Pike XXXXX Stout

Brewed by Pike Pub & Brewery
Style: Stout
Seattle, Washington USA

Serve in English pint

UPDATED: DEC 12, 2011 ***on tap at the sugarbowl***
same as below. Great on tap.

It’s been awhile since I’ve had a Pike beer... where will this go? Black beer with a dark brown cap, good consistency, really good lacing with sticky messy lacing and permanent rings. The aroma is damn fine. A bit of sweet and freshness (from the hops for sure - a light citrus), soft chocolate with a bit of bakers bitterness, some roasty stuff from coffee. I like the citrus in here. Nothing here is overpowering. A touch earthy. Man, this is an excellent drinking beer. Very well placed bitterness, creamy chocolate blended with a lesser amount of coffee grinds. I can tell there are citrusy hops (grapefruit) here but they are portioned very well. Maybe a bit too bitter on the finish as it lingers heavily. There might bit a hint of biscuit as well. Smooth with a bit zip, some lingering coffee, long hop finish but it’s good because it takes nothing away while adding some needed complexity. I may be ignoring the coffee. I need more!

Bottle from the Majestic on Eastchase.Pours black with a healthy brown head. Big coffee aroma. Heavy roasted malts, a little chocolate, and more coffee. Great thick feel.

A deep dark stout with a super thick lacing dark moka head. In aroma, dark chocolate over roasted coffee grinds, some vanilla beans, and some wooden notes. In mouth, a beautiful and classy stout, with loads of black coffee, herbal qualities, light licorice, and some nice light C-hops. Turely interesting. On tap at brewpub, Sept. 12 2009.

This beer gets with age, no question. I’ve had this aged a few days ago, and a fresh bottle today, so i’ll rate it with a happy medium between the two. Aged it has all the things that make an imperial stout great, red fruit and licorice, and a full oily mouthfeel. Young it’s mouthfeel is a little watery, with hops being very evident in both nose and taste, with not a lot of fruit but a bit of chocolate and coffee. To have this young you would probably say its a stout like any other, but with a year’s time (at least, i’d like to drink it after 3) it becomes absolutely freakin amazing. Its a toss up between this and old rasputin russian imperial as to which is the best stout in alberta. I’ve had both aged, and its close. This is great.

On tap at the Alibi Room - pours jet black with a coffee and chocolate aroma. Thick, roasted malty, chocolate and oatmeal flavour. Full-bodied and smooth. A wonderful stout.

Pours dark brown with latte-like tan head. Aroma of chocolate, wood, coffee. Very thick and malty, sweet, roastiness and chocolate.

Bomber. Pours a very dark brown with a medium creamy tan head that lasts awhile leaving good sticky lacing along the glass. The aroma is a strong roasted malt with alcohol, smoke, and chocolate. Full bodied with a thick roasted malt and oatmeal flavor with a bitter finish. A very good stout from Pike.

Black body and brownish head. Good lacing. Aroma of dark burned espresso and chocolate muffins. The flavour a mix of the above as well as anise, bitter chocolate and and a hint vanilla pod. Lingering bittersweet ending. 650ml bottle purchased in Seattle for our Superpower beer session part II in Tromsø, 29.01.09