Two Brothers Northwind Imperial Stout

Brewed by Two Brothers Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Warrenville, Illinois USA

Bottled at Monk’s Café Wallingatan, Stockholm. Viscous black, no head. Aroma of licorice and molasses. Full bodied with clean mouthfeel and oily malt. Roasty coffee wrapped in plastic, dipped in oily molasses and powdered with sugars. Sem pear esters come through. Warming but sticky.

Bottle at Monks Café, Wallingatan. Pitch black coloured with a medium sized brown head. Roasted aroma of cocoa powder, chocolate and dried fruits with notes of rye bread. Sweet and roasted flavour of chocolate, dried fruits and rye bread with notes of hops. Dry roasted finish.

Date: 07/20/2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

black with ruby highlights, scant tan head, sweet chocolate and ripe fruit aroma, thin body, a bit tart, big roasted finish, ok I guess
-------- /> Date: 04/27/2007
Mode: bottle
Source: roadtrip
Score: 2.9 to 2.6

same thin tart roasted crap, I guess I was hoping the last bottle was not a good representation but I was wrong, some ripe fruit tries to save it but way too late, picks up a smokey character after a while, some dry dark chocolate shows,
-------- /> Date: 05/19/2007
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Score: 2.6 to 2.9

tartness is minimized and more body in its place, rich dry dark chocolate,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 5/10
Score: *4

Chocolatey, hoppy, kind of low on the abv, lacking fruitiness but has no shortage of roast - like the Wellington County.

(22oz bottle) Small tan head atop brown-black body. Aroma is medium sweet, chocolate, coffee, roast. Taste is moderately sweet, chocolate, coffee, roast, some smoke, caramel, earthy. Alcohol is remarkably masked. Creamy medium-full body, light syrup, quite drinkable for the style. Seems like a summery IS, if such a thing exists.

Almost black except the very boundaries, decent lacing browses the off-white head that remains pretty small. Oatmealish grainy smell bears a vegetal aspect that I’d link with turnips. Otherwise, mostly one-dimensional coffee oriented stout, showcasing its roastiness. The vegetal fears from the aroma are established in mouth where the palate is sweet and once again playing on light chocolate and stronger coffee nuances. Medium bodied, sticky sweet, very light carbonation. Not a big fan, without much identity and unpolished mouthfeel.

12oz bottle. Poured a dark brown with an averaged sized tan head. Some big floaters at the bottlom. Aromas of roasted malts, dark fruits and light chocolate. Tastes of roasted malts, dark fruits, chocolate and some coffee. Starts out sweet and ends in a light bitter finish. A bit thin for an imperial stout.

Bottle... RBSG 07... Pours very black with a small, creamy, light brown head and decent retention. Chocolaty, vinous nose with notes of red wine and milk chocolate. Sweet, chocolaty flavor with more red wine notes. Burnt bitterness is evident, but it’s no match for the heavy-handed sweetness. Full-bodied and creamy with understated carbonation. Finishes chocolaty and sweet with only hints of bitterness. Tastes and feels more like a foreign stout to me. Good stuff!