Ottos Jolly Roger Imperial Stout

Brewed by Ottos Pub & Brewery
Style: Imperial Stout
State College, Pennsylvania USA

(Bottle at GT - RBESG 2008)
June 29, 2008
Black color, brown head. Sweet chocolate and raissin scent. Sweet chocolate taste. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bitterness.

Bottle at the RBESG08 Grand tasting. Alround rating: Everythign i dont want in a beer, big roasty, alcohol, sweet, roasted coffee, massive unbalanced mess of a thing.

Sampled at the RBESG08 grand tasting. Black with a small brown head. Strong chocolate aroma initially, followed by notes of tar and coffee. Medium bodied and silky smooth. Nicely balanced, dry finish.

Bottled at RBESG 08 ... Deep black .. deep roast malt nose ... sweet chocolate and coffee... with a bitter linger.

Pours an opaque near-black colour with a wispy tan head. The nose at first gives off metallic copper notes, but that fades as it warms. Notes of light fruits (honeydew, melon), some dark fruits (cherry), mild cocoa and some smoke. Overall, the nose is pretty weak for an impy stout. The flavour is a little on the light side, too, as it lacks roastiness and robustness of flavour. The smoke lingers for a while in the aftertaste, and it comes across as being a bit meaty. There are nice cocoa and cherry flavours to had also. The palate is creamy and full with soft carbonation.

Pours a dark brown opaque color with a small dark brown creamy head. Nose dark fruits, old pennies, and touch of cocoa. Initial taste is creamy, cocoa, roasted malt, and touch of dark fruits. Mid palate displays some smoke. Finishing with a good balancing hop, roasted malt, cocoa, coffee and mild creaminess. Palate duration is very good, medium body. Silky mouthfeel. Average head retention. Touch of the alcohol warmth. Interesting.

Black in colour, rich tan coloured head, good lacing. The aroma is of coffee, chocolate, lots of dark malts, nice roast, moderate sweetness. The flavour is quite sweet, noticable alcohol never becomes a distraction, rich, very roasty, lots of dark chocolate. Sweet roasty mouthfeel, medium/large body, medium carbonation. Finishes creamy, sweet, lingering with a bit of alcohol warmth.

A very well crafted imperial stout. Very well balanced and the alcohol doesn’t make an appearance until the very end. Good stuff.

650ml bottle obtained in a trade with kmweaver, thanks Ken.
Opened on December 30, 2007.
No date.

bottle from myst sawp: pours black with a good sized tan head that lingers. good clean roast aroma with a real good chcolate. a burst of fresh cherries, very nice and smooth aroma. flavour is a strong dark bitter chocolate, followed by a big roast coffee, it finishes very smooth and more milk chcolate. good creamy palate.