Propeller Revolution Russian Imperial Stout

Brewed by Propeller Brewery
Style: Imperial Stout
Halifax, Canada

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle. [ Courtesy of OKBeer ] Clear dark black color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, dark chocolate, licorice, dark fruit. Flavor is moderate to heavy bitter and light sweet with a long duration. (Bitternes is chocolate / malt bitter, soft and smooth). Body is full to medium, texture is oily / creamy, carbonation is soft. ;o)) (081007)

Bottled. A dark brown beer with a red shine under a dark brown head. The aroma has notes of burnt rubber, malt, and wood. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt, wood, and chocolate, leading to a dry roasted finish - is there a slight infection in here?

50 cL bottle. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is dark malty and toasted. Slight spiced note. Spiced, hoppy and grapefruity. Smooth toasted dark malty and slight breadish. Lingering hoppy and slight toasted malty finish.

Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of fiulijn. Pours an opaque pitch black with a lacing light brown head. Heavily roasted aroma, vanilla and dark fruits. Solid body, carbonation is a little excessive, hard roast flavours with a twist of smoke and vanilla. Malt bitter finish. Solid stuff. 230511

Bottle at Papsø. Black coloured with a huge beige head. Fruity and roasted aroma of caramel and berries. Roasted flavour of dark chocolate and hops. Roasted and hoppy finish.

Bottle. Courtesy of resenaren. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate and licorice aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and licorice flavor. Has a roasted malty licorice and bitter chocolate finish.

Bottle from Firefly, Vancouver
Black color; medium sized creamy head. Very nice aroma of roasted malt, milky, with notes of leather and cocoa nibs. Reasonable body strength, even if more was expected; good flavor, dominated by the roasted malts, with some liquorice finish. Strong bitterness, mostly coming from the roasted malts, and still a milky trace. Very good.

Almost black. No real head. This beer has a meaty, cheesy richness like the counter at Oyama Sausage in the Granville Island market. I probably should have used a Halifax reference, I know. There’s a gorgeous dark fruit note with a nice nutty malt accent. It’s a shade thinner than I’d like in the body but the dark fruits and sweet malts are very nice. It’s got a nice, fairly bright character, but the aroma promised more richness and in that respect I felt a little let down.

Name: Revolution Imperial Russian Stout
Date: 08/19/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Ticker Tasting

black with ruby edges, fine tan head, roasted aroma with sweet licorice and dark chocolate plus a hint of ripe dark fruits, creamy body, rich dark chocolate flavor balanced by the roasted malts to keep it dry, a bit of dark caramel sweetness manages to sneak through to accent the chocolate,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.8/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

clear dark brown, smooth light brown head. roasted malts, honey, nice sweet almost boozy base to the aroma flavor is roasted malts, caramel, flowery hoppy note, milky note, ends quite dry.