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RATINGS: 264   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.55   EST. CALORIES: 270   ABV: 9%
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Mt. Marcy, Skylight, Algonquin...Majestic Adirondack High Peaks - They are the inspiration for our "High Peaks" series, a line of beers that are bigger, more complex and flavorful; beers that are meant to be sipped and savored. The second in our series, Saranac Imperial Stout, is brewed with eleven malts to balance a delicious chocolate and coffee roasted flavor with the spicy herbal character of the generous kettle and dry hops. At 50 IBU's this beer captures the essence of the Adirondacks. Enjoy!


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3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
daniele (3783) - ITALY - DEC 11, 2011
scura schiuma media discreta persitenza naso piuttosto intenso caffe liquirizia quasi liquoroso in bocca buon corpo tostaure decise e buona luppolatura finale piuttosro secco

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
watson1977 (2295) - The dub c, Pennsylvania, USA - DEC 5, 2011
Pours deep brown/black with a medium mocha head. Aroma of dark fruits, molasses, and caramel. Flavor has some heavy roast, dark chocolate, and winey dark fruitt. Mouthfeel is medium and slightly creamy with a roasty, dry finish.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
VTHopHead (1389) - Barre, Vermont, USA - NOV 12, 2011
Bottle/12oz - Pours a very dark black/brown in color with a small creamy tan head that produced some really nice lacing on the glass. Aroma is heavy with dark roasted malts along with a bit of both chocolate and coffee. Flavor is also quite strong with the dark malts... a bit too much of the black patent IMO... and the coffee is stronger than the aroma. Lingering bitterness that, I’m sure, is a combo of the hops and the astringency of the darkly roasted malts. Good, but not great Impy...

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Elwood (2493) - Leesburg, Virginia, USA - SEP 13, 2011
Serving: 12 oz. bottle from State Line Liquors. It pours almost pitch black witha thick, creamy head of dark tan foam. The nose is lots of roasted malt, coffee, and mocha . The flavor has lots of coffee and roasted bitterness. There is a nice creamy mocha note in there too. Pretty rich body but not cloying. Fairly lengthy coffee and roasted malt finish. A surprisingly good offering from Saranac. Definitely worth trying.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
DaSilky1 (2604) - San Diego, California, USA - AUG 29, 2011
Pours a dark dark brown, thin light tan head. Thick fudge nose, with some caramel & nuts...flavors have some sharp roasted malts with equally sharp bittering hops, bitter chocolate, slight black marker, some alcohol..fairly full bodied and fairly bitter too. Not too shabby actually though I think the malt flavors are hard to grasp with that level of bitterness in the way.

2
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 6/20
DiarmaidBHK (2281) - Pennsylvania, USA - AUG 22, 2011
Pours black from bottle with a thin khaki head. The aroma smells of furniture polish and burned malt. Thinner mouthfeel then I was expecting. Fair amount of alcohol on the tongue. Finish has a tad of bitterness which adds something to the beer. Pretty damn appalling!

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
POLK (1884) - Hørning, DENMARK - AUG 19, 2011
010811: Very dark color with a good brown head. Roasted aroma. Flavor of roasted malt/coffe.really good stout with a nice creamy mouth feel

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
thornecb (3647) - Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA - AUG 15, 2011
Pours black into a snifter. Mocha head recedes to skim the surface. Soy and chocolate aromas. Thin with soy, licorice and slightly soured espresso.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
wekker84 (1218) - etten-leur, NETHERLANDS - JUN 8, 2011
Bottle a black colored beer with a beige head aroma roasted malts fruits spicy and hops flavor roasted malts laurel chocolate spicy fruits and hops

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Brandman (1440) - Helsinki, FINLAND - JUN 8, 2011
Black body, brown head. Aroma of burned malt, dark berries, alcohol, coal. Flavour has lots of ash and some chocolate mousse. High roasted flavour. Thin and dry. Russian chocolate comes to mind.


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