Imperial Stout
Double Wing Brewing Co. in Madison, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
6.64
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Rich, dark and creamy with a combination of coffee and chocolate flavors.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pour is a black with a small white head. Aroma is cocoa nips and a decent bitter bakers chocolate. Flavor is more bakers chocolate and some coffee. Creamy mouthfeel and the finish is a decent roasted malt. Thin body but alcohol is hidden well. If you called this a imperial porter I would agree with you but as a impy stout this was a bit thin.
Tried
on 30 Jan 2022
at 01:24
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle thanks to Alwcordell. This was NOT a gusher, but was most likely the most carbonated beer I have ever seen. Runaway secondary in the bottle I guess. I poured a few ounces in a glass and with a single swirl it was instantly all foam. The slowest most careful pour in the world resulted in a fireworks snake-like tube of tan foam erupting from the glass. In the end I salvaged perhaps 4 ounces of beer from a 12 ounce bottle, but even as I watch it now after 5 minutes of settling the head is still protruding further above the rim of the glass. A really cool science experiment, perhaps, but not the most enjoyable beer experience. I think I will let it sit for a while... 10 minutes later, still a solid head. Holy hell. Aroma is dusty, molasses, plastic phenols. Flavor is light plus sweet, fully bitter, roasty as shit, burned, but with lactose and chocolate milk backing, loads of coffee. Full body, really silky mouthfeel. This actually tastes and feels pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2016
at 01:19
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
12 ounce bottle poured into a snifter. Pours black with a half finger tan head. Aroma is pretty light with dark chocolate, dark fruit, caramel, hint of licorice. Tasting notes of tart dark fruit, light roast, burnt coffee, cocoa. The tartness is the most prominent flavor and seems out of place.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2014
at 21:53
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a black color with a medium sized foamy brown head that left decent lacing. The aroma was sweetish and malty chocolate and black licorice. The flavor was bitter with strong floral and perfumey hops, wood, a bit of roasty malts and an off battery acid note. Long bitter hops, wood and black licorice finish. Moderately full bodied and creamy. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2013
at 15:53
6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Glass is pure foam with no liquid at the base and I’m left wondering if this is infected or what the story is. Aromas don’t smell funky but flavor is a bit of a letdown. Lots of licorice with heavy leather and a little toffee. The beer is a bit heavy handed and hot and has a bit of an off edginess to it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2013
at 19:47
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
I don’t know....either I am getting used to these impy stouts or.... this just seems a tad milder than I’m used to. Does not seem like 9+% 2 me. Mildly sizzly with just a tip of mild unexpected tartness in there. Infesting fer sure. Finish is nastily burnt but not as mouth punching as most impy stouts. Yes, almost acceptable. Perhaps I’m just really hungry for a beer. Maybe perhaps I should drink every impy stout right from the bottle. Overall, better than expected.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2013
at 15:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Draft: Pours Black with a short tan head. Aroma of cocoa and cola....roasty. Taste is chocolate, sweet milk. Very tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Feb 2013
at 13:48
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft. Ashy lactic chocolate malt aroma. Black with minimal head. Sweet ashy lactic chocolate malt flavor. Not bad - smooth for its ABV.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Feb 2013
at 15:06
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at Cincy Beerfest. Chocolate, coffee, and ash aroma. Near black with a small tan head. Coffee, lactic chocolate, and earthy flavor. Medium body and carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Feb 2013
at 19:08
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce can into snifter, canned in 2017. Pours fairly murky/cloudy nearly opaque dark brown/black color with a 1 finger fairly dense and rocky khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, molasses, toffee, vanilla, cream, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and dark/brown bread/crusts; with lighter notes of licorice, raisin, plum, prune, fig, date, smoke, char, wood, grass, herbal, pepper, pine, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/black/roast/bready malts and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, molasses, toffee, vanilla, cream, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and dark/brown bread/crusts; with lighter notes of licorice, raisin, plum, prune, fig, date, smoke, char, wood, grass, herbal, pepper, pine, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Light pine, herbal, woody, grassy, peppery hops; and roast/char bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, molasses, toffee, vanilla, cream, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, dark/brown bread/crusts, licorice, dark fruit, smoke, char, wood, grass, herbal, pepper, pine, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/black/roast/bready malts and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with an awesome roast/hop bitter/sweet balance; and no cloying, acrid, astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering hop/char bitterness. Medium carbonation and fairly full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/velvety/bready, and lightly slick/sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is fantastic. Mild increasing warmth of 9.2% after the finish. Overall this is an excellent Russian imperial stout! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/black/roast/bready malts and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to drink for the big ABV, with the mildly bitter/charred/drying finish. Awesomely rich and well rounded malt complexity; with solid earthy hop presence/balance, and restrained yeast fruitiness. A very enjoyable offering, and impressive spot on style example. Likely very mellowed out on hops from age, not overly bitter/charred at all.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Aug 2012
at 20:14