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Name – Choklat
Country – United States
Type – American Imperial Stout
Appearance – Pours a completely opaque ink black with a big tan head.
Smell – Cocoa in the nose and it is glorious.
Taste – Chocolate/cocoa taste is absolutely beautiful. Ever so slight roastedness and a very small alcohol hint.
This was the one that everyone said you had [...]
Name – Pisgah Valdez
Country – United States
Type – American Imperial Stout
Appearance – Poured a jet black color with a tan head that left some lacing on the glass.
Smell – Straight up coffee. I don’t really get anything else.
Taste – Woah the coffee taste is strong in this one. I get a hint of chocolate and [...]
Name – Rogue XS Russian Imperial Stout
Country – United States
Type – Russian Imperial Stout
Appearance – Pours an ink black color with a big brown head that goes down rather quickly.
Smell – Citrusy hops? Yes I am getting hops here. A subdued bit of roasted malts and coffee.
Taste – Wow the hops really hit you on [...]
Name – Stoudt’s Fat Dog
Country – United States
Type – American Imperial Stout
Appearance – Pours a pretty much jet black color with a thin light brown head.
Smell – Roasted malts and coffee are the main smells I pick up but you do get a bit of oats and a little boozey whiff of the alcohol at [...]
Name – Brooklyn Black Ops
Country – United States
Type – Russian Imperial Stout
Appearance – Pours an ink black color with a big light brown head.
Smell – Bourbon dominates the nose. Almost burns the nostrils. Some oak and dark malts can be easily picked up as well.
Taste – You get that bourbon taste at the front then [...]
Name – B.O.R.I.S. The Crusher Oatmeal-Imperial Stout
Country – United States
Type – Russian Imperial Stout
Appearance – Poured an ink black color with a nice tan head.
Smell – Mostly roasted malts and chocolate that I pick up.
Taste – Roasted nuts, chocolate, vanilla and a slight taste of oats at the end.
Another grab from my trip to Orlando, [...]
Name – Marshal Zhukov’s Imperial Stout
Country – United States
Type – Russian Imperial Stout
Appearance – Poured an inky black with a bit bubbly brown head.
Smell – Sweet chocolate, some roasted malts and a bit of coffee. A little bit boozy as well.
Taste – The sweet chocolate taste is up front followed by a slight coffee tasted [...]
Name – Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
Country – United States
Type – Russian Imperial Stout
Appearance – Pours a completely opaque black color with a big brown head on top. It does leave a good amount of lacing on the glass.
Smell – Chocolate, roasted malts and a slight bit of hops come to the nose.
Taste – A bittersweet [...]
Name – Storm King Stout
Country – United States
Type – Russian Imperial Stout
Appearance – Pours a solid black color with a large brown head.
Smell – Roasted malts with hints of coffee and chocolate. Slight hoppy presence along with a bit of the alcohol.
Taste – Met upfront with a mixture of roasted malts and piney hops. The [...]
Name – Samuel Smith’s Imperial Stout
Country – England
Type – Russian Imperial Stout
Appearance – Pours a deep black color that shows some brown around the edges. Big light brown head.
Smell – Sweet chocolate and toffee with some roasted coffee malt backing. Slight alcohol burn to the nose.
Taste – The chocolate and roasted malts mix great on [...]
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