Thirsty Dog Siberian Night Imperial Stout

Brewed by Thirsty Dog Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Akron, Ohio USA

Serve in Snifter

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UPDATED: JUL 24, 2009 From a 12 ounce bottle -This one pours a pitch black liquid with a thick (but rapidly diminishing for a stout) brown head and a complex chocolate-alcohol-malt aroma. Tastewise, this is a perfect beer - rich, creamy in flavor, with a mocha-type body and a hell of a wallop to it! God bless my loving girlfriend Nancy for gifting me with this liquid ambrosia!

The green eyes stare at me, wanting me to partake of the contents...almost daring me. As the beer ejaculates itself into the glass it produces a smallish dark tan head. It allows no light to pass through, presenting me with an ebony beauty that beckons me to take it.....now. The aroma is huge roast malt, chocoff, walnuts and almonds. A heavy, musky aroma that seeps into my cerebrum. As it reaches my tongue it avails its savory flavors to my eager mouth and lips......huge molasses, roasty malt, chocoff, rauchiness, licorice, hazelnuts.....all the aromas signify that it is ready for swallowing. As it hits the back of my throat, it opens up with a very dense palate, exposing tons of chocolate syrup and slight coffee, coupled with an array of nutty pleasures including hazelnuts, walnuts, and almonds. It has given itself completely to me, and I have pounded its ebony flanks for all it is worth, leaving it a heaving lump. Crank up the band, boys and girls, we have perfection, and I need a hand towel!

What can I say. This is beer. Huge body, huge flavor, huge malt, hops just right to balance the sweetness. This is thick and chewy.

UPDATED: JAN 3, 2008 Draft (13% ABV): Beautifully crafted aroma is as deep as it is complex. Notes of cocoa, chocolate chip, vanilla and brown sugar sweeten up the oak and sherry base. Another swirl of the glass lets off hints of oats, cinammon and sugar dusted pecan. Each time I dip my nose in, I smell something new and delicious. The body continues this complexity, but isn’t syrupy as I expected. Rather, it’s creamy, smooth and very drinkable. It encapsultes more nutty and chocolate flavors that cradle the woody and earthy base. The velvety smooth mouthfeel softens the sweetness of the body, helping to merge these flavors together, seemlessly. The warmth in my stomach lets me know to be wary of this panther in cat’s pajamas. This is easily the best crafted beer I’ve had to date. Until I find something better, this is absolutely perfect! Cheers and a big thank you to my good buddy Jeff (TAR) for the handbottle!!!

absolutely amazing stout beer... truely what beer should taste like.. loved every last drop of it.. just wish i had more on campus :)

This is by far the best beer i have ever had, pitch black beer with a thick head... i couldn’t believe it was 9% smooth taste choclate aroma smooth taste with a coffee hint that make you not want to swallow.... best deal i hve ever had on a 6 pack for 7.99 forget guiness buy this

This beer rocks. Poured jet black, with a dark brown creamy head that lasted the entire beer and left an excellent lacing on the glass. Aroma was rich dark chocolate, roasted malts and a hint of coffee and caramel. Flavor was that of a dark chocolate on a piece of nice warm toast, very smooth, creamy, pleasant on the tongue. Also noted hints of coffee in the flavor. Finishes with a nice pleasant bitterness and just a hint of alcohol to dry your tongue and make you want more. AWESOME.

Dark as old motor oil and with just about as much foam. A powerful aroma of dark fruit greets the nose. It is very sweet and is so appetizing I can hardly wait to taste the beer. A smokey dark fruit flavor jumps out. It is sweet but not as much as the aroma and is somewhat tart. As the beer warms malt shows up in force with a strong chocolate highlight. This beer does acrobatics with the taste buds. It is so multifaceted that is difficult to capture accurately. I cannot imagine a beer being any better. Just amazing!

Absolute heaven. Smooth, thick, creamy and very dark. For the relatively high alcohol content there wasn’t a strong presence at all. Had this on tap at the Brew Kettle in Strongsville.

Very pleseant aroma on this beer, almost sweet....Mostly like licorice or a very sweet coffee. The beer pours very dark black with a generoud red-brown foamy head. Flavor is very busy/complex...has a large dark malty nose. The finsh is very clean, no after taste. At the height of flavor there are too many flavors to mention, coffee, fruit....too many. Very good. If you like stouts this is excellent...If you can find it on tap, even better... Too bad the Thirsty Dogs are disappearing.