Catherine The Great Imperial Stout
Brouwerij Smisje in Mater, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
6.87
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Bottle fermented. Brewed with water, barley malt, hops and yeast.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at t’brugs beertje - 08/07/12. Very dark brown in colour with a frothy tan head. Dark fruit, yeast, spice on the nose. Taste as nose - a little roast maltiness a bit syrupy, not well balanced. Medium to full in body, dryish finish, typical Belgian RIS (Struise aside), not a winner but palatable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2012
at 03:44
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
33 cl. bottle @ ’t Brugs Beertje // label has a horse suspended in the air, subtle // ruby dark brown, lightly tanned head // smells of light yeast, fruity, malts, bread & dark fruits, description fits that of a Belgian Dark Strong Ale // taste is burned toast, descend amount, charred malts but no accompanying stout body, instead a strong Belgian Ale body, heavy on Belgian yeast, berries, roasted malts, lots of burned grains, some caramelized sugar, esters, spices // body is way too carbonated, seriously dude, this is hard to drink, like blended with sparkling water; second Smisje beer to do that, infection? Small brewery, I have a feeling that none of the Special Smisje beer are being made anymore, have they been made recently? I am confused // didn’t expect a real Imperial Stout, in that regards, this is really scrapping the bottom of the barrel, ok as a Belgian ale, made the flavours fit a bit more together & turn down the carb. // don’t think this made anymore
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2012
at 12:15
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 3
There are many, many things you could call this beer and have it turn out alright, but if this is an imperial stout, then somebody really screwed the pooch. Pours amber-red, not even the color of a brown ale, much less a stout. Smells super-fruity with a pilsnerish undertone. Weird as shit for the implied style. If I didn’t know better, I’d think the gentlemen at Brouwerij Smisje slapped a trendy label on a subpar dark Belgian Ale and hoped us stupid Americans would just pass off the beer’s inconsistencies as Belgian flair. But calling this beer a stout is like calling Bud Platinum a barleywine. Mild bitterness, no roasted, chocolate, or coffee notes, and an offputting sweetness that mixes with that reoccurring pilsner note. I dare you to blind taste this beer and guess it’s an Impy Stout.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jun 2012
at 16:54
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
26th February 2010
Cloudy chocolate brown beer. Huge foamy biscuit coloured head. Soft malt nose, hint of smoke. Fresh tasty malt, quite fruity for the style and with a little milk chocolate and a pleasing amount of smoke. Finishes with more of the same. Interesting RIS, not rich, thick and sumptuous but wins with it’s dark fruits and chocolate.
Cloudy chocolate brown beer. Huge foamy biscuit coloured head. Soft malt nose, hint of smoke. Fresh tasty malt, quite fruity for the style and with a little milk chocolate and a pleasing amount of smoke. Finishes with more of the same. Interesting RIS, not rich, thick and sumptuous but wins with it’s dark fruits and chocolate.
Tried
on 07 Jun 2012
at 10:54
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hazy reddish brown with a lasting beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, dried fruit, spicy and yeasty. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. Why is this classified as an Imperial stout? 130312
Tried
on 13 Mar 2012
at 13:06
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Clear dark amber with medium tan head. Aroma is malt, caramel, yeast and dried fruits. Flavour is malt, caramel, toffee, yeast, dried fruits, spices, medium sweet, high carbonation, phenols and notes of alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2012
at 13:05
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
bottle - Pours dark brown with a fizzy tan head. The aroma is of roast malt, dark fruit, and alcohol. It has a roast chocolate malt flavor with a hint of fruit and noticeable alcohol. It’s medium bodied, not as heavy as most American imperial stouts. The chocolate comes to the fore more as it warms. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Feb 2012
at 14:37
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Beer planet web shop. hazy brown color with huge light beige head. Aroma of chocolate, toffee, caramel, hints of some berries. Taste, chocolate, dried plums, caramel, toffee, coffee, hints of wood. Long bitter finish. Highly drinkable beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2012
at 13:21
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
bottle from magasin. murky muddy brown, smooth offwhite head. Aroma is pretty yeasty, slighlty herbal, also roasted malts and anise. flavor is roasted malty, slightly citrussy, anise, yeast, faint fruity.Flavor and aroma is about as messy as the beer looks. There is also a little grassy spicyness in there. Somewhere in this gian herbal grassy yeasty mess is hidden a decent imp.stout. I can taste it now and then.. but boy,it is wrecked.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2011
at 07:25
6.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Murky dark brown colour, off-white head. Aroma of sweet malts, hazelnuts, bread, yeast, some fruit and spices. Slight chocolate. Flavour is sweet malty, caramel, some coffee, dark fruits and spices. Some nutty almond tones. Balanced though a bit light for an Imperial Stout.
(From 33cL bottle @ home)
(From 33cL bottle @ home)
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2011
at 00:36