Megadestroyer Imperial Licorice Stout
Howe Sound Brewing in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.18
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LA International Beer Competition 2014, Silver Medal, Experimental Beers
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8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Aroma: licorice, earthy, smoke, chocolate, Appearance: black with a brown head Taste: medium sweetness, medium bitterness, licorice Palate: medium body, creamy, soft carbonation, long finish, deliciously different
Tried
on 06 Dec 2015
at 17:18
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Opaque black liquid with medium tan head. Aroma of licorice, coffee, chocolate, biscuit, toast and salt. Taste is light sweet and light to medium bitter with notes of licorice, coffee and chocolate. Medium to full bodied with medium carbonation. Decent but too much licorice for my taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2015
at 17:12
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Interesting combo, the licorice is much more pronounced than I would have thought, taste more so than aroma. Pours out like black motor oil, nice fluffy beige head, slick body. Aroma is combo of chocolate licorice and burnt toast. Taste is more robust, tons of anise/licorice. A bit sweet, and lots of lingering burn.
Tried
on 25 Mar 2015
at 19:30
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle - Vintage 2012 - Dark fruit and liquorice. Jet black with a thin brown head. Lots of liquorice and nice roast malts. Light bitterness and a long nice finish. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2015
at 22:50
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Strong licorice nose. Mahogany, medium tan head. Licorice on the front and back end. Charcoal at midpalate and beyond. Chewy medium to full body. I like it, but I love licorice and anise. Warning: don’t drink it prior to romancing your partner. Both licorice and beer are libido inhibitors.
Tried
on 05 Mar 2015
at 16:14
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Purchased in Vermont. Pours a dark brown, almost black colour with a light brown coloured head. Pure black licorice nose. Some in the taste, but not as much. Wow ! What a great beer with anise and loads more. Goes down nicely for a high alcohol brew.
Tried
on 15 Oct 2014
at 22:37
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6
From notes:
From a bottle it is a dark brown with a slight head. The aroma is black licorice and the taste is coffee and some licorice notes.
From a bottle it is a dark brown with a slight head. The aroma is black licorice and the taste is coffee and some licorice notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2014
at 10:13
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Blackish beer with a brown head. Licorice and rich malt aroma with light roast. Licorice flavor with light caramel and chocolate. Medium bodied. Licorice and caramel lingers with light chocolate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2014
at 16:19
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
From a 12 oz bottle at the Beer Head BBQ in Falls Church VA. Pours a clear dark cola with a tan head. Licorice nose. Flavors of chocolate. Bitter roasted finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jun 2014
at 19:52
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Original rate: Dark brown. Big liquorice aroma, anise...dame on the palate...it’s a strong, slightly oily impy with lots of rich malts and a huge anisey blast, bit of booze. Not all that refined but I don’t think that’s the point. 2014 vintage, consumed 2020. Pours black, with a fairly thick head. This has held its condition well. It's inky and thick, seems like it's lost some carbonation. But that makes it better. The big anise character has blended into rich chocolate, sticky toffee pudding and all kinds of beautiful dark sugars. It's a lot more refined now than any fresh version I can recall. Over the course of these years I started to really wonder what I was thinking aging this, but I'm glad I did. 4 8 9 4 17 = 4.2
Tried
from Can
on 19 Apr 2014
at 08:33