t Smisje Catherine The Great Imperial Stout

Brewed by Brouwerij De Regenboog
Style: Imperial Stout
Assebroek-Brugge, Belgium

one of those glacier broken mountain-like heads...almost cotton candy in appearance, or maybe thick like a milkshake. Unfortunately the beer underneath was a light brown mud. The lightest brown I’ve ever seen on an imperial stout. The nose was just spent grains with a lactic like twang near the end. Flavors were nutty and astringent, hiding alcohol well, but more of a strong nut brown ale than an imperial stout. Its rather sweet with belgian yeast characteristics as well. Some caramel too. Highly carbinated. Not really an imperial stoutish beer, but drinkable nonetheless.

Pours a dark brown with some ruby highlights with a two finger creamy tan head. The nose is sweet, fruity, earthy, has some alcohol, candy, yeasty. The flavor is a tad sweet, some warmth, malty, fruity, rusty, crisp, kind of like a dubbel. The palate is crisp carbonated and warm. Definitely not typical.

Bottle, dark brown pour, some off white head. aroma is somewhat yeasty belgian malt, light roast, and chocolate. the flavor is the same... its odd with the pit fruit belgian malt base, and the stout flavors really arent overpowering like most in this style.

Bottle. Hazy dark brown colour with a huge head. Rich aroma and taste of roaste malts, coffee nad caramel. Nice mouthfeel.

Bottle. Pours dark brown with a one finger light tan head that leaves good lacing. Aroma of dark fruit, caramel, a hint of coffee, and light roast. Taste is the same as aroma. Medium mouthfeel with a moderate amount of bitterness and very smooth alcohol. More like a Belgian Strong Ale with a little roast but still very good.

I like the look of this beer, but it feels more like a barley wine than an imperial stout, the look is heaver amber brown. The flavor hits you hard in the start and then mellows outs. still very malty and hoppy. One to enjoy

The aroma is weak with sugar, yeast, rye like malt, and lots of hops. The appearance is nice with a red brown color and a large tan head. Sadly it looks nothing like a stout. The flavor is not very good because its too bitter for a stout in a hoppy way. The palate is thin for a stout.

Courtsey of Fishingnet. Pours cloudy.with thin brownish head. Taste : fruity, malty, light coffee flavor, some hop bitteness, and lightly roasted aftertaste. Pretty hard to pin point it as an imp stout, had too much carbonation.