Left Hand Imperial Stout

Brewed by Left Hand Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial Stout
Longmont, Colorado USA

Poured dark brown with lighter hints at ruby. A thin bit of tan made up the head. Lots of roasted malt, coffee and some chocolate for the aroma. The flavor was really similar to the aroma. Mouthfeel was on the thin side. A really standard, middle of the road example.

Bottle from Bert’s Bierhuis. Pours deep black with a very light brown/beige head. Aroma coffee and chocolate. Medium sweetness, light hints of coffee and chocolate. Overall quite ok, drink this if you like sweet impy’s.

335 ml bottle. Pours almost pitch black, with a small tan head. Aroma of chocolate and licorice.Medium sweet taste, chocolate again, bitter and long lasting in the mouth, light bitterness towards the end.

Teljesen átláthatatlanul fekete a kehelyben lévő sör csak ha lámpa alá tesszük és a talp felől nézzük,látunk benne egy kis mély vöröses színt.Stabil,vastag és szivacsos hab terpeszkedik rajta,ami szerintem simán elbír egy régi egyforintost.Illata hasonlít a régi zacskó csokis tejre,de ebben valamivel minőségibb kakaó van rejtve mint az említett reggeli italban.Belekóstolva először egy nagyon édes kakaólikőr jut eszembe aztán ahogy kinyílik,jönnek a pörkölt magvas,kávébabos és komlós száraz zamatok.A magas alkohol tartalmat végig érezni benne,olajos,elég testes.Utóíze tejeskávés amibe egy darabka étcsokoládé is került,kiszárítja a szájat.Egy szelet Sacher torta vagy egy belga trüffel mellé kitűnő kísérő lehet.

12oz bottle from Woodys in Franklin, TN. Pours almost black with a thin tan head...alot of floating matter. Aroma is tons of mollasses and licorice (i dont like mollasses). Mollasses and alcohol up front but fades to a very nice burnt coffee. Mouthfeel is thick and warms the palate...Overall, I liked it...but as you can see by my past ratings...not as much as I like most imperial stouts.

Black as night with a fair head. Nose was strong chocloate and vine. Mouthful was quite alcholic with cholcolate. wood and again vinious qualities. Medium bodied. More british than american IRS, without the hoppiness you might expect. Decent beer, but there are certainly better examples of the style.

355 ml Bottle. Dark ruby-brown color with diminishing beige head. Fruity aroma of dark berries and cherries with some weird metallic or medicinal chacacter that i can’t define at the moment. Dry, grainy, roasted malt dominate in the flavor along with some dark fruity character. Medium to full bodied with slightly over-carbonated texture. I think that freaky, grainy character comes from the oats that causes all the unbalancedness of this beer in my opinion. Not bad at all, but i could imagine a more balanced one.

Poured deepdeep black with a superb foamy-creamy beige head. Rich aroma of coffe and chocolate, some fruity hops, and of course the deep roasted grains. The flavor starts with a sweet chocolate character but the fine hop and the roasted malt with taste of coffee and cocoa bring over my palate: it is a great stout...