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Saranac Imperial Stout

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1763.55/5.03.53/5.09%30.8Snifter
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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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 oh6gdx (8838), Vasa, Finland
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Sep 30, 2008  
Bottled. Black colour, mediumsized brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, nuts and some dark dry fruits. Also some mild notes of fresh wood. Flavour is hops, caramel, alcohol, raisins and mild nuttyness. Wellbalanced.


 Papsoe (14904), Frederiksberg, Denmark
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/516/20
Sep 27, 2008  
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Black and opaque with a creamy off-white head. Aroma of hard roasted malt and dried fruit. Very solid body with plenty of burned malt and almost vinous pruny accents. Also plenty of sweet licorice, coffee and alcohol. Some malt bitterness in the finish. A very straight and well composed Imperial Stout. 190908


 emacgee (1864), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Sep 26, 2008  
Pours a dark black that shows some light. The head is one finger thick creamy and dark tan. The nose was malty, sweet, roasty, soy sauce, chocolate, coffee, molasses. The flavor is roasty, some soy sauce, bitter chocolate, coffee, roasty, some charcoal, a tad thin, crisp, some alcohol. The palate is crisp, has a mild bitterness, warm alcohol. Not as bad as I expected.


 omhper (12171), Stockholm, Sweden
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/105/52/101/58/20
Sep 26, 2008  
Bottled at Stockholm Beer Festival. Very black, rich firm head. Citric tarry nose. Sticky unrefined body with lots of syerup and licorice. Rough and tarry with fairly low bitterness. A mess.


 KimJohansen (6921), Copenhagen V, Denmark
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Sep 20, 2008  
Black with medium beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, coffe and chocolate. Sweet flavour with hardroasted malt, coffee, dark bitter chocolate and smoke.


 WeeHeavySD (2963), San Diego (Hillcrest), California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/514/20
Sep 18, 2008  
12oz from Jimbowood. Pours black with a light brown head. Nose is sweet with a big bold bite of coffee, its not an amazing killer nose, but its pretty decent. Taste chocolately and sweet. Certainly drinkable and tasty, decent impy.


 robinvboyer (1428), Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/102/513/20
Sep 7, 2008  
nice thick black pour, with a very small tan head. Aroma is alot of roasted malt, and not much else. the flavour is again loads of roasted malt, some licorice, a touch of chocolate, and some coffee. the aftertatse is very very bitter, with an intense burnt malt. meh the mouthfeel is quite wattery though, not the greatest imperial stout ive had.


 Sammy (3979), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/104/516/20
Aug 19, 2008  
Enjoyed on tap at the Tap and Mallet. Black with good lacing. Coffee, and chocolate. A good blend. Buttery mouthfeel. Not too bitter, rated 50 IBU.



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