Scotch Irish John By Imperial Stout

Brewed by Heritage Brewing Limited
Style: Imperial Stout
Carleton Place, Canada

Sampled at the DC Local tasting. Pours an opaque black with a HUGE frothy, tan head. Aroma is a little boozy, coffee, toast. Flavor has coffee, toast, dark molasses. Finish has a lactic sourness that’s off putting.

341 ml bottle from weeheavySD. Pours dark brown to black with a tan colored head that is dense and lasting. The rich aroma carries a really nice assortment of cherry and dark chocolate, but has a slight tart note as well. This beer has a very good roasted malt flavor also containing dark fruit, dark chocolate, and a slightly burnt characteristic. This was a decent beer, but I had a hard time seeing anything imperial about it.

Bottle. Pours pitch black with a medium brown head. Head retreats quite fast leaving some lacings. Aroma fills the room as I pour it. Big roastiness, sweetness and chocolate. Very rich and sweet. Some green olive hints. Carbonation is very low. Taste is roasted malt, very malty. Not as sweet as nose suggests. Small sour hint there..not sure if I’m imagining it. There is something weird with his brew. Not much alcohol. Ok beer.

Bottle. Pours black with thick tan head. Black cherries, dark hocolate and light coffee. FInish is long and bitter. Tasty brew.

Bottle shared by alexsdad06. Poured black color with a moderate frothy brown head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate roasted malt and chocolate aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and flat carbonation. Medium to heavy roasted tart fruit sweet flavor with a medium to heavy bittersweet finish of moderate to long duration. Another standout brew.

Aha, this is nice. Very full-bodied, very malty, very low carbonation. Its aromas and taste were both chocolate and coffee. As dark as night, its bitterness made it an instant classic. I wish I only had more.

5/26/2009: John By Imperial Stout has a tan-colored cascading head that is dense and lasting. The acutal color of the beer itself is black. The rich, deep aroma carries a really nice assortment of blck cherry and dark chocolate. This beer has a very good roasted malt flavor also containing blackberry, dark chocolate, and maybe even a slightly burnt characteristic. It seems like a full-bodied, succulent red wine! It is VERY good and I am very impressed.

341 ml. bottle (6.7% alc./vol.) shared by alexsdad06. Thanks Brad! Rating #125 for this beer.

Bottle shared by Sammy on 2/07/08: Pours a very dark black with a frothy, well-lacing tan head. Semi-sweet toasty dark caramel and chocolate malty nose has some earthy dark fruity notes. Body starts fairly full with some earthy roasty sweetness and good rich bittersweet dark chocolate complexity before a drier lightly roasted finish. Pretty well-balanced but could use some more flavor and body.