Toaster
East End Brewing Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.42
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
1 L bottle. Dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is dark fruity and hard roasted malty. Smooth roasted and dark malty. Liqourice and dark breadish. Lingering dark malty finish. Smooth and nicely balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2010
at 09:56
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Sampled from a 1L bottle at the Hopsnobbery Collective Stout tasting on 01/23/10. Pours a sludgy opaque black with a medium tan head that diminishes quickly. Top ring of lacing on the glass. Aroma of burnt malt, coffee and dark chocolate. there was a touch of paint thinner in the nose at first but it disappeared quickly. Full body with flavors of roasted coffee, charred wood, malt and hops. The finish is roasty with a lingering coffee and bittersweet chocolate aftertaste. Easily the best East End beer I have tried, and a very good Imperial Stout overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2010
at 12:03
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Huge 1L bottle. Pours a dark brown with a fairly thin head of dense bubbles that has died to a film as I wait. Aromas are thick with hops (Centennial?) that impart a pine/medicinal edge that covers a bit of roasted/chocolate malt. Flavor is kind of edgy... Has a lot of a medicinal hops presence, some smoke and chocolate, and a little pine. This is OK, but I thought it would be heavier handed. It does get much better as it warms.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2009
at 02:01
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sampled from a 750 ml brown bottle this beer poured a black color with a large dark brown head. The aroma was dry, roasty and malty with a moderate floral hop presence. The flavor was dry, roasty and malty with moderate elements of wood smoke and coffee. The finish was long, dry, roasty and smoky. The body was moderately thick. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2009
at 17:30
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
courtesy of ? at the CCB release party. pours deep black with mahogany head. aroma and taste, chocolate malts with some coffee, dark fruits, thick palate, medium carbonation. Would lvoe to try some more.
Tried
on 01 Aug 2009
at 14:42
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Pours thick and black with a dark brown head. Glass coating. Aroma is smokey, with chocolate, charcoal, coffee and tar. Taste is chocolate, yeast, tar and coffee. Syrupy with light bubbles.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2009
at 17:38
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle shared by Beerlando. Pours black with dark tan head. Aromas of burnt malts, chocolate, some coffee. Similar flavor with a bitter finish. Full body with minimal carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2009
at 21:22
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 1L Swingtop Pours out a nice rich black topped with a brown head. Aroma of rich roast malts and a little smoke. Tast was more roast and sweetness. A nice chocolate and coffee. Thanks Sam
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2009
at 21:12
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Acquired via a sweet-ass trade with treyrab. Pours inky black light sucking darkness with dark brown head and glass staining legs. This is one of the most impressive look beers for the style I have ever seen. The aroma is roasty to burnt malts plus a sense of biscuit malts, coffee and chocolate. Smells frikin’ divine. The taste is velvety chocolate to go along with coffee, burnt malts and mild molasses. Midway and to the finish I get tasty molasses, toffee, some coffee and a bit of burnt malts. I get very little sense of the over 10% ABV. Wow! This is YUM!
Tried
on 05 Feb 2009
at 23:21
5.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
How could anybody who likes impy stouts pass up a beer called toaster? Look, I don’t like imperial stouts and by no means am I an expert on them. However, if impy stouts were gladiators, this stuff is Spartacus. I hate impy stouts so ignore my numbers. I rate on how much I enjoyed it, not by the style and by style, this is the epitome. Is it possible the rater who hates impy stouts the most is the most qualified to rate the positive attributes of said stouts? No? Well I guess yer right. If I rated this the worst impy stout, would that make it the best? Probably not. Anyhow, I tried this brew from a flip top bottle that was opened by the brewer himself, dude. Had this at Bocktown; a fine experience in itself. In the drinken container, it was thick and black as used 70W used shovelhead oil that had 5K miles on it. Unforgettable vision. The aroma was sweet, mildly chard and volatile, cannot be ignored. It is actually appetizing to the olfactory! It is staining the side of the glass, I tried to wipe it but it left a track. Barely any detectable carbonation in this offensive high alky concoction. Thick and alky deliciously strong without the naughtiness. The most complex impy stout I ever tasted, forget an expedition, this is a journey! Mouth coating experience, as if I could feel the skin in my mouth being stained! Terribus maximus. One of a kind incident. Unique in the beer arena. Long lasting rude unforgettable linger. If you like imp stout, better arrange a trade now. S7L5F1T3O9
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2009
at 19:11