Entire
Pike Brewing Company in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.04
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Editor’s note: recent vintages (e.g. 2013) are 75% whiskey barrel aged
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notalush (7339) reviewed Entire from Pike Brewing Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Thanks to bhensonb for this one - the pour is foamy as hell - so much so that it took me five minutes just to pour a decent glass of the stuff - looks pretty damn good! - a lot of oaky, tannic character in the nose, a bit of dark cherry tartness/fruit pit/fruit skin - I would hesitate to call that character "funky," but it is damn close - it works really well, though, especially with the intense oak character - vanilla and bourbon underneath - a bit of smoke - carbonation is full in the mouth, and sort of abrasive at first - as the beer warms, this mellows a bit, but the carbonation is still way too much, leading me to believe that the subtle funkiness to the beer is the result of an infection - however, it is just enough to make things interesting, and not yet enough to make the beer taste "off" or sour - fairly dry and lightly tart - red wine character - strong oak, but not overpowering - becomes a bit burnt and ashy-tasting through the middle, though - a bit of smoke - dry, bitter finish, with lingering ash - an interesting and tasty experience, considering that certain elements were obviously not intended by the brewer.
gunnfryd (21926) reviewed Entire from Pike Brewing Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
bottle. Black colour with a tan head. Aroma is roasted, malt, oak. Flavour is harmonic, fruit, coffee, oak, wood, roasted malt, whiskey. Nice beer.
yngwie (24278) reviewed Entire from Pike Brewing Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle, 22oz. A black beer topped by a tan head of moderate size. Slightly milky and roasted nose, some chocolate and alcohol blending in. All too weak, but nice. The flavor is roasted, with chocolate, burnt notes and some alcohol. A little milky sourness too. Medium to full body, dry and slighlty warming. Nicely carbonated. The finish is of the lasting kind, roasted, chocolaty and slightly sour. And warming. A decent beer, but nothing I will miss drinking again. 100409
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Entire from Pike Brewing Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
WARNING: THIS BEER EXPLODED ON ME - KEEP WITH CARE!!! Deep pitch black coloured body with a thick brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, oak (of course), vanilla and a crap load of burnt sugars. Full-bodied; Deep roasty flavours throughout with tons of vanilla and pitted fruits, coupled with a lot of spices including licorice and aniseed. Aftertaste is very potent with alcohol and coffee most noticeable with a bit of oak and vanilla noticeable as well. Overall, a good beer - but the exploding bottle really didn’t settle well with me. Luckily my wife and I weren’t near the bottle - just heard it blast. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased earlier in the week (on 23 June 2010) from Brown Jug in Anchorage, Alaska, sampled at home with the remnants of the broken bottle - luckily there was some, on 30 June 2010 at home in Washington. This might have exploded because the yeast and sediment really got mixed around and ’activated’ due to the long flights from Anchorage to Washington [DC], but let this be a warning to people cellaring this, as it will probably happen again!
Beer5000 (11295) reviewed Entire from Pike Brewing Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
650 ml bottle. Black with a thin, tan head. Relativly mild aroma of roasted malt, oak whisky and some acidity. Flavor is sweet, roasted malt nice balanced against acid, fruity, coffee and whisky. Dry finish. Very nice and balanced, not much acid, but this makes a fine balance.
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Entire from Pike Brewing Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Huge dark-greige/brown head over pitch-blakc beer; lacerings. Very alcoholic-coffee nose, vanilla and a serious but weird curry - even kari leaf - aroma, cilandro. Again this herbal, spicy, cilandro-like flavour over coffee stout flavours. Black chocolate, lightly smoked. Again some vanilla (and coffee -) beans. Bourbon finish. Warming up, rosemary and cypress flavours mix in. Very smooth-slick, alcoholwarming, obviously well-bodied. Very remarkable, original even, tastes - I recognise it, but cannot place it. Big thanks to Don
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed Entire from Pike Brewing Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Pours black into a snifter. Hefty mocha head fills the glass before slowly cratering and receding. Tangy chocolate aromas. Thin with sweet bourbon and chocolate upfront turning to hot espresso and bourbon in the lasting vanilla finish.
Sledutah (12313) reviewed Entire from Pike Brewing Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
2009 650ml bottle
Appearance: Pours pitch black with a large frothy tan head, leaving clumps of lacing on the sides of the glass
Aroma: Strong aroma of vanilla, bourbon, roasted malts and dried cocoa
Taste: Roasted malts, oak, bourbon, espresso and ash
A decent Imperial Stout. There is some kind of funky flavor in the finish that sticks around.
djd07 (28882) reviewed Entire from Pike Brewing Company 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle as shown. Pours a very dark brown almost black with a large tan head that lasts awhile leaving good sticky lacing along the glass. The aroma is a strong roast, oak and alcohol and dark fruit. Thin mouthfeel with a smokey wood flavor with a very smokey dry finish. Alcohol present but not too overpowering. A very good stout from Pike.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Entire from Pike Brewing Company 16 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bomber from Liquid Solutions. Pours black with a 5-finger creamy/foamy/clingy dark tan head. Aromas of chocolate and wood. Medium plus body with foamy carbonation. Flavor is oak, chocolate, burnt malt, and arguably vanilla. Or something. Really mouthsmacking. No heat. It just seems to get more chocolaty with time. Quite tasty. Seems to be alive. Seems to oscillate between oak and chocolate. Just can’t get "bourbon" though.