Hopshackle Imperial Stout

Imperial Stout

 

Hopshackle in Market Deeping, Lincolnshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Stout - Imperial Regular
Score
7.63
ABV: 9.5% IBU: - Ticks: 35
This is the second of the “aged beers” produced by the brewery. It is a jet black beer, with strong aromas of expresso coffee with flavours of creamy malt, coffee, chocolate, herbal hops and a bittersweet finish with a hint of liquorice. It is dedicated to the memory of the breweries that once produced this style of beer in vast quantities for export to the Baltic States via the North Sea.
 

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7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle shared by Leighton at Croydonia tasting. It pours darkest brown with a small beige head. The nose is roasty, liquorice, wood, sweet vanilla, coconut and booze. The taste is roasted malt, toast, cocoa, earth, liquorice, ash, caramel, toffee, vanilla and alcohol. Medium-full body and fine carbonation. Well-integrated and pretty tasty. Perhaps a touch boozy, but not too shabby at all.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Jul 2013 at 13:27


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

275ml bottle

2009 vintage, bottle #250 - Pours pitch black with a bubbly light brown head. Aroma of roasty malts, chocolate, licorice and cocoa. Taste is malty, roasty and strong with licorice notes, herbs and alcohol. Finish is warming and strong with licorice and roasty notes. Okay, quite malty and strong imperial stout.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Mar 2013 at 06:28


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

27,5 cl bottle vintage 2009 @ olio. Bottle #250, production date 01/2009, BBE 07/2014.
Aroma has soy sauce, some salty licorice and hints of coffee. Flavour has soy sauce, some fruity notes, salty licorice and herbs. Also some vanilla and bourbon notes, which make me wonder if this has been in a barrel. Quite thin and straightforward for this style and ABV, gets better towards the end of the glass though.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Mar 2013 at 06:25


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle at ChrisO Snow tasting, thanks to Chris, 20/01/13. Extremely dark mahogony brown with a thin tan head. Nose carries dark malts, dark fruits, light sugars, molasses, touch of booze. Taste comprises dark fruits, booze, raisens, dark malt, figs, molasses, spice. Full bodied, soft carbonation, boozey finish. Decent enough stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Feb 2013 at 13:33


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Beers of Europe, King’s Lynn
Brewed March 2012; bb November 2015; bottle 164/1600

Black color, with medium sized brown head, creamy, but reducing quite quickly. The aroma is very mild, there is some cardboard, roasted malt, tar. Full bodied, yet with a lean mouthfeel; quite good flavor of roasted malts and chocolate, without exceeding on the burnt side, but also with a moderate liquorice character; correct bitterness, and nice alcohol warmth.
Good beer, not exceptional.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Dec 2012 at 09:49


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle @ HenrikSoegaard tasting. Black with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, coffee and chocolate. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish. Oily. 171112

Tried from Bottle on 17 Nov 2012 at 10:05


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Black colour. Heavy malty and moderate hoppy aroma. Nice chocolate and licorice notes. Moderate bitter flavor. Licorice notes and chcolate notes. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate. Nice.

Tried on 17 Nov 2012 at 10:03


7.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle #247 from Kris Wines. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, nuts, chocolate, coffee, notes of licorice and hops. Nice dry and very smooth.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Nov 2012 at 10:02


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle shared. Pours dark brown with a small beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, raisins and dark chocolate. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light to medium bitter. Full bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Aug 2012 at 08:45


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle courtesy if and shared with kermis. Thin tan head. Nice aroma. Black pour. Great complex brew

Tried from Bottle on 05 Aug 2012 at 08:43