Sprecher Brewing Company Imperial Stout

Imperial Stout

 

Sprecher Brewing Company in Glendale, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout - Imperial Regular
Score
6.97
ABV: 8.3% IBU: 32 Ticks: 35
Once brewed in Britain for the Russian Czars, this tremendously rich and thick ale uses a profusion of burnt and caramel malts. A massive mouthful of dark roasted malt and coffee flavors finishes with hints of chocolate, caramel & licorice. (aka Russian Imperial Stout).
 

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

Brown bottle, 16 ounces, from Luc Bourbonnière, savoured on November 21 2011; eye: black, opaque, tiny ring of dark brown head, average lacing; nose: roasted malt, soy sauce, light candied fruits, coffee, dark chocolate, strong coffee; mouth: roasted malt, light burnt malt, slight soy sauce, strong coffee, dark chocolate, finale in roasted malt with presence of strong coffee, light alcohol, medium-full body, below-average carbonation, mildly salty, a bit thin; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 16 onces, de Luc Bourbonnière, savourée le 21 novembre 2011; œil : noire, opaque, petit anneau de mousse brun foncé, dentelle moyenne; nez : malt torréfié, sauce soya, léger fruits confits, café, chocolat noir, café fort; bouche : malt torréfié, léger malt brûlé, très léger sauce soya, café fort, chocolat noir, finale en malt torréfié avec présence de café fort, léger alcool, corps moyen-corsé, carbonatation sous la moyenne, moyennement salée, une touche mince; en résumé : bien

Tried from Bottle on 11 Nov 2011 at 09:12


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

A deep dark stout with a thick dark brown head. In aroma, a smooth herbal coffee, with light chocolate and brine. In mouth, a dry powdered chocolate with coffee grinds, molasses, smooth alcohol, not bad. Tasted Oct. 21 2011 with GRM and Boutip.

Tried on 25 Oct 2011 at 17:44


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

Bottle. Dark chocolate, molasses malt, and alcohol aroma. Dark black-brown color with nice head. Slightly sweet dark chocolate and coffee malt flavor. Moderately bitter herbal hops and alcohol finish. Not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Sep 2011 at 17:19


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Purchased at Breeze Thru Liquors in Milwaukee, WI; enjoyed on a cool, rainy mid-June early evening in Chicago, IL where I might as well drink a cold weather beer. Appearance is pitch black and thick with almost no head, just a tan rim around the glass. Aroma of licorice, roasted malt, coffee, and a light fruit (bananas in a previous review, I agree). Taste is thick, hints of roasted malt and the coffee comes out much more, I can also get the fig in the flavor. Not super thick though, I’ve had thicker RIS’ for sure. A belcher too, not too carbonated but it’s apparent. Not bad stuff, not the greatest RIS out there for sure.

Tried from Can on 15 Jun 2011 at 17:24


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle thanks to MSante79. Pours black with brown head. Nose and taste of burnt chocolate, coffee grounds and roasted malts. Thinnish body.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Sep 2010 at 17:09


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate and licorice aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and caramel flavor with some hints of licorice. Has a roasted malty chocolate and licorice finish with some bitterness in the aftetaste.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Mar 2010 at 11:18


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

16 oz pint bottle, twist off sent to me by my 2009 winter Secret Santa. Served in my Stone Imperial Russian Stout tulip. Pour is a hazed black, with a tightly formed one inch khaki head. Minimal oily lacing as the beer drinks down. Aroma is roasty milk chocolate, with a presence of cane sugar. Has a chocolate milkshake smell to it. Soft and natural smelling. Taste is the sweet cane sugar, milk and dark chocolate, roast, bit of char, some soy. Quite a bit going on in the taste, and it’s not necessarily really well integrated. Nice, but a bit too far too the sweet for my tastes. Palate is medium bodied, oily texture, with a charred roast after taste. There is only a whisper of alcohol in the very back. Nice one, thanks for sending this my way Santa.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Jan 2010 at 10:00


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

16oz bottle. Burnt buttery chocolate coffer aroma with some discernable heat. Opaque black with an off-white head. The taste is relatively true to style, with some burnt fig underlying pungency. Sort of like the macro version of the Siberian Night. Certainly comes off stronger than it’s actual ABV. Some nice toffee moss nuances as it wams. Tolerable, but a sub par effort.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Jul 2009 at 19:29


7.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Completely pitch black coloured body with a muddy look and a nice dark brown head atop - pretty nice! Aroma of super roasted (burnt) malt, coffee (a la starbucks - again, burnt), caramel, toffee and a bit of deep macadamia nuts. Full-bodied; Suprisingly light grape taste up front, then masked almost entirely with the burnt malt tastes soon after, touched by a tiny bit of honey and caramel. Aftertaste is definitely bittered out by malt, molasses, figs and a touch of licorice. Overall, an overpowering, strong and agressive imperial stout - not my favourite, but showing character and impressionable. I sampled this bottle, aged about two years, purchased in December 2006 from Oliver’s Beverage in Albany, New York, sampled on 10-January-2009 at home in Washington. The bottle was 65 cL with a golden wax seal (that cracked a bit into the bottle)with a small notecard attached.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Jan 2009 at 00:45


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a very thin light brown foamy head with minimal retention and no lacing. Aroma of black chocolate is pretty intense with some note of roasted malt. Taste is also a mix between some black chocolate and light roasted malt with some spicy notes. Body is a bit thin for the style with some low carbonation and no apparent alcohol. I thought this may lack some complexity but very enjoyable overall.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Dec 2008 at 12:45