Idjit!
Dugges Bryggeri in Landvetter, Västra Götaland, Sweden 🇸🇪
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.87
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Idjit is a potent imperial stout, black as the night and dark as sin. Loaded with roasted malts and the perfect amount of bittering hops, it is as smooth as it is powerful. A beer you can count on, any time, any where.
This beer started out as an experiment. Mikael likes to tell the story like this: One of our brewers wanted to see how strong a beer we could brew (at our old brewery in Mölndal). The result was a 16% imperial stout which according to Mikael was super gross; Too much of everything, unbalanced. An idiot beer if you will. However, after a few tries of scaling the recipe down and tweaking it a bit, getting the malt bill just right, we had made our idiot into our Idjit. And as we all know, Idjits rule!
This beer started out as an experiment. Mikael likes to tell the story like this: One of our brewers wanted to see how strong a beer we could brew (at our old brewery in Mölndal). The result was a 16% imperial stout which according to Mikael was super gross; Too much of everything, unbalanced. An idiot beer if you will. However, after a few tries of scaling the recipe down and tweaking it a bit, getting the malt bill just right, we had made our idiot into our Idjit. And as we all know, Idjits rule!
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Solid imperial stout. Strongly roasted, thick mouthfeel and with some spices. Good.
Tried
on 08 Mar 2014
at 03:10
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Brownish-black pour with a medium khaki head that diminishes steadily to a film. Strings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee and chocolate. Medium to full body with a roasty character and flavors of espresso, malt and dark chocolate. The finish is sweet with a charred malt and mocha aftertaste. Good beer all around.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2014
at 10:48
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap @ Beer Temple. Very dark color, but not quite black & opaque. Beige head. Aroma’s: hard roasted malts, ground coffee, some mocha, also a bit of fruit retronasal. Flavor is moderate sweet, hard roasted malts, hints of fruity sourness. Medium bodied (expected fuller). Finishes burnt, light ashy, with a light bitterness.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Feb 2014
at 23:16
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle picked up at Vinmonopolet Vika. Clear, cola coloured body, sediments to the last pour. Low, patchy surface, not much lace. Roasted malts and herbal hops on the nose. Bittersweet liquorice and dark malty flavours leading to a roasted ending. Oily palate. Near full bodied. Lovely, smooth sipper (hotel room, Oslo 13.02.2014)
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2014
at 11:32
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
Imported from my RateBeer account as Dugges Idjit! (by Dugges Bryggeri):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 18/20, MyTotalScore: 4.2/5
7/II/14 - 33cl bottle from a trade @ home - BB: VI/2013 (2014-181) Thanks to Nisse666 for the trade!
Black beer, big bubbled beige to brown irregular head, pretty stable, non adhesive. Aroma: quite some alcohol, bit peaty I'd swear, coffee, dark chocolate, bit dusty, caramel. MF: soft carbon, full body. Taste: pretty sweet, sugary, mocha, chocolate, caramel, some dried fruits, little sourish. Aftertaste: lots of dark chocolate, vanilla, suble notes of coffee, bitter hops, burnt toast. In the end I got some weird gelatine like chunks from the last part of the bottle, that melt away in my mouth. Dafuq is this? It's yucky and gross, but I'm willing to oversee it, since the expiration date has been exceeded.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 18/20, MyTotalScore: 4.2/5
7/II/14 - 33cl bottle from a trade @ home - BB: VI/2013 (2014-181) Thanks to Nisse666 for the trade!
Black beer, big bubbled beige to brown irregular head, pretty stable, non adhesive. Aroma: quite some alcohol, bit peaty I'd swear, coffee, dark chocolate, bit dusty, caramel. MF: soft carbon, full body. Taste: pretty sweet, sugary, mocha, chocolate, caramel, some dried fruits, little sourish. Aftertaste: lots of dark chocolate, vanilla, suble notes of coffee, bitter hops, burnt toast. In the end I got some weird gelatine like chunks from the last part of the bottle, that melt away in my mouth. Dafuq is this? It's yucky and gross, but I'm willing to oversee it, since the expiration date has been exceeded.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2014
at 12:02
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Refrigerated 0.5 L brown bottle poured into a snifter. Pours black with dark brown highlights and small light brown head. Aroma is rich roast, thick/medium body, low carbonation, and some big bubble lacing. Taste is roasty, coffee, some espresso, ash (more as it warms), and slightly dry bitter hop finish. Not one of the better imperial stouts I have had.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2014
at 16:13
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Medium to good dark beige head over black beer with foxy-brown reflections. Outspoken coffee/mocha nose, not much else, except evidently roasted malts. Bitter & sweet are suggested. More dry coffee in the mouth, first dry, later more sweetness, going over into the aftertaste with some burning in the mouthfeel, and a vague metallic tang. Charcoal, roast. Medium to well-bodied; obviously quite slick, alcoholwarming. There’s better around in Scandinavia, certainly in this style.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jan 2014
at 10:52
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap @ Beer Temple. Black coloured, with a medium beige head. Nose is roasted malts, lots of coffee, fruits, chocolate. Flavour is roasted malts, a bit metallic, coffee, lots of roastiness. Finish is roasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jan 2014
at 06:52
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap @ BeerTemple, small sample. Dark color, short head. Aroma of loads of coffee and roasted malts. Roasty bitterness in taste. Pretty straightforward RIS, bit dry even, mostly powered on roast and some coffee. Could have used some more creaminess, but nonetheless I enjoyed it quite a bit.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Jan 2014
at 06:27
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap at Beer Temple. Black colour, dense beige head. Aroma of milk chocolate, roasted malts, coffee, quite sweet and chocolate-centered. Flavour is medium-sweet, hard roasted malts, milk chocolate, cocoa, coffee, decent bitter roasty finish. Medium to full-bodied. Quite sweet, but nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Jan 2014
at 04:44