Imperial Stout
Dark Star Brewing Co. in Partridge Green, West Sussex, England 🏴
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.25
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A vigorous fermentation is followed by a long maturation – the beer is brewed in February and then released on the unsuspecting public. A densely rich beer with a dark brown head, it has coffee and berry like aromas and a velvet mouth feel. This beer commands respect and deserves to be savoured slowly.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Creamy lightbrown good mostly lasting head. Black colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Some sweetness. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2015
at 08:07
6/10
Tried
on 09 Feb 2015
at 08:27
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle from Utobeer, London. Pours black with a bubbly tan colour head, soon dissipating. Aroms is a glorious mix of dark fruits, plum, date and chocolate. Light sweetness, medium bitterness, with a light sour undercurrent. Body is full, with a thick texture. Slightly above average carbonation for an imperial stout. Long bitter and slightly sticky finish. A most enjoyable beer, just the sort of beer to savour on a cold and wet winters day and one of the few positives of not living somewhere warmer and drier than the UK!
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2015
at 07:39
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is roasted chocolate, coffee, liquorice, taste is similar.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2015
at 02:10
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Black colour with a tan head. Aroma is licorice, aplle, roasted malt, chocolate. Flavour is licorice, apple, roasted malt, alcohol, coffee, almond. Alcohol driven beer and over carbonated. KRS 160814.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2015
at 03:47
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. It pours a huge, light tan head over a next to black body. Licorice, roasted malts, dark chocolate, cellar hints and some herbal hints in the aroma. Lots of licorice in the flavor, with alcohol, almond essence, roasted malts, herbal hints and dark chocolate. Full body, quite a lot of carbonation. Lasting finish with herbs, dark chocolate, bitterness and alcohol. Some solvent going on too, all the way. A bit unclean this one, but with some qualities. 140816
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2014
at 14:53
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 330ml @ Geokkjer
Pours black with a huge tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, licorice, alcohol, nutty and hint of apples. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter with a long licorice, warm and roasted finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is fizzy
Pours black with a huge tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, licorice, alcohol, nutty and hint of apples. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter with a long licorice, warm and roasted finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is fizzy
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2014
at 14:53
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Backlog. Vintage 2007, enjoyed August 2008. Black color. Virtually no head. Aroma’s: roasted malts, sweet dark malts, mocha. Flavor : moderate sweet, roasted, with a touch of sourness at the back of the tongue. Strong alcohol feel. Medium bodied. Finish of coffee-ish bitterness. Nice!
Tried
on 24 May 2014
at 15:03
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at the RBWG 2014 grand tasting, thanks! Pours a near black with a dark brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has dark grains and roasted malts with a hint of dark fruits and a touch of smoke. Flavor has notes of light smoke and dark grains with some roasted malts coming through as well as a hint of dark fruits.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2014
at 16:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at RBWG grand tasting
Black with a small tan head and good lacing. Aroma and flavors of roasted malts and ripe fruit
Nice, clean
Black with a small tan head and good lacing. Aroma and flavors of roasted malts and ripe fruit
Nice, clean
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2014
at 12:40