Imperial Extra Double Stout
Harvey's in Lewes, East Sussex, England 🏴
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.10
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Imperial Extra Double Stout is regarded as one of the World’s most unusual and prestigious beers. The recipe contains a dense concentration of varied malts and hops to produce a bottle conditioned stout of 9.0% ABV.
This brew will improve and develop complexity up to one year and has an intense flavour which is distinctive. The roast, alcoholic and spicy notes combine in this unusually sweet & sour beer.
This brew will improve and develop complexity up to one year and has an intense flavour which is distinctive. The roast, alcoholic and spicy notes combine in this unusually sweet & sour beer.
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4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
From bottle to snifter. Pours near black with a deep brown head that slowly fades and leaves minimal patterns down the glass. Aroma of slight cocoa, roasted malt and brewer's pitch. Taste is odd - a pit of the ash and tar, and in the back half there is a distinct sourness to this beer. I would have thought that it was a flaw, but the description references the sour. Mouthfeel covers nicely and leaves a dense, chewy residual throughout. An odd duck.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2021
at 04:27
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2/1/2021. Bottle from Cobbett's Real Ales, Dorking. Pours black with a bubbly tan coloured head. Aroma of liquorice, roasted malt, bitter dark chocolate, black treacle, burnt toffee, dark fruits, deep roasted coffee. Moderate sweetness, medium to heavy roasted bitterness. Full bodied, slick texture, soft carbonation. Heavy roasted finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2021
at 12:36
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Oct 2020
at 21:32
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Adding in my 300 Beers To Try ticks because I want to see how they impact my stats and some of them I will never see again. Will however re-rate them when practical. Bottle at The Royal Oak, Borough. This was one of the first, if not the first, Impy Stouts I'd had. Was taken aback.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2020
at 10:44
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Harveys Brewery Shop. Pours a pitch black colour with a medium sized creamy beige head. Aroma is fairly winey, some liquorice and faint roasty notes. Taste again has some winey notes, more liquorice, much more roasty coffee, molasses, little hints of dry dark fruits, cherries, rich chocolate and a big bitterness on the finish. Full bodied with a thick oily mouthfeel . Rich and bitter finish. Nice but too rich for me to want more than one at a time.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2020
at 21:17
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Harveys Imperial Extra Double Stout Stout - Imperial 848416
Lukt: Kaffe, bek, frukter. Utseende: Sort. Skum/kullsyre: Tykt dekkende skum. Smak: Kaffe, veldig fruktig, vanilje. Hvor: Samling Bryne. Medium: Flaske@275ml, ABV@9%, Når@07.03.2020
Lukt: Kaffe, bek, frukter. Utseende: Sort. Skum/kullsyre: Tykt dekkende skum. Smak: Kaffe, veldig fruktig, vanilje. Hvor: Samling Bryne. Medium: Flaske@275ml, ABV@9%, Når@07.03.2020
Tried
on 04 Apr 2020
at 13:13
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
13/X/19 - 33cl bottle from The Royal Oak (Borough, London), shared @ home, BB: II/2021 - (2019-1735)
Clear dark brown to black beer, big thick irregular brown head, pretty stable, bit adhesive, leaving some lacing in the glass. Aroma: oh boy, this is gonna be good! Nice chocolate roast, bit sourish impression, red currants, dark cherries, bit dusty, malty, grains, some tobacco. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: bit oxidized, bit sourish, lots of tobacco, fruity, coffee, bit sweet, dusty, little bitter, nice roast. Aftertaste: bitter, good roast, bit oxidized, sourish touch, pretty spicy, some cardamom, bit of cloves.
Clear dark brown to black beer, big thick irregular brown head, pretty stable, bit adhesive, leaving some lacing in the glass. Aroma: oh boy, this is gonna be good! Nice chocolate roast, bit sourish impression, red currants, dark cherries, bit dusty, malty, grains, some tobacco. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: bit oxidized, bit sourish, lots of tobacco, fruity, coffee, bit sweet, dusty, little bitter, nice roast. Aftertaste: bitter, good roast, bit oxidized, sourish touch, pretty spicy, some cardamom, bit of cloves.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Royal Oak (Harvey’s)
on 13 Oct 2019
at 20:00
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
2000 vintage. This beer punches harder than its 9% might suggest. Almost black color. Plums, chocolate and cherry in the aroma. No head at all, hardly any lacing. Thick, oily and syrupy. Sweet flavor with roasted malt, licorice, raisin, raspberry, porto and alcohol. Very complex beer, delicious and surprisingly fruity, without any doubt a classic.
Tried
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:08
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
275ml bottle. Viscous black with a thick tan head. Aroma is rich dried fruit soaked in brandy. Flavour is similar with notes of leather and tobacco. Lovely viscous texture
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2019
at 17:52
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sample@Ølfestival København 2018 - black pour with a tan head. Dark and sweet malty with rich chocolate, toffee and caramel sweetness, earthy burnt charred malty notes, medium to full body, dark malty finish.
Tried
on 05 Nov 2018
at 08:23