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t Smisje Catherine The Great Imperial Stout 3.31 201

t Smisje Catherine The Great Imperial Stout

Percentile
76
overall
Brewed by Brouwerij De Regenboog
Style: Imperial Stout

Assebroek-Brugge, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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2013.32/5.03.31/5.010%11.7Snifter
Commercial Description:
Bottle fermented. Brewed with water, barley malt, hops and yeast.
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 Fin (3548), Merton, Oxfordshire, England
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20

Dec 27, 2007  
Bottle, picked up from The Hop Duvel, Gent and consumed 26-12-07 Poured a very dark reddy amber colour with white head. The aroma was sweet malts with sourness around the edges. Tasted roasty with burnt wood dominating initially only to subside to reveal good hops, sourness again, quite tangy but to be fair the sweetness holds firm against all of these other tastes. This is a very interesting and unusual Imperial Stout.

 Boutip (2452), Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/103/515/20
Jan 24, 2010  
Bottle: Poured a dark cloudy brown color ale with a super large off-white foamy head with great retention and some perfect lacing. Aroma of Belgian yeast with some caramel malt and some dry fruits – not a stout per say but good aroma nonetheless. Taste is closer to a dark Belgian ale then a stout with loads of dry fruits ester, some caramel malt and some light lingering sugar. Body is quite full with perfect carbonation and no alcohol was discernible. Well done thought I could never had guess this was a stout form looking and drinking this.


 TaxiDriver (999), Stadland, Germany
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
Jan 17, 2010  
Bottle. A strong malty aroma, light sour, later some coffee and bitter chocolate. The large light beige foamy head has a long duration. The body is nearly black. The taste is bitter and malty, espresso. A medium strong taste. The body is creamy, medium strong and with a lot of carbonation. A good Imperial Stout, the body is not that strong but still nice.


 Diogène (592), Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Jan 15, 2010  
Bottle. Dark brown red, but not totally opaque with a thick foamy off white head showing great retention. Aroma is fruity with apples, yeast, sugar and grains. I couldn’t tell this is a stout from the aroma. Flavor is cereals, fruits, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, yeast, alcohol and a bitter finish. Interesting, but I wouldn’t consider it a stout.


 rederic (1827), montréal, Quebec, Canada
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/102/512/20
Jan 15, 2010  
330ml bottle, cloudy muddy dark brown hue, with a big rocky fluffly tan-colored head, leaving some lacing, yeasty, light roasty, chocolate, toasted malt nose, with some cookie dough, faint cocoa accents, with a hint of dark dried fruits in trhe aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a warmth, yeasty, fruity, roasted, toasted, caramelized malt, cookie dough character, with some faint roasty coffee bean, dark bitter chocolate notes, and a flowery hop, leafy, grassy accent, leading towards a warming, malty, chocolatey, roasty, hop leafy, grassy bitterness finish. A weak imperial stout!


 probstk (1125), Nepean, Ontario, Canada
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/102/510/20
Jan 14, 2010  
33 cl bottle from Bieropholie, served at cellar temperature in a tulip glass. Gushed. BB 2kw 2014.

App.: A strange, murky deep brown with a tan head that fades fast. Aroma: Belgian Strong Ale – nice spicy fruitiness, molasses and brown sugar, yeast and bread dough, bread crust, slightly minty, a touch of vanilla and chocolate; all wrong. Palate: Medium body and lively effervescence. Flav.: Much like the nose – a boozy BSA, fruity, spicy, sweet, malty, anything but an Impy Stout; quite sweet with fair bitterness, a fruity malt finish and a good deal of alcohol.

Drinkable, but COMPLETELY off-style.


 TaktikMTL (2840), Montréal-Nord, Quebec, Canada
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/511/20
Jan 14, 2010  
Bouteille de 330 ml obtenue via Importations Privées Bièropholie. Arôme: Légère odeur de café et de chocolat. Apparence: La couleur est brune foncée. Présence d’un énorme col beige mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de café et de chocolat et de terre. Longue durée de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture astringente. Forte effervescence en bouche. Arrière goût terreux. (Rating #2814)


 rocbyter (959), Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/101/57/103/514/20
Jan 10, 2010  
Light chocolate malt aroma. Dark amber color with a large tan head. I thought stouts were suppose to be darker than this especially an imperial stout. Mild start but quickly getting bitter.


 planky84 (194), , Greater London, England
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Jan 9, 2010  
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours dark brown with a long lasting beige head. Aromas of roasted malts, vanilla, slightly herby, chocolate, burnt sugars. Flavours of chocolate, dark malts, some fruit, licorice. Good alcohol burn. Finishes dry and smokey. Nice.



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