Tröegs Scratch 5

Formerly brewed at Tröegs Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Hershey, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Snifter

Bottle 12fl.oz. @ home.
[ Courtesy of Secret Santa ]. Clear dark brown color with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, chocolate, fresh raisin, prune, licorice notes, light alcoholic. Flavor is heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is creamy - oily, carbonation is soft. [20090220]

Bottled. An unclear red-brown beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of malt, over ripe fruits, and alcohol. The flavor is sweet malty with lighter notes of roasted malt, over ripe fruits, and alcohol, leading to a dry, fruity, and roasted finish.

Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of bu11zeye. Hazy orangey brown with an off-white head. Sweetish aroma of overripe fruit. Medium body, roasted malt and overripe fruit. Malt bitter finish. 010209

From bottle, blindtasting #20. Pours dark brown with a small reddish glare with a diminished tan head. Mild roasted and dense malty aroma. Dry. Mild fruity and hard roasted malty flavoured. Bitter hoppy and hardroasted malty base flavoured. Lovely balanced finished.

Dark brown with a medium beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, caramel and overripe fruits. Flavour was sweet with burned malt, dark chocolate, caramel and coffee notes. Finished swee with warming alcohol.

UPDATED: NOV 20, 2011
Date: December 22, 2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party
Appearance: dark brown, wispy beige head
Aroma: sweet dark caramel and chocolate aroma
Body: creamy body
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, caramel malt brings in some sweetness, balanced with bitter dark chocolate and roasted malt, touch of alcohol for extra sweetness and a spicy edge, bitter dark chocolate finish
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.9/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *** /4

(Bottle) Pours a light hazy medium brown body with a small beige head. Aroma of cocoa, toastiness, vinous, oatmeal, and caramel. Flavor of cocoa, nuts, light anise, and toasted malt.

UPDATED: JAN 27, 2008 (1/26/08, 12oz bottle, thanks mj) Medium tan head atop clear red-black body. Aroma is medium sweet, roast, some chocolate, light alcohol. Taste is moderately sweet, chocolate, roast.coffee, some alcohol, oatmeal. Smooth medium-full body. (5/3/8/4/15)

(11/3/07, 12oz bottle, thanks mj) Small tan head atop clear dark brown body. Aroma is medium sweet, caramel, some alcohol, roast, light cinnamon. Taste is medium sweet, cola, some alcohol, roast. Medium body. (5/3/4/3/9)