Sonoran Inebriator Stout

Brewed by Sonoran Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Phoenix, Arizona USA

Serve in Snifter

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Had this one on tap at Pinnacle Peak Patio. Pours so black you could hold it up to your car’s headlights, turn the high beams on and still not see through this one. Head disappeared too quick though. Very malty, with strong hints of caramel, chocolate and molasses. Real tasty! Finish was long and refined. A must if your in these parts!

Bonus courtesy of IBrew2or3. Cheers, Dave! Pours a dark stout brown with a dark tan head. Nose is roasted malts, dark chocolate, slight smoke, and slight vanilla/ marshmallow. Flavor is similar- roasted malts, slight smoke, slight dark fruit, slight vanilla, and some marshmallow. Interesting imperial stout. Medium in body and the roast and fruit stay along with some raisiny dark fruit and mallow.

Bottle from a trade with cbkschubert. Pours black with brown head. Roasted malt and chocolate aromas. Bittersweet milk chocolate and vanilla flavor with dark roasted malts and some espresso. Full body with minimal carbonation and thick and slick mouthfeel. Really nice beer if you like your impy stouts on the sweeter side. Thanks Craig.

On tap at the AZ Strong Ale Festival. Pours inky black with a trim brown head. Smells of toasted malts and dark fruit. Tastes of each with added notes of molasses and plum juice. Less malty than I was anticipating, but very sweet and agressive. Solid.

Bottle @ZZT IV: Big brown head which disappears slow, on top of a black colored beer. Smell liquorice, wood, smoke and earth/ Taste brown sugars, liquorice, some toasted/roasted barley malts, some bitterness but more sweetness. Aftertaste of roasted barley malts, some sweets, again light bitter with more sweets being present. Low carbo, soft mouthfeel, full body and a creamy sticky texture. Not bad, but a bit too sweet.

Rich thick chocolate shake foam, dark dense body. Malty, cocoa powder aroma. Rich maltiness, sweet and fruity at first, turning to dark cocoa/chocolate milkshake. Fair bitterness in the finish and plenty of alcohol.

Pours really black in color. Has an overwhelming flavor of roasted malts. It is very easy to drink for such a strong drink. Really good quality, great for $4.99 a 4 pack.

What in the freaking hell is wrong with this aroma. It smells like a jerkey factory. Deep black color with a short lived head that smells damn near like bag of jerky. Not overpowering for a stout though. I really don't taste the alcohol though, just some good amounts of chocolate.

This is another bargain beer found at Trader Joe's. Thanks to xlperro for the tip. At $1.25 for a 12oz bottle, this was a steal. Appearance: To the shock of no one, this imperial stout poured black with a cocoa brown head. The smell was of roasted coffee and chcolate. The flavor was slightly bitter yet creamy with chocolate undertones. This is a tasty imperial stout.

Aroma is roasty, and sweet with cherries and chocolate. Head fades quick. Taste is medium bodied with a huge punch of stinging roast/hops/alcohol. Finish is all roasted and chocolate malt, with a little alcohol. Not a bad stout really, just something you have to man up for. Quite bitter.