Heliosphere
Elusive Brewing in Finchampstead, Berkshire, England 🏴
Stout - Imperial Special|
Score
7.42
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In celebration of our 1000th brew at our Hogwood Lane home, we decided to clear out the malt store and create something truly one-off and packed with flavour. Twenty one different malts were used to create this unctuous Imperial Stout. It's got notes of molasses, granary bread, toast, coffee, leather and chocolate.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml can thanks to Neal for grabbing this for me from the taproom.
Pours black with a big tan head dissipating nicely. Aroma of dark malts, molasses, caramel, dark fruits, chocolate. Taste is rich and malty, plenty of umami here, molasses, dark fruits, caramel, leather, chocolate, some roast malts giving some bitterness - would've liked a lot more of this as it's quite sweet overall. Full bodied, smooth.
Pours black with a big tan head dissipating nicely. Aroma of dark malts, molasses, caramel, dark fruits, chocolate. Taste is rich and malty, plenty of umami here, molasses, dark fruits, caramel, leather, chocolate, some roast malts giving some bitterness - would've liked a lot more of this as it's quite sweet overall. Full bodied, smooth.
Tried
from Can
at
Elusive Tap
on 24 May 2026
at 22:50
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from The Green Goddess. coffee, caramel, cocoa, raisin. Sweet flavoursome mix of the above with some cookie dough backnotes. . Heavy roasty sweet aftertaste. Develops very nicely.
Tried
from Can
at
Green Goddess
on 04 Apr 2026
at 14:01
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
440ml can. Pours jet black with a medium head. Aroma is leather, tar and molasses. Taste has tar and leather, with a little dark chocolate.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Mar 2026
at 21:45
8.4/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Can from Against The Grain. Dark brown body with a thick tan head. Low carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of prune and Worcestershire sauce. Flavour of umami and caramel. Medium body with a smooth mouthfeel. Soft fizz. Fruity and tangy - almost like a barley wine crossed with an imperial stout.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Mar 2026
at 21:04
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can at Elusive, shared with Dad and James, 7th February 2026. Pours thick and black. Aroma is roasted malts and chocolate, taste is bitter, roasted malts and chocolate, coffee, bitter and sweet.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Feb 2026
at 20:38