Tröegs Scratch 5

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

Serve in Snifter

this beer is awesome. has a nice malty aroma with hints of chocolate. good creamy body, very sweet chocolatish taste. Doesn’t get much better.

Bottle: Dark brown with a large, creamy tan head. Thick sheets of lacing. Soft cocoa and roasty notes arise. Light coffee. Flavor is smooth and roasty with a light bit of bittersweet chocolate in the tail. Barely a hint of oats. Sweet and creamy there is this little bit of vanilla that I am really liking. Thanks to The_Epeeist for this trade gem.

This beer was recieved thanks to JB175. It has a dark brown color and there is a thin head to it It has a malty and oatmeal like aroma you can smell that maple syrup coming out of it. It also leaves some nice lacing along the sides of the glass. As the beer warms and you drink it there is a initial chocolate and syrup sweetness folowed by a woody finish and a nice bitterness to complement that. The palate has a really nice maple wood finish which sticks around for a good amout of time and leaves a nice coating.

Thanks MuenchenerKindl for such an excellent extra 12 oz bottle poured into a Duvel tulip an awesome midnight black with a good two fingers of tan head that settles into a large curtain of lace that lasts to the end Aromas of oatmeal, malts and grains, yes almost barleywineish with a light alcohol smell Oatmeal, chocolate molasses and fruit with a lite hop end note Wow I like the taste almost like some sort of hybrid oatmeal stout barleywine Palate is medium to thick You need to sit back, relax and sip this one. A truly great beer and I am glad I chose this one to end the night with. I would say that this is a must try beer

UPDATED: JUL 14, 2008 Bottle thanks to hopdog. I really thought this was a BW after tasting it, and I really enjoyed it. Pours a dark mahogany color with a thin beige head. The aroma is full of berries, sweet chocolate and brown sugar. The flavor is balanced and excellent; a smooth and crisp fruity aspect, mostly raspberries and strawberries, a sweet chocolate and brown sugar, some roasted malts and a smooth body. No way this is 9.6%. It is so easygoing and tasty, there is a ton of warmth that I enjoyed. I really enjoyed this brew, fruity and sweet, but really balanced out by a strong hop presence that leaves a bitterness in the finish. Very damn good.

Pours a very dark brown, bordering on black with a medium creamy and frosty tan head. Aroma of tangy citrus, pine, malts, smoke and hops. Taste is full of tangy citrus, roasted malts, pine and smoke. Alcoholic finish. Not your typical imperial stout, but very nice.

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

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.