VJ Black
Atwater Brewery in Detroit, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.07
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A huge Imperial Stout based on our best seller. Thick, Black as Tar and Brewed with 6 different malts and Barley flakes and Magnum Hops. The rest is a secret.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce bottle into snifter, bottled Feb 2012. Pours pitch black color with a nice 1 finger dense khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Some nice soapy lacing on the glass. Aromas of chocolate, vanilla, roasted malt, coffee, cola, earth, cream, dark fruit, and light smoke. Some nice aromas with good strength and balance. Taste of big milk chocolate, roasted malt, vanilla, cream, coffee, slight fruit, earth, and light smoke. Very small roasted bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of milk chocolate, vanilla, cream, coffee, and roasted malt on the finish for a good bit. Big malty flavors with good balance; and no cloying sweetness. Medium carbonation and fairly full bodied; with a very creamy, slick, and thick mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with hardly any warming present on the finish. Extremely smooth to sip on. Overall this is a damn nice and very unique imperial stout. A ton of chocolate flavors with good balance; and extremely smooth for being 11%. Really well done effort.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 May 2012
at 18:51
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
This tasted thin and watery. Picked up vanilla, but no strong coffee, chocolate, malt, hop, etc. None of the boldness or complexity typical of the style.
Tried
on 12 May 2012
at 14:05
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle courtesy of CaptainCougar, thanks! Dark maroon brown, small fluffy brown head. Aroma of chocolate liqueur and subtle licorice. Taste is silky dark chocolate candy with a darker chocolate liquor center. Tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2011
at 18:11
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A deep dark stout with a thin brown head. A chocolate milk stout aroma with vanilla and coffee beans. In mouth, a smooth bitter chocolate with woody vanilla notes, roasted notes, nice. On tap at Boston Beer Summit, April 16 2011.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 May 2011
at 20:34
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sampled on draft at 3R6P this beer poured a black color with a medium sized creamy tan head that lingered and left good lacing. The aroma was strong cocoa and moderate cherry. The flavor was strong dry Bakers chocolate with light notes of cherry, licorice, rum and whipped cream. Long cocoa and rum finish. Fairly full bodied. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Apr 2011
at 17:03
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 oz bottle that turns out to accidentally be my 500th rating. Pours black with a large tan head. Aroma of milk chocolate with some sweet cereal: Cocoa Puffs? Flavor has more of a coffee thing going with a little milk chocolate and ashy roastiness and bitterness. Not a particularly interesting imperial stout, really, but decent enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2011
at 20:58
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle. Deep opaque brown-black body, thick puffy tan head. Nose dominated by cocoa puffs, also featuring vanilla, roasted malts, coffee, and toast. Cocoa notes dominate the body, in addition to vanilla, burnt caramels and toast. Bitter, cocoa finish. Simplistic, insubstantial, and cloying.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2011
at 14:53