The Nothing
Smog City Brewing in Torrance, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.17
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tried
on 28 May 2025
at 18:14
7.5/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home. Opaque black color, full sized brownish colored head. Aroma and flavor are malts, firm to heavy roast, malt bitters, earthy, malt bitter, earthy bitter. Older bottle so perhaps the chocolate notes are gone cause I don't get them anymore. Not bad though, solid beer.
Tried
on 25 Apr 2025
at 23:48
8/10
Nice mellowness from the age. Smooth chocolate and roasty coffee
Tried
on 01 Feb 2023
at 16:10
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft. Black beer with a tan head. Chocolate and light caramel aroma with light coffee. Chocolate and light roast flavor with light coffee. Medium-plus bodied. Chocolate and light roast linger with light coffee.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Jul 2022
at 18:28
7.4/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2020
at 23:25
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle (2018) pour from Valley Beverage Company, Sherman Oaks. Appearance is opaque black with no sparkle, thin ring of beige head with poor retention and no lacing. Aroma is roasted malt, nuts, mild dark fruit, earth. Taste is bittersweet roasted malt and dark chocolate, toffee, earth. Mouthfeel is light-to-medium bodied with smooth, thin texture, soft carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, well crafted. Fair complexity but not the most complex in the world. Good but not decadent. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2020
at 00:16
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
500 ml bottle shared by tfontana, thanks Tom! Aroma is chocolate, roast, earth. The base is chocolate, earthy grain, maybe ash. Body is full with a slight char note. A very nice base imperial stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2020
at 00:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Nice brownish black body and modest beige foam, strong sharp chocolate syrup and coffee on the nose. Flavour is more oozy chocolate syrup and coffee. full mouthfeel but heavy. Not bad in small doses, though rather straightforward.
Tried
on 07 Feb 2020
at 19:59
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft pour, enjoyed at Smog City, Torrence. Listed at 9.3% Dense, jet black pour. Rocky tan foam head. Big coffee, cocoa nose. A big and bold flavor. The coffee is dominant, bitter, but as much as it should be. Huge roasted constant. Solid imperial.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Dec 2018
at 03:37
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft @ Aces & Ales (Tenaya Way), Las Vegas, NV. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma. Roasted malty chocolate flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Jun 2018
at 18:51