BrewDog Black Eyed King Imp - Vietnamese Coffee Edition

Black Eyed King Imp - Vietnamese Coffee Edition

 

BrewDog in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  Stout - Smoked Regular Out of Production
Score
8.21
ABV: 12.7% IBU: 100 Ticks: 105
Black Eyed King Imp returns in this Vietnamese coffee edition of an epic barrel-aged imperial stout.

Oh. And this is the world's strongest ever canned beer.

At 12.7% ABV, Black Eyed King Imp is a super intense and twistedly complex brew, with intense notes of sweet vanilla, rich espresso, smooth molasses and bitter chocolate barely contained by the metal wrapped around it. We've ransacked the barrel store to blend some of our favourite aromas and flavour infusions into this massive monster of a beery beast!

Malts: Black , Chocolate, Dark Crystal, Extra Pale, Roasted Barley, Smoked, Wheat

Hops: Cascade, Columbus
 

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8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
330 ml can from Brewdog webshop. Pours pitch black with a decent tan swede. Aroma is chocolate, roasted malt, dark roasted coffee, liquorice, herbal, spicy. Taste: medium+ sweet & bitter. Full body with soft carbonation.
Tried from Can on 13 Apr 2024 at 23:37

8.8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 9
Can @ Voldby. Pours pitch black with a frothy mocha head. Aromas of caramel, coconut, fudge, vanilla, roasty coffee, chocolate, malty sweet, milk chocolate. Taste is roasty, vanilla, fudgey, sweet chocolate, rich malty backend, roasty coffee. BrewDog really outdid themselves here!
Tried from Can on 06 Nov 2019 at 16:55

8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 8
Can. Thanks Will. Nice aroma, roasty, chocolate, bit of soy sauce, spice. Taste is great. Smoky, roasty, boozy. Bitter, sticky, coffee. Creamy. Nice.
Tried from Can on 09 Sep 2019 at 16:03

8.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Can @ El Catador Invasion in Sanderslum, Bye Bye - MrOrla says goodbye. Pours black with a small creamy head. Thanks Plovmand. Roasted and dry. Mocha, wood and coffee and cigarettes. Dry. Old school and top notch thing! 2015 vintage.
Tried from Can on 26 Jul 2019 at 17:52

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 9
Thin dark brown collar day on a still dark brown body. Coffee, oak, dark spirits & cognac aroma. Full bodied, thick, oily, greasy, sticky & slightly carbonated on the back. Dark sugar, syrup, coffee, Courvoisier, bourbon, wood & whisky tastes
Tried on 12 Jul 2019 at 21:20

8/10
RB backlog. Strong coffee notes, dark chocolate, a bit dusty, roasted carrots. Strong sweetness starts a tour de force with lots of berries and light sourness and bitter dark chocolate notes. Full oily body with natural carbonation.
Tried on 29 Apr 2019 at 23:03


9.1/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 8.5
330ml can. Pours pitch black. Coffee, vanilla, toast, cocoa powder, plums, figs, blackcurrant. Good balance of sweet, bitter and boozy heat. Absolutely fantastic.
Tried from Can on 11 Nov 2017 at 03:44

8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Pours black with a very nice sheen of espresso-like head. Looks perfect. Aroma is complex and with a lot of dark malts. A lot of strong coffee, vanilla, spices in general, caramel, plums, figs, amarena cherries, chili, quite some oak. Beautiful and complex. Big body. Smooth and oily mouthfeel. Flavours are also rich and equally complex. Rich but only medium sweet, a lot of intense coffee, vanilla, bourbon and spices once more, chocolate, cherries, plums, a lot of toffee, tad of a bitter amaretto note. Very good Imperial stout. Finishes long and warming, with coffee and chocolate notes. Really amazing beer.
Tried on 31 Oct 2017 at 21:10

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can courtesy of Jacob. Black pour with a creamy mocha head. Roasty fine coffee nose with plenty of dried berries & minerals. Roasted malts, chocolate & raisins. Sweet, bitter, malty & roasty taste. Light smoke & high mineralty. Soft, velvety, round & astringent mouthfeel. Nice beer! Nice coffee character.
Tried from Can on 23 Oct 2017 at 03:46