol aroma Big huge dark malt and coffee and chocolate flavors. This was a tasty as hell brew. Another terrific Ninkasi.

roast malt, rye bread, caramel aromas. frothy nougat colored foam. flavors of milk and dark chocolate, alcohol, woodsy bitterness. Buttery in the mouth, yet with some grace. finish of hop/alcohol tang with sticky lips, some warming.

Tap: dark brown pour with thin tan head. Aroma is nutty, with roasted and charred grain, and some toffee notes. Flavor starts with lots of roasted grain, some charred notes, a little coffee and a finishing touch of caramel/maple sweetness. Palate begins with a bitter tone and rather thin for a big beer, before moving on to a mild sweetness. Nice flavor and much too easy to drink for a big beer.

Bottle. Colour... nearly black with dark brown edges and a thick tan head. Nose... very roasty and malty with hints of ethanol and coffee (like Spanish coffee??). Palate... delightfully frothy with loads of roasted malt, coffee, dark chocolate, vanillin and booze. Helluva beer for the relatively 22 oz. low price point!

Bottle pour a black brew with a thin tan head. Scent is caramel, chocolate, and a whiff of coffee. Taste is roasted malts and chocolate.

22 oz bottle from "Lifesource" Salem. $4.59 Black as can be with a larget frothy,thick creamy tan head. Aroma is toasted malts, some coffee and nuts...alcohol Very rich indeed, as the blurb says, getting roasty oats in the back ground but the foreground is oddly mellow..drinking chocolate( milk) and hazelnuts..some alcohol evident but not over the top. The palate/mouthfeel is very nice and luxurious. Overall and odd one..kinda tamer than i expected for the strength.