 Pigfoot (2225), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Sep 23, 2004
Total blackness, full, thick opacity marks the glass, and on the top floats a big, burnished brown layer of foam, settling into a tight, yet bubbly ring.
Aroma hits you from the start, twisted and viscous, massive, tumbling out flavors of molasses, dark rum, black pepper, anise, cloves, rich and ripe, and plenty boozy, as well. Deeee-lectable!
Brash, bitter hops clash on the palate, and sticks around for the duration, turning tricks in the mouth, whisking waves of flavor everywhere. This is a flavor that doesn’t hide, doesn’t shirk, and gets all up in the mouth, everywhere. Potent alcohol presence, never lets you forget it’s there, yet still doesn’t dominate, for the thick, rewarding taste is ever-prevalent and remains star of the show. Very rich, this is best kind of darkness, a great example of an Imperial Stout, with chocolatey, dark, rich flavors, and just a bit of fruit in the finish. huge mouthfeel, vast body, impressive flavor...this is one quality Imperial Stout! My first Thirsty Dog brew, hope it’s not my last!
1010 (66), Marysville, Ohio, USA
Oct 11, 2008 Pours a deep black with a thin tan head. Taste of coffee malt and a hint of chocolate. This is a great beer.
12 oz. bottle
hubcrawler (10), , Virginia, USA
Oct 9, 2008 Pours a deep black oil-like color and had a nice light brown head which leaves behind a fair amount of lacing. Had aromas of chocolate malt, mocha, java, and burnt molasses. Has a nice thick feel and flavors of chocolate, coffee, smoked wood, mild bitterness, and some alcohol. The flavors linger nicely on the palate. This is a great stout.
BMan1113VR (919), Los Angeles (and Dallas, TX), California, USA
Sep 25, 2008 Bottle thanks to zathrus13. Pours thick, with a large, creamy, greyish brown head with a black body. Great lacing and full retention. Aroma of chocolate, alcohol, berries, caramel, soy, smoke, fudge and brown sugar. Taste is roasty, chocolate, smoke, wood, long, long, long duration, with yeast and tar finishing it up. Alcohol is well hidden. Texture is velvety and mouthcoating with hardly any carbonation. A quitely great beer.
angrypirate06 (21), USA
Sep 25, 2008 Coffee and smoky aromas...dark black pour, with creamy but small head...initial flavor isn’t that strong, but definitely gives coffee tones. Duration is what really shines in this beer, strong lasting coffee flavor. Overall, a strong recommendation.
BeerBelcher (750), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Sep 18, 2008 This is a really solid imperial stout.
Pours a thick, inky black with very little head. Aroma is coffee and intensely smokey. Flavor is definitely RIS, with substantial roastiness, coffee and chocolate notes, with some smokey flavor also. Mouthfeel is quite smooth (little carbonation) but a bit sticky and slick. Quite good.
I would recommend this beer.
I bought this as a single 12oz bottle from Parti-Pak Discount Liquor in Indianapolis (Greenwood), Indiana.
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