Ottos Jolly Roger Imperial Stout

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

This brew was brought to the fordest tasting (Jan, ’08) by wetherel and shared between fordest, padrefan98, toncatcher and of course wetherel. Thanks buddy.

Pours totally black with mocha head. The aroma is mild and a bit odd with hints of oxidation, roasty malts, some faint chocolate notes and licorice. I love the flavor. I get chocolate, coffee, roasted malts and hints of licorice. This is thick and rich and mildly warming. It has a very nice balance between the various notes. The roasted malts, coffee, chocolate and licorice all blend together seamlessly.

#500. Courtesy of Tronraner. Pours a dark brown with a creamy tan head. Lacing is noticeable. Aroma is mostly coffee. Tastes of milk chocolate, coffee, burnt grains, little smoke, and some hop presence. Palate is super creamy, with a slight alcohol burn. Enjoyed very much.

bottle from kramer1087. A nice brew, but a little too much smokey flavor for my liking. Chocolate background.

Thanks to Adrian for another mighty beer! This pours black as a stormy night with a rich, light brown head. The label displays a funny skull and crossbones. Why do so many beers have scary/spooky labels? I guess it appeals to the immature male mind. The aroma is full and sweet. Smooth mouthfeel and low carbonation. Strong coffee and hops flavors, but still plenty of malt sweetness too. This is balanced, chewy, and tasty - a strong, but not overwhelming stout. Nice work, Otto’s!

A pitch black pour with wisps of white head. Smokey aroma with milk chocolate burnt malt and a little anise perhaps. A very smokey body with more of that faint licorice amid the usual impy stout suspects. Creamy body.

Black pour, medium brown head. Aroma is smoke bigtime, licorice and chocolate. Flavor is very smokey, lots of licorice, anise, bittersweet chocolate, coffee and a big hoppy finish. Really a lot of smoke in here killing the other flavors. Body is a little on the thin side and almost undercarbonted thinness to it. Very aggressive with the smoke and just unbalanced but still not bad. Thanks to Kramer and Adrian for bonuses of this.

Near black. Smells kind of green. Some beany notes, vegetal and underdeveloped chocolate. Full, meaty impy but underdeveloped malt sugars hurt both body and flavour and the overly hot finish is just out-of-place.

22oz bottle. Pours dark brown/black. Dark brown head. Aromas of licorice, toasty, malty. Flavors of peat, smoke, roast. Body is medium. Lots of roasted smoke flavor.