Little Betty
Nebraska Brewing Company in La Vista, Nebraska, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
6.99
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Our take on a robust Americanized Russian-Style Imperial Stout. Moderately hopped to liven up a richly malted classic. This is the base beer for our insanely popular barrel aged Reserve Series variants. You’ve worked hard. You’ve earned this.
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5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Can. Hazy brown color with beige head. Aroma is roasted, chocolate, liquorice, soy sauce. Taste is chocolate, roasted, mealy, liquorice. Chalky mouthfeel with medium carbonation. Not impressive.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Mar 2018
at 16:59
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
Can. Darkest brown, creamy solid brown head. Acid roast, coffee, bellpepper, rose-hip. Medium body, fairly dry roasted, coffeeground, acidic super dry roast, licorice, a bit too one-note. Ok dark coffee aftertaste.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Mar 2018
at 16:59
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
355ml can. Jet black colour with late awakening, average, thick, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, beige head. Dark malty aroma with minimally artificial sweetness that reminds of hundreds and thousands, marshmallow, roasty dark malty hints of coffee, grassy hoppy counterweight. Taste is dry, roasty dark malty and bitter hoppy, notes of coffee and dark chocolate, hints of chalk, grass, iron, liquorice, lovage. Inharmonious, un-integrated. Not much more than base material offering links for a promising coalescence with BA flavours or (more or less) typical Impy Stout adjuncts (e.g. vanilla, cocoa, coffee, raspberry etc. pp.). Resembles in sapidity, concentration and function bouillon used as base material for gravy.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Feb 2018
at 03:18
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Shared 12 oz. can. Pours almost black with a beige head. Aroma and taste is roasted malt with chocolate and coffee notes. Bitter roasty finish. Very good.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Dec 2017
at 23:35
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 ounce can into snifter, canned on 1/31/2017. Pours opaque dark brown/black color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky light khaki head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts the whole glass. Thick soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Amazing appearance. Aromas of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, toasted biscuit, dark bread, nuttiness, smoke, charcoal, herbal, pepper, and pine; with lighter notes of toffee, molasses, dark fruit, leather, tobacco, and roast/toast/smokey earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity dark/black/roast/bready malts, earthy/piney hops, and light fruity yeast notes; with great strength. Taste of huge dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, toasted biscuit, dark bread, nuttiness, smoke, charcoal, herbal, pepper, and pine; with lighter notes of toffee, molasses, dark fruit, leather, tobacco, and roast/toast/smokey earthiness. Light-moderate roast/char and piney/spicy hop bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of ark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, toasted biscuit, dark bread, nuttiness, smoke, charcoal, herbal, pepper, pine, molasses, dark fruit, leather, tobacco, and roast/toast/smokey earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/black/roast/bready malts, earthy/piney hops, and light fruity yeast flavors; with a nice hop/char malt/bitterness balance; and minimal acrid/astringent flavors lingering after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from hop/char bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/sticky/chalky, and lightly resinous balanced mouthfeel that is great. Slight warmth of 9% ABV. Overall this is a fantastic Russian imperial stout! All around outstanding complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/black/roast/bready malts, earthy/piney hops, and light fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on, even with the increasingly bitter/charred/drying finish. Very rich and well rounded malt complexity; nice hop presence, without being too aggressive. A highly enjoyable offering, and pristine style example.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Aug 2017
at 20:52
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce can from Breeze Thru. Black, some clear brown highlights, thin frothy tan head, fair retention. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, raisin, pine. The taste is roast, earth, pine, tobacco, coffee, raisin. Medium bodied, mild booze, chewy. Solid.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Jul 2017
at 22:57
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at NBC Taproom.Opaque. The aroma of roasted Grians, chocolate, mild coffee, and earth.
The taste has char, ash, coffee, and has a finish that has mild pine bitterness. The mouthfeel is medium to full-body. The texture is ashy, dry and bitter.
The taste has char, ash, coffee, and has a finish that has mild pine bitterness. The mouthfeel is medium to full-body. The texture is ashy, dry and bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Mar 2017
at 14:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft/Fest. A- Mocha, cocoa, roasty. A- Black color, black liquid, brown head. T- Chocolate, mocha, coffee, roasty, char. P- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, smooth finish. O- I actually liked this one better than I thought. I imagine that Black Betty would be too boozy considering how some of their other aged beers come out. This one is just right.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Aug 2015
at 20:55
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft (or was it bottle?) at Great Nebraska Beer Fest. Clear dark brown color, tan head. Aroma of cocoa and coffee. Taste is roasty coffee and chocolate. A straightforward imperial stout.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Aug 2015
at 09:26
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled at GABF 2013. Pours black with a massive beige head. Aroma of big roast, dark chocolate, soy, licorice and wood. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter. Full bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
on 12 Oct 2013
at 22:10