O’Dempsey’s Your Black Heart

O’Dempsey’s
Brewed at Thomas Creek Brewery
Style: Imperial Stout
Atlanta, Georgia USA

Serve in Snifter

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dark brown color, no head. aroma is cocoa, roasted malt and alcohol. flavor is flavor is dark chocolate, coffee with a bitter and somewhat alcoholic finish.

Aroma is roasted malts, coffee and vinous notes. The flavor is roasted malts, coffee, dark fruit and a very acidic finish.

Pours a coffee black with a minimal tan head. Aromas of cocoa and coffee beans. Flavor is basically the same with some dryness in the end and the coffee ground residue. An imperial? Not enough complexity for me, more like a boozy stout.

Location: 12 oz bottle from Buy Rite, 1/22/13

Aroma: The nose is dark chocolate and roasted malts, with licorice and some alcohol
Appearance: It pours a thick black color with a froth of brown head and some sheeting lace
Flavor: The flavor is roasty mostly, with other malty flavors, dark malts, and a light bitterness
Palate: The body is medium, it has average carbonation, a chalky and milky feel, and a dry finish
Overall Impression:  I thought this was a decent one, but not a standout in a rather crowded style. This is some solid stuff for sure, and worth giving a try.

The dark brown pour had ruby highlights while coming out of the bottle, but looked nearly pitch black in the glass. The head was nearly two finger thick, and khaki in color. The smell was very foreboding, with dark chocolate, dark coffee, and dark skinned fruits. The taste was not quite as aggressive as the smell hinted at. There was sweet cocoa, caramel toffee, dark roasted coffee, and vanilla in the taste. Some bittering hops showed up in the finish briefly. The body was appropriately dense and chewy. The beer was good, but could have used a bit more boldness.

Plours tar black with a creamy tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, dark chocolate, smoke, and coffee. Creamy mouthfeel with roasted malt, chocolate, and dark fruit. Excellent lacing. Nice beer.

Pours pitch black with a small dark brown head that fades slowly. Aromas are roasted malt, burnt wood, smoke, brown sugar, and cocoa. Taste has a light sweetness and a light bitterness. Very roasty and smokey but not too overpowering. The cocoa and brown sugar tastes come out more in the finish along with a strong and slightly bitter coffee taste. This is solid Imperial stout, especially for the low price.

Dense black body under a creamy tan head. Coffee, cocoa, and roast malt aroma. Smooth palate that delivers roast malt, chocolate, coffee and a touch of licorice.

Bottle. Rich dark black pour, lasting 1/2 inch dark brown head and an aroma of lactose and dark chocolate and a little peat. Flavor is also nice balance of smokey peat, a little sweet dark chocolate, brown sugar and soy sauce. Really nice surprise, and well worth $11/4-pack.

Pours like used motor oil, with barely a ring of dark brown foa. Scent is roast, prune, smoke, milk chocolate. Flavour is coffee, chocolate, ash. Hop Bitter aspects. Very good.