Scotch Irish Tsarina Katarina Imperial Stout

Formerly brewed at Heritage Brewing Limited
Style: Imperial Stout
Carleton Place, Canada

2005 bottle, kindly shared by CapFlu, thanks a lot man! Milky notes followed by a portlike aroma. Black with a brown head. Roasted start, a certain milk acidity cannot be denied, chocolate notes round it off. Full bodied, dry mouthfeel. Roasted aftertaste. Allthough the milkacid probably was not intended I actually think it adds to the complexity of the brew.

341ml bottle. a few years old. pours black with tan head. aroma is soy, chocolate, dark fruit. flavor of soy, dark fruit, mild chocolate, roast, and rather soured. very blah, this has aged poorly, soured impy.

05 bottle, courtesy CaptainCougar. Pours a very dark brown, with a creamy dark vanilla colored head, and sticky lacing. Giant roasted coffee aromas, raisin, chocolate, brown sugar, alcohol, vanilla. Flavors of big roasted malts, full of coffee beans and chocolate, some raisin and some slight soy sauce. Very smooth, so drinkable, has aged very well. Perfect at room temperature.

2005 vintage, thanks to MrManning (thanks Lem!). This may or may not have been one of the very last bottles in existence. Pours a perfectly viscous black colour with a very large brown head. Aroma is nice, lots of hop character on top of dark chocolate and anise, raisin. Flavour is intense yet highly drinkable for an Imperial Stout, and the ABV is pretty much undetectable. Nice chocolatey creaminess and velvety palate. I really like this one, and it’s a shame it’ll never be around ever again, and this is probably the only chance I’ll ever get to have it. Very rich, roasty malts, satisfying, even in hot weather!

2005 Vintage ~ Rating #1300...

5/01/2008: Tsarina Katarina Imperial Stout 2005 pours a pretty much black and is opaque with a mostly lasting creamy brown head. Aroma is dark chocolate and licorice and heavily caramelized malt so it is a bit sweet. The flavor is roasty and rich with some dark fruits (bourbon-soaked raisins or prunes) and licorice evident. It also has an earthy/dirt-like characteristic to it as well hints of smoke/char from heavily roasted malts. A little bit of oxidation is starting to set in though. The finish tastes like coffee and chocolate. The body of this beer is medium-full and it is soft and smooth on the palate. The alcohol starts to pop out as the beer gets warmer, but it isn’t overwhelming at all. This beer has held up pretty well over the past few years and would probably be good for a couple more...

341ml bottle (9% alc./vol.) sent to me from ross. Thanks Ross. I appreciate it! Rating #139 for this beer...

This was a 2005 vintage that i have been sitting on and it was not bad at all with hints of chocolate and some fruit,the pour was black as night with very thin head and a nice smooth finish,as it warmed the abv was noticeable.CHEERS!

Pours black with thin quickly disipating head. Aroma is choclolate, coffee, very sweet. Medium bodied and a bit oily. Flavor is sweet and chocolaty. Very dry finish. Decent as far as imperial stouts go.

2005 vintage, sampled April 2006. Nose of chocolate, coffee, some vegetal. Chocalote, cola, and licorice is accompanied by vegetal and a ton of acidity. Acrid and thin. Not my favorite Impy.