Trout River Knight Slayer Imperial Stout

Brewed by Trout River Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Lyndonville, Vermont USA

Serve in Snifter

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Dégustée en fût au Farmhouse Tap & Grill à Burlington, VT. De couleur noire et opaque. Nez de grains de malt rôtis, léger de chocolat noir avec des notes de café ainsi que des traces de petits fruits foncés et de caramel. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen ainsi qu’une texture aux notes crémeuses. Léger goût de chocolat noir avec des petites notes fruitées (petits fruits foncés) ainsi que des traces de réglisse noire et de chocolat au lait (faibles traces lactiques) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute rapidement un goût de malt rôti avec des notes de caramel brûlé puis en finale l’on retrouve un léger goût de café avec des notes de houblon herbeux et quelques traces d’alcool. Post-goût moyen-long et aux notes sèches, légèrement amer de rôti, léger de chocolat noir avec des notes de café et de houblon herbeux. (12 mai 2013)

I’ve been sitting on this for 8 months or so. The aroma is pure chocolate and dark roast coffee. The taste is datk espresso and cocoa rounded out by a healthy dose of hops. For a plain imp stout, this is pretty nice.

Dark brown. To black. No head. Smell bit of smoked as caramel malts. Some dark malts but weak. No scent at all. Pretty weak. Taste - some sweet cane syrup. Some bit of cinnamon and barley flakes. Minor bit of hops. Roasted malts. Earthy and a small hint of dark fruits. 50/50 carbonation. Slick mouthfeel. Medium to light body. Lingering smokiness.

Pours a solid dark brown with faint garnet highlights when held to light. Smallish tan head shows decent retention with minimal lace. Smells of coffee and roast with a hint of caramel. Smells nice, but has a dry Irish kind of feel to it. Taste is roasty and coffee with a bit of butterscotch and some mild dark fruits and licorice in the finish. Creamy smooth mouthfeel, moderate level of carbonation with a medium body. This is a fairly tasty beer, but its a stretch to call this an Imperial Stout. Foreign Extra or American stout would have scored much higher.

Bottle. Black pour with tan head. Roasted, chocolate malts and some licorice. Flavor is roasty some smoke and some off flavors.

Thanks Tucker for sending this one out . Brownish black in color with a small tan head. Not a ton of aromas off the top. Medium bodied beer. Understated stout flavors of chocolate, coffee, and toasty malt. Almost a blend of an IRS and sweet stout. Not too bad of a beer.

Bottle shared by alexsdad06. Poured a dark brown color with a minimal frothy brown head that diminished with litttle lacing. Moderate roasted malt aroma. Medium sweet malt flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration. Medium to full body with a smooth texture and flat carbonation. This is a good beer, but average for style.

12oz Bottle thanks to JohnGalt1 for sharing. Pours out dark brown topped with a small sand head. Aroma was roast malts, chocolate, light fruit notes, and some vanilla. Taste was more of the chocolate and sweetness. This one was not much of a Imp Stout but I did like the label it was pretty cool.

Bottle. Black bruin body with an off white head. Roast y bitter chocolate malt tones. Hints of vanilla and wood, roasted coffee bitterness. Light licorice and chocolate malt tones. A decent warming with a nice bitterness to balance. Nice.

Bottle thanks to Toby, these labels are cool at least. Pours a brown color with a tiny white head. The aroma is sweet cocoa, light chocolates. The flavor is thin, some chocolate, reminiscent of a 4% porter, light fruit. Decent.