Imperial Black Mocha Stout
Highland Brewing Company in Asheville, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Special|
Score
7.31
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The next brew in our renowned imperial line, this hearty stout is rich with coffee and chocolate notes, all achieved solely through the use of special roasted barley grains. The complex malt character blends the velvety sweetness of specialty grains with the creaminess of a classic stout. No flavoring has been added to this product.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
22 fl oz bottle, courtesy of kp on the RBSG bus. Pours pitch black with a small tan head. Roasted dark malt with a mild caramelish touch. Roasted malt and fruity hoppy flavoured. Subdued sweet. Roasted chocolate and light fruity yeasty note with a nice acidic roasted note. Lasting chocolate and mild coffeeish finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2009
at 19:54
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared BY KP on RBSG Bus Tour! Nose of toffee, coffee, and licorice. Black with a medium tan head. Flavor is coffee, licorice, and caramel. Finish is coffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jul 2009
at 22:33
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled. A pitch black beer with a lazing orangey head. The aroma has notes of bourbon, roasted malt, soy sauce, and wood. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt, wood, soy sauce, alcohol, and some bourbon, leading to a dry, roasted, and alcoholic finish. Thanks kp for sharing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2009
at 18:20
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
An awesome extra from kkearn. I recently got to try this at a tasting thanks to theisti at a gathering, I enjoyed my small sample and wanted more. So I throw it on my want list and in my next trade Keith throws it in as an extra, what awesome synergy. It pours with a small, tan, short lived head, which sits atop a black body. Aroma is strong with dark, very dry and ashy, prune-y, alcoholic dark cereal. Taste has a bit more chocolate in it but still a very dry ash flavor. Plenty of sweet alcoholic prune with licorice and light astringent flavors. And then this incredibly dry roast finish, just sucks up all the moisture in my mouth. Not too heavy, a medium body with barely any residual sugars left over. Way different mouthfeel for an Impy Stout. It’s actually a weird imperial stout, so dry and ashy, its almost unbelievable, yet its really accessible.
22oz bottle, New Belgium rounded goblet glass.
22oz bottle, New Belgium rounded goblet glass.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2009
at 23:58
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
22 oz bottle courtesy of Suttree. Pour is hazed black, with a tan smallish head. Aroma of roast dark chocolate, coffee, thick sweet maltiness, and a touch of soy. Taste of milky roasted espresso coffee maltiness. Under the coffee notes is some fruit sweetness, dates and plums. The finish was unusual, chalky and dry, yet quite sweet. Palate is medium heavy, silky and mouth coating. Thanks for sending this my way, Phil.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2009
at 09:52
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
tap at Trappeze Pours deep black with brownish head. Aroma of coffee beans - mocha, malts Taste is filled with light coffee mocha with a very sweet and thick mouthfeel. Beer has a very subtle creamy feel that reminds me of lactose. Has plenty of roastiness at first followed by savory coffee bean notes. Alcohol remains very well hidden, even at 9.5abv. Finish is lightly bitter and hoppy.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Dec 2008
at 23:57
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2008 Bottle thanks to mar. Pours with a light brown head that fades and a black body. Aroma of chocolate, mocha and lots of alcohol. Taste is mocha, and some dark roast. Slightly fizzier than I would like, but a creamy mouthfeel. Would age well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2008
at 17:53
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Beer tasted at mcbackus tasting courtesy of Beerlando. Pours deep darkness with infra red edges and thin mocha head. The aroma has various levels and notes of roasted malts, earthiness, a hint of smoke, coffee and a bit of nuttiness. Smells great. The taste is full boldness with all the notes noticed in the nose bringing in mildly roasted malts to highly roasted malts, solid earthiness, some smoke to impugn interest and a bit of coffee and almond nuttiness. The notes are pretty bright but maybe right on the money for the experience. Really enjoyable.
Tried
on 27 Oct 2008
at 22:51