Imperial Chocolate Stout
(has 4 batches)
Sankt Gallen Brewery in Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan 🇯🇵
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.47
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
2016 Bottle. More or less the same as before. A little too roasty and one-dimensional. Not bad though. 330ml bottle 2015 edition (9% ABV) from Ito Yokado in Asagaya. Poured into a tulip glass. Dark brownish black color with a huge soapy brown head. Big aromas of burnt coffee, coriander, roasted malts, bitter chocolate, alcohol and hops on the nose. Tastes strongly of bitter dark cacao, burnt coffee, cardamom with slight hints of corrainder and arugula. Can’t really taste the alcohol on the palate. Well-hidden. Oily mouthfeel with medium carbonation. Mostly bitter and peppery finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2015
at 07:43
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 12fl.oz. [ As Sankt Gallen Imperial Chocolate Stout ]. [ Vintage 2012 ]. ABV: 8.5%. Clear dark brown color with a average to large, frothy - creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, funky, brett - leather. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, chocolate, leather, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20140118]
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2014
at 09:12
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
330 ml bottle from Dogenzaka Shinonoya. Pours nice deep and dark brown with a thin brown head. Aroma is full of roast, dark bitter chocolate, a bit of alcohol - that is quite well hidden for a beer of 9%. It has some dark fruits lurking as well. Taste is what I would expect from a nice imperial stout. It is definitely sweet but not boozy, lots of roasted malts mingling with malt base, chocolate sweetness - and finishing up in a bitter chocolate and cocoa finish. I guess there is a lot coming out from roast malts - and there should be no real chocolate and cocoa used. Nice and enjoyable beer, well executed. Should buy a few more of these and see what happens if I try it after some extra ageing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2014
at 05:42
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. 2012 vintage. A more or less black one, topped by a dense, finger-thick dark beige head that leaves lacings. The aroma has a nice bretty touch, with some lemon and woody hints. Pepper notes. Don’t really like that the brett cloakes the chocolate and roasted malts so well though. It’s super smooth on the palate, lighlty warming, and quite full-bodied. Feeling dry even though there’s certainly residual sweetness. Chocolate and some roasted malts too, lasting for a good while. Some alcohol burn too in the end. Sure a nice one, and it would be interesting to sample an unbretted edition. 140118
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2014
at 12:59
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ Fynsk Brunsviger er kommet til Ulfborg for at blive , som streger i dine hvide underbukser. Day 2. Pours dark brown with floaties. Chocolate, roast, mild brett and coffee. Smooth and medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2014
at 12:57
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 330ml vintage 2012 @ fonefan
Pours pitch black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, brett and citrus. Taste is medium sweet and medium bitter with a long roasted, chocolate and fruity finish. Body is medium to full, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours pitch black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, brett and citrus. Taste is medium sweet and medium bitter with a long roasted, chocolate and fruity finish. Body is medium to full, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2014
at 12:55
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Black with a lasting light brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, chocolate, coffee and light bretty. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and roasted rather bitter finish. Oily. 180114
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2014
at 12:54