Bring Out the Imp !!
Spey Valley Brewery in Mulben, Moray, Scotland 🏴
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
6.60
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A 7.5% Imperial Stout , brewed with finest malts & oatmeal. Fermented with Belgian yeast.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Black with a brown head - Malt aroma with some chocolate - Malt body with some chocolate flavous and some bitterness - malt flavours and some bitternss goes into the finish - This was good
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2026
at 20:39
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
500ml bottle shared with Leif and Finn at a rating session. Fair off-white head over a deep black body, spotty lacing. Roasted dark malty aromas, mid-dry, inviting. Earthy chocolate malts up front to the taste character. Roasted, mid-dry chocolate malts to the finish. Fine depth to it. Pleasing. (Tromsø, 04.02.2026).
Tried
from Bottle
from Vinmonopolet Nettbutikk (netstore)
on 04 Feb 2026
at 19:46
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Spandert av Rune. Delt med ham & LeifLong i WCveien.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2026
at 19:42
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
500 ml bottle, as Spey Valley Bring Out The Imp!!, from Vinmonopolet, Nettbutikken. ABV is 7.5%. Brewed with Belgian yeast. Malts are pale, crystal, chocolate and roast barley. Hops are Simcoe and Cascade. Pitch black colour, moderate to small brown head. Aroma of roast malts, chocolate and mild coffee. Flavour with the same elements, medium dry. Moderate bittering hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2025
at 00:08
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330ml @ Ryan's.
Aroma: coffee, some sweetness, roasted malt, Belgian esters.
Taste: along the same lines, very low carbo, some caramel.
Overall: feels diluted, lacks intensity. It is a meh, but not a real disaster.
Aroma: coffee, some sweetness, roasted malt, Belgian esters.
Taste: along the same lines, very low carbo, some caramel.
Overall: feels diluted, lacks intensity. It is a meh, but not a real disaster.
Tried
from Bottle
from
The Gull Liquor Store
on 10 Nov 2025
at 03:52
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Poured from 330mL bottle (bb 10/08/2026). Dark brown with small off white head. A thin-ish bodied oatmeal stout with Belgian yeast. Inoffensive, not all that interesting, but it's fine.
Tried
from Bottle
from
The Gull Liquor Store
on 10 Nov 2025
at 03:47
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2025
at 20:35
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
500ml bottle from Aldi Inverurie. It pours darkest brown to black with a small, but lasting dark tan head. The aroma is dark roasted malt, charred, bitter - sweet, cookie dough, burnt treacle, cacao nibs, toasty brown sugars and a splash of cola. The taste is dark roasted malt, nip of spicy alcohol, slightly charred, burnt toast, slightly phenolic, umami, liquorice, toothy, cooking chocolate, earthy and toasty with a toasty finish. Medium body and average carbonation. Decent enough double stout. Good bang for your buck.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2025
at 14:43
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle (Bring Out The Imp !!, not 11), a present from my mate Gordon. Poured into my Gordon thistle shaped glass (twice) at home on 17th October 2025. Black with a fast fading tanned wispy head. Malty, woody and slightly yeasty, interesting and different.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2025
at 20:00
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
500ml bottle at home ...dark black ..thin tan lacing ...soft dry chocolate Roast malts nose ..dark woody chocolate roast malts
Tried
on 03 Oct 2025
at 17:30