Dire Wolf
Wolf's Ridge Brewing in Columbus, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.16
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thegreenrooster (7275) reviewed Dire Wolf from Wolf's Ridge Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Pour is a black with a large foamy mocha head. Aroma is roasted malt and sweet burnt sugar. Flavor is a char malt but with a sweet finish. Finish leaves a nice roasty/char malt on the tongue. Decent impy stout and the alcohol is not felt.
andyhwcinc (2108) reviewed Dire Wolf from Wolf's Ridge Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Gifted from a friend, enjoyed on an unusually cool August Sunday afternoon. Pitch black, notes of lactose, toasted chocolate, rather nice and enjoyable.
stevoj (18327) reviewed Dire Wolf from Wolf's Ridge Brewing 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Half at taproom. Almost black, filmy beige head. Roasty aroma with faint sweet notes. Taste is more roast, chocolate, brown sugar. Creamy, slick
djd07 (28882) reviewed Dire Wolf from Wolf's Ridge Brewing 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at the brewery. Pours black with small beige head that diminishes quickly. The aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, licorice, wood. Thick, chewy, roast, wood, tobacco, dark chocolate, dry finish, very good.
superspak (10160) reviewed Dire Wolf from Wolf's Ridge Brewing 7 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
12 ounce bottle into snifter; no bottle dating, probably early/mid 2018. Pours dense pitch black color with a 2-3 finger dense tan head with insane retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts. Thick creamy/soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Insane appearance. Aromas of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, molasses, toffee, brown sugar, roasted nuts, dark/brown bread, and toasted biscuit; with lighter notes licorice, vanilla, raisin, prune, cherry, fig, date, smoke, charcoal, leather, tobacco, wood, herbal, grass, pepper, pine, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/black/roast/bready malts and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of huge dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, molasses, toffee, brown sugar, roasted nuts, dark/brown bread, and toasted biscuit; with lighter notes licorice, vanilla, raisin, prune, cherry, fig, date, smoke, charcoal, leather, tobacco, wood, herbal, grass, pepper, pine, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Mild pine, herbal, woody, grassy, peppery hop; and roast/charcoal bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, molasses, toffee, brown sugar, roasted nuts, dark/brown bread, toasted biscuit, licorice, dark fruit, light smoke/char, leather, tobacco, wood, herbal, grass, pepper, pine, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/black/roast/bready malts and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with an amazing roast/hop bitter/sweet balance; and no cloying, acrid, astringent flavors after the finish. Slightly increasing dryness from lingering hop/roast bitterness. Light-medium carbonation and extremely full body; with a very smooth, creamy, silky, velvety, and rich mouthfeel that is perfect. Slight slickness, sticky hops, and chalky roast. Mild increasing warmth of 10.4% after the finish. Overall this is an insane Russian imperial stout! All around amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/black/roast/bready malts and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the big ABV, with the mildly bitter/drying finish. Extremely rich/well rounded imperial stout malt complexity; with restrained fruity yeast, and solid earthy hops against sweetness. A highly amazing offering, and world class/spot on style example. A lot of intense complexity, and not overly bitter/charred. Exceeded all expectations, pretty mind blowing stuff.
thorongil (8206) reviewed Dire Wolf from Wolf's Ridge Brewing 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
(Tap) clear, bright, very dark brown colour with a small brown head; aroma of milk chocolate, chocolate liqueur; thick palate; balanced flavour with a long, light bitter finish
cheap (9533) reviewed Dire Wolf from Wolf's Ridge Brewing 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 1.5
12 oz battle, yes I said battle, even tho its from a bottle, at room temp that is. They must have the whole ridge set of singles at vintage. Pour is big & black with no head after 5 secs. Smell is penetrating permeating volatile black stout, with a sweeter nose. First taste is big black and beefy bold ass kicking alcohol laced happy BS arrogant uppercut bitch wolf. Strong stout, big and impressive, over the top, lots of ass kicking alky going on here and even when it gets you down on the floor it rolls you over and kicks you in the teeth. Way too much alky for these cheap pale lager lovin taste buds, whew, waaaaay ooooohhhver the topppppp. Chocolate bitter dark burned alky soaked old damp partially burned camfire wood. Cannot not even think about the co2 nor any other attributes, the taste bud assault is massive, quite uncivilized, but aren't all good impy stouts? Been awhile since a had a full real serving of this style.
beastiefan2k (4724) reviewed Dire Wolf from Wolf's Ridge Brewing 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
12oz bottle. No wolf on this label. Pours black with a dark brown head. Aroma is dark and fumy with heft but low seeetness and low acidity. Ashed earthiness, layered upon thick bittersweet chococlate brownie. Light bitter malts. Lots of stuff and none of it bad. Flavor is lighter than expected with more acidity breaking through. Coffee bittersweet brownie with low seeetness but lots of maltiness. Acidity sprinkles and tickles the palate. Leftover is a burnt, but not too much, acidic aftertaste with enough malt to balance. Drying, acidity stay a bit. It's a big beer that's able to not be sweet or oppressively patent malt heavy. Really like it.
nimbleprop (16712) reviewed Dire Wolf from Wolf's Ridge Brewing 8 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
22oz bottle I’ve had in the cellar at least a year, pours an opaque, oily black with some foamy, mocha head. Nose is heavy with black licorice and baker’s chocolate, a very heavy raisin/prune/ancho thing too, almost road tar, some mushroom lurking. Lots to unpack. Flavor slides a little, sadly, the sweet notes really dominate, black licorice, Kahlua, dark chocolate truffles, some BBQ sauce. Finishes full bodied, sticky, boozy.
Frothingslosh (19093) reviewed Dire Wolf from Wolf's Ridge Brewing 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Sampled on draft at Vintage Estate this beer poured a black color with a medium sized creamy dark tan head that left excellent lacing. The aroma was cocoa, anise and floral hops. The flavor was bitter with cocoa, anise, floral hops, roasty malts and a touch of red meat. Long finish. Moderately full bodied. Decent.