Holy Moly Russian Imperial Stout
Cathedral Square Brewery in St. Louis, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.12
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8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle/Fest. A- Coffee, espresso, cocoa, vanilla, subtle char, roasty. A- Black color, black liquid, brown head. A- Coffee, mocha, slightly bitter, smoke, roasty. P- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, roasty finish. O- Big body and balanced too. Not as complex as I’d like but smooth and delicious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2015
at 19:56
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle thanks to Beerman6686. Pours very dark brown/almost black with tan head. Nose and taste of burnt chocolate, smoke, burnt coffee, ashy chocolate and vanilla. Medium body. Not the best imperial stout I’ve had but it works for some reason.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2014
at 17:47
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bomber from Wind and Cheese in Clayton. Pours a dark brown... Fairly thick, but maybe a little thin for style. Head is fairly large and fizzy at first, but it dies to a nice lacing in the sides of the glass and a quarter inch of dense tan foam. Aromas are a little bit faint... but foreshadow roasty malt with a decent amount of chocolate to it and a little smokey peat. First sip reveals that this is a very astringent take on the style... Lots of bitter dark malt hits heavy right as beer meets palate. A little bit of a cola like mid palate development yields back to a bitter dark malt finish. This is an adequate Imperial Stout, but it misses being a complete and full complex take on the style.
Tried
on 24 Jul 2012
at 20:48
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bomber from Wine & Cheese in Clayton, MO. Pours dark brown/black with a foamy tan head. Main aroma is chocolate but there is detectable burnt malt. Med body or better. It’s quite bitter. Probably from hop, but with the chocolate it’s much like baking chocolate. Rather unique IS.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2012
at 19:26
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pour is a black with a small tan head. Aroma is a nice mix of chocolate malts, burnt brown sugar and coffee. Flavor is nice as well. Heavy roasted malt followed some caramel. No alcohol burn at all. This brewer has put out a few below par offerings but this is really solid.
Tried
on 14 Dec 2011
at 16:25
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
22oz bomber from Pick’s poured into a snifter. Pours black with almost 3 fingers of dark tan head. Aroma is strongly milk chocolate with a little bit of caramel and some sprucy hops. Taste is medium bitter. Lots of dark coffee with chocolate and spruce. Medium bodied with a somewhat oily yet thick texture. Lively carbonation and a very long, very bitter finish. Overall, I’m really digging this beer. Probably the best beer offered from Cathedral Square.
Tried
on 09 Dec 2011
at 23:46