Bona Fide
4 Hands Brewing Co. in St. Louis, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.05
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Bona Fide Imperial Stout is a collaborative effort with Goshen Coffee, a local fair trade coffee roaster. This beer is big, bold, and in your face. Bona Fide pours black as night with a smooth mouth feel. Aromas of espresso, dark chocolate, roasted malt, with nuances of vanilla. Drink now or cellar for up to 5 years.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Very imbalanced compared to their other stouts. Lots of coffee and some cardboard. Some roast. Bitter finish. Thick pour. Tap at Churchkey.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jun 2015
at 17:54
2/10
Tried
on 13 May 2015
at 20:10
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bomber. Pours a deep motor oil brown/black with a thin tan head that forms slowly and dies quickly. Aromas are of cocoa, vanilla, black cherry and ash. Flavor is a bit different than expected. Black cherry is a nice opening salvo (and strikes me as odd), but then it gives way to chocolate and cream. Nice (and very underrated) imperial stout.
Tried
on 01 Jan 2015
at 21:59
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at Great Taste of the Midwest on 08/09/2014: Dark brownish-black pour with a medium foamy khaki head that diminishes steadily to a film. Small patches of lacing. Aroma of coffee, chocolate and malt. Medium to full body with flavors of roasted coffee, dark chocolate and sweet malt. The finish is roasty with a coffee aftertaste. Pretty good all around.
Tried
on 24 Aug 2014
at 21:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared by Victor at Monday Night Tasting. Pours black with brown head. Nose/taste of molasses, roast chocolate, coffee and toasted bread. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jun 2014
at 21:43
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to beernbourbon. Pours opaque black with a medium dark brown creamy head that dissipates fairly slowly and laces well. Flavor is a ton of dark roasted malts, chocolate, anise, coffee. Flavor follows, light sweet and medium bitter, rich dark roasted malts, coffee, cocoa with just a bit of ash. Fullish body, creamy mouth feel. This, to me, is a pretty good stout. Not sure what is going on with the hating for this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2014
at 18:55
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From a bottle at the EBF Saturday Nice rich coffee and chocolate but feels like it needs more sweetness to me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Mar 2014
at 10:26
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Almost black, beihe head. Aroma of medicinal espresso. Taste is. Urnt espresso and burnt brownies. OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2012
at 15:29