Imperial Stout
Epic Brewing Company in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.57
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This massive Stout pours a mahogany black with a thick, brown head. The aroma is all chocolate and toasted malt. The first wave of flavor embraces anise and dark, bitter chocolate but opens up to include coffee, smoke and rich sweet malt.
ABV may vary between batches: 9.1% to 10.3%
ABV may vary between batches: 9.1% to 10.3%
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bomber courtesy of douglas88. Pours deep darkness with nice mocha head. The aroma offers up a mixture of caramel, black strap molasses, dark roasted malts, chocolate malts, semi tart and fruity chocolate covered pomegranates and earthiness. Hmmm. The taste starts off with dark roasted malts, some sweet dark fruity esters and then spicy black licorice. To midway a nice load of chocolate brownie comes forward. It ends pretty neutral.
Tried
on 25 Jun 2011
at 16:48
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Release #3 - 9.1% ABV. Poured a pitch black color, definite medium sized, creamy tan head. Aroma was roasted malts, touch of coffee, not overpowering. Flavor was rich, roasty, no alcohol to really note while consuming, which was pretty good for being a 9.1% beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2011
at 22:03
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Strong charred oak aroma with hints of dark chocolate. Black with a thin brown head, some lacing. Liquid licorice with a bit of thistle. Very subtle plum notes also present. Ash finish. Full body, alcohol superbly masked. Excellent balance, really harmonious combination of hops and malt. Wonderful crafting Epic, keep up the great work!
Tried
on 24 Mar 2011
at 16:16
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
ReRate, release #2
Appearance: Pours coal black with a medium sized tan head and some lacing
Aroma: Smokey, roasted malts and yeast
Taste: Roasted malts, grainy, smokey with a bitter hop finish
A nice Imperial Stout, I liked this one much better than release #1
Original 11/23/10 - 22oz bottle picked up at Epic
Appearance: Poured into a Uinta snifter. Very dark brown with a medium sized tan head and some lacing
Aroma: Surprisingly it is yeasty and roasted malts with some hot alcohols
Taste: Bitterness on the tongue, roasted malts and some coffee
This is a very young beer (hit the shelves today) and should mellow out with some time. I bought a few extras to cellar, looking forward to trying it again after some aging.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2010
at 17:11