Hammer Imperial Stout
Renegade Brewing Company in Denver, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.12
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Rerate tap at brewery 5-14-16 Prev 3.8
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Sep 2020
at 02:22
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
renegade sickle and hammer Super deep, almost pitch black coloured body with an almost 95 opaque black glow, with a nice three to four centimetre tall rich brown head. Aroma of alcohol, roasted malt, peat, light smoke, a good and relatively strong dose of soy sauce, meats and mushrooms with a large bitterness present, but mostly from the roasted malt and alcohol. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong rich roasted malt and chocolate flavours dominate with a strong coffee presence, but the peat, meat and soy sauce flavours manage through this initial flavour with a lot of funky and deeply umami profile that dominate throughout and overpower just about everything else with this one, especially the sweetness. Aftertaste shows more of the meat and soy sauce notes with a large sweetness of chocolate and pitted fruits, but the bitterness remains from the peated malts and from some lighter cacao powder or chocolate that still shines through. Overall, a strong and malt, earth and especially umami-forward beer that shows much of those notes and less of the sweetness and robust malt character that most Imperial Stouts are known for. I sampled this twelve ounce can, purchased by my boss on 02-January-2016 from Colorado Liqour Mart in Colorado Springs, Colorado - Thanks Jeff! Sampled just over four years later on 06-January-2020 after just returning from Denver (from Kauai as a layover of course), Colorado a few hours ago, at home in Washington.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jan 2020
at 07:39
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz can. Deep black body. Thick beige head. Classic Imperial Stout, hits the spot. Deep and malty, with a reasonable hop balance. Still on the sweet side. Compared to all the pastry stouts hitting the market, this is quite drinkable, true, and enjoyable. Good.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Mar 2018
at 03:56
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Got in a trade with the The-Adjunct-Hippie. 12 ounce can into snifter, no can dating. Pours opaque dark brown/black color with a 1-2 finger dense khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice soapy lacing clings on the glass. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, fudge, caramel, toasted dark bread, herbal, wood, and pine; with lighter notes of raisin, fig, date, licorice, molasses, smoke, char, and roast/smokey earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt and moderate earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of huge dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, fudge, caramel, toasted dark bread, smoke, char, herbal, wood, and pine; with lighter notes of raisin, fig, date, licorice, molasses, roast/smokey earthiness. Moderate roast/char and woody/piney hop bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, fudge, caramel, toasted dark bread, smoke, char, herbal, wood, pine, light dark fruit, and roast/smokey earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and moderate earthy hop flavors; with a great roast/hop bitter/sweet balance, and zero acrid/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from roast/hop bitterness, increasing through the glass. Light-medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready, and sticky/chalky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 9%. Overall this is a great Russian imperial stout. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to sip on for the ABV. Really spot on style example. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Dec 2016
at 19:15
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft @ The Happy Raven, Lincoln, Nebraska. Aroma is light chocolate, mild ash, mild booze.
My favorite thing about this brew is the full, sliky mouthfeel that this has and it was not on Nitro. The flavor maybe more on the restrained side. But still pretty nice overall.
My favorite thing about this brew is the full, sliky mouthfeel that this has and it was not on Nitro. The flavor maybe more on the restrained side. But still pretty nice overall.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Mar 2016
at 16:36
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can. A- Milk chocolate, brownie batter. A- Black color, black liquid, beige head. T- Roasty, dry, subtle bitterness, cocoa. P- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, O- A nice smooth chocolaty nose and a bit of a bitter and dry body. Knowing a bit of Denver breweries I’d have expected a "Hammer & Sickle" RIS to come from Komrade brewing, not these guys. Not important, but a thought. Decent beer.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Feb 2016
at 21:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dark brown. Lots of rich sweet toffee and slight chocolatey malt. A little fizzy, a bit fudgey, chocolate, not great though.
Tried
on 19 May 2014
at 12:51
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12oz can. Pours out black topped with a tan head. Nose is burnt roast smoke coffee and some hop. Taste is roast dark malts dark chocolate and a little bitterness on the end.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Apr 2014
at 18:43
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at the taproom. Pours flat black with a medium beige head that recedes steadily. Partial rings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee and hops. Medium to full body with flavors of dark chocolate, espresso and hops. The finish is roasty with a malt and coffee aftertaste. Above average overall.
Tried
from Draft
at
Renegade Brewing Company
on 17 Mar 2014
at 13:20
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Draught as part of a flight, at the Renegade tap room, on October 6, 2012Black color, brown head. Malty, roasted scent. Sweet, bitter, hints of chili taste. Medium mouthfeel, medium bitterness.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Oct 2012
at 05:19