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Scotch Irish John By Imperial Stout

Percentile
97
overall
Brewed by Heritage Brewing Limited
Style: Imperial Stout

Carleton Place, Canada

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
1313.84/5.03.79/5.0Winter6.7%68.4Snifter
Commercial Description:
Our John By Imperial Stout is so deep brown in colour you might as well say it is black. This ale’s powerful malt flavour is not overwhelmed by its alcohol content. Just the thing to ward off the cold of a Canadian winter.
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 Beerman6686 (1281), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Jan 3, 2009  
This poured an almost black color with a thin light tan head. Aroma was of lots of chocolate, and some coffee. Flavor was very disappointing, lots of weird soy sauce notes and sourish tastes. Reminded me alot of Sam Adams Triple Bock


chops (60), Brantford, Ontario, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/517/20
Jan 2, 2009  
341ml bottle from the LCBO. Great beer. Lots of butterscotch, chocolate and coffee flavors that I love in an imperial stout.


 french tickler (642), Aylmer, Quebec, Canada
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Dec 30, 2008  
Shared with Pyrozoid. Pitch black poor with a tiny frothy light brown head... not as oily as some other impy’s. Aromas appear simple but very characteristic of the style, chocolate, toast, roasted malts with coffee notes. Light astringent, light sourness... almost as if the beer spent a lttle time under some intense light... You can still feel a nice round bitterness with a sweet twist. Flavors seem off a bit and i’ll most likely have to re-rate this beer... I have a feeling that it has much more potential


 Pyrozoid (352), Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Dec 30, 2008  
Bouteille de 341 ml. Dégusté avec french tickler. Une biere de couleur noir avec un mince collet tres collant. Arome de chocolat, fudge, dattes et réglisses noire. Gout tres cremeux, chocolat, café noir, fudge qui revient. Tres bonne biere.


 Trev (863), Lakeville, Minnesota, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Dec 24, 2008  
Black pour with a thin tan head. Aroma is chocolate, some dark fruitiness, roast coffee, caramel sweetness. Flavour is more bitter than I expected. Bakers chocolate, plenty of coffee tones, a little dusty, strong charred wood finish.


 Viper666 (622), Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Dec 23, 2008  
Bouteille 341ml, courtoisie de Blankboy. De couleur noir et opaque. Nez de chocolat noir, de malt rôti, léger de fruits (mûres), de chocolat au lait (petites notes lactiques) et de houblon herbeux et floral, de café avec des petites notes fumées. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture Léger goût de chocolat au lait (légèrement lactique) avec des notes fruitées (mûres, traces de cerises noires) lors de l entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute rapidement un goût malté rôti (légèrement brûlé) et de chocolat noir et sucré jusqu en finale où l on retrouve un moyenne amertume de houblon herbeux (notes florales asséchantes) ainsi qu un moyen goût de café noir, des notes de noix et des traces fumées. Post-goût moyen-long et aux notes sèches, moyennement amer de rôti/ brûlé, de chocolat noir, moyen de café et de houblon herbeux avec des traces de noix.


 terrybail (335), London, Ontario, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Dec 23, 2008  
341ml bottle from the LCBO The aroma is like some kind of dark fruit I can not place Pours as black as a black hole very dark with a small tan head The taste is bitter and smoky a little too smoky for me


 Marsiblursi (1634), Göteborg, Sweden
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Sep 19, 2008  
(Bottle thanks to TheCheeseMan) Pours dark brown to black with a fast decreasing brown head. The aroma has strange notes of brown beans (The Swedish dish bruna bönor) alongside more normal tones of red wine/vinous/cherry oxidation, black wine gums, dark raspberries, dark chocolate, prunes, dark bread, dark syrup, light smoke and light caramel. Hints of coffee, dried herbs and maybe a whisper of citrus. The flavour is of dark chocolate, cherries, light smoke, caramel, red wine and some light sheet metal hints in the finish. Light to medium sweet and light bitter. The mouthfeel is flat, light soft and light sour. Medium bodied.



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