Scotch Irish John By Imperial Stout

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

Stubby bottle. Indeed; so brown I’ll call it black. Steady bubbles keep a dark brown light foam head. Looks like the film on a pot of hot chocolate on the stove. Tasty dark chocolate nose. Heavey bitter taste even after the first sip. Very blackstrap tasting.

Deep black in colour, rich tan coloured head, average retention, light lacing. The aroma is rich, chalky, lots of dark malts, coffee and chocolate, some sweetness, very light alcohol. The flavour is lightly sweet, medium roast, coffee and dark chocolates, a bit burnt. A little thin in the mouthfeel, medium body, medium carbonation. Finishes burnt, sweet, lingering.

Being a thin body hurt this for me. I found that this one didn’t last very long either. After a few months a few bottles that I had had already started to sour a bit.

341ml bottle from the LCBO in Peterborough, Ontario.
Opened on December 26, 2007.
Vintage 2007.

Courtesy of CigarCityBrew. Pours deep brown with thin light brown head. The aroma is roasty malts, prunes, raisins and sugar sweet malts. The taste is much the same with roasty malts, earthiness, mild burnt malts and then adding in as well is sweet and tart dark fruit lining up along the back wall of the aroma arena. The fruity tartness hits the edges of my tongue tossing up faint moments of pain. The flavor overall is a bit thin, fruity and somewhat dark and malty. It is a beer, the kind you drink. I’ll have another.

Courtesy of Sammy. It’s black with a huge, creamy, nougat brown and lasting head. The aroma has notes of coffee, chocolate and slightly burnt, roasted malt. The flavour has a light sweetness and a light bitterness and notes of roasted malt, licorice, coffee and light chocolate. The finish is slightly dry and bitter with hints of chalk and alcohol. The body is full and nice!

My first Imperial Stout, thanks to robinvboyer! Pours a deep chocolate brown with a thin pale brown head. More or less opaque, but a few highlights show up when you hold it up to light. Aroma is a little bit smoky, with a big dose of hops. There’s a lot of roasted malts and coffee notes there too, but they kind of take a back seat to the hops. Flavour is about the same, fairly hoppy at first, then fading into roasted barley and coffee flavors, finishing up with a very bitter chocolate and hops sort of taste. Mouthfeel is very thick, creamy and a little oily with decently strong carbonation.

Bottle via Glouglouburp. Dark color. Smell of roasted coffee, caramel, hops, chocolate and dark fruit. Taste of bitter hops, roasted malt, pine, bread, caramel and coffee. This has some sourness to it.

Bottle courtesy Degarth. Pours black with a one finger tan head that leaves good lacing. Aroma of chocolate, coffee, and roasted malt. Taste is the same as aroma. Medium mouthfeel with a mild amount of bitterness. Very good.

Bottle. Body-looks like cola with a thick ring of bubbles. Nose-malt powder, creamed coffee, Tootsie Rolls, chocolate powder, good chocolate nose, lightly lactic, medium coffee bitter, very clean with the sweetness kept in check.