Imperial Stout
Olde Hickory Brewery in Hickory, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.54
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Olde Hickory Imperial Stout (by Olde Hickory Brewery):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.1/5
27/IX/19 - on tap @ Borefts Day 1, BB: n/a - (2019-1617) Thanks to the international RateBeer Crew for sharing today's beers!
Clear dark brown to black beer, thick dense creamy beige head, stable, non adhesive. Aroma: nice roast, lots of chocolate, coffee, very intense, lovely beer! MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: good roast, alcohol, chocolate, nice bitterness, sweet. Aftertaste: hoppy, dry, good roast, some alcohol, bitter finish, good one!
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.1/5
27/IX/19 - on tap @ Borefts Day 1, BB: n/a - (2019-1617) Thanks to the international RateBeer Crew for sharing today's beers!
Clear dark brown to black beer, thick dense creamy beige head, stable, non adhesive. Aroma: nice roast, lots of chocolate, coffee, very intense, lovely beer! MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: good roast, alcohol, chocolate, nice bitterness, sweet. Aftertaste: hoppy, dry, good roast, some alcohol, bitter finish, good one!
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Sep 2019
at 22:16
8/10
Sampled at Borefts 2019, Friday. A black beer with a big tan head. Aroma of sweet dark caramelized malt, toffee, some liquorice. Taste of sweet toffee, caramel, sweet dark chocolate malt, vanilla. I like it.
Tried
on 27 Sep 2019
at 19:44
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught @ Borefts 2019 Aroma has cocoa and some licorice. Flavour has licorice, some mild herbal tones and hints of cocoa. Easy-going IS.
Tried
on 27 Sep 2019
at 13:47
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Black. Soft roast and honey in the aroma and flavor. Sweetish. Licorice. Just a bit thin and alcoholic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2019
at 11:45
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Rating #5900! Sampled on purpose, as I was supposed to be returning to North Carolina, but that didn’t happen - so I’m close, but not in NC. 2014 Vintage as pressed into the Wax on the bottlecap and on the front of the bottle, in a gold coloured wax - very nice and impressive. Deep dark brown coloured body with a rich opaque glow of dark brown and almost black, at around 90%, all with a thinnish, single centimetre tall head of rich brown. Aroma of pure honey, roasted malt, light coffee, chocolate, earth, toffee, grain and a bit of mellow flowers and honeysuckle. Medium to Full-bodied; Rich roasted malt flavours with peat, coffee, earth, toffee, caramel, grain and a touch of light spices, all with a smooth honey sweetness, some dry oak and yeast, a touch of bread and a few pungent malt notes. Aftertaste is relatively subdued with some sweeteness evident, some grain and bittering elements and a touch of the honey meshed with the roasted malt that ends up being relatively easy-to-drink. Overall, a great Imperial Stout that is fairly easy-to-drink, shows a lot of elegant characteristics, a big sweetness and a smooth beer, despite the high alcohol - this must be the aging cycle here, and would probably be better in five years time, but alas this was my only bottle, perhaps I’ll pick up another the next time down in North Carolina. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Total Wine in Cary, North Carolina on 02-August-2014 for US$12,99 sampled at home on the Eastern Shore of Virginia on 15-January-2017. 2014 Vintage // Purchased 02-August-2014 // Sampled: 15-January-2017
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2017
at 22:53
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap. Pours opaque black, small tan head, some lacing. Aroma is quite roasty, cocoa, ashtray, molasses, coffee, hints of smoke. Flavor is medium sweet, light plus bitter, roasty and molasses soaked coffee beans. Medium body, soft but a little thin for style.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 May 2016
at 16:11
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
2013 bottle. It pours a thick, jet black color with a thin brown head. The aroma is rich and complex with notes of fudge, molasses and honey up front. Nice dense roasted, smoky malts underneath with hints of almonds and sherry that seem like mild oxidation, but it suits this beer well. The flavor is rich with dense, woody roasted malt. Sweet with honey and molasses, but the intense smoke and roast balance it out a bit. There’s some hints of floral/menthol bitterness in the finish along with more intense roast. The body is insanely thick and goes down slow. This is a sipper for sure, and feels much bigger than 10% although the alcohol isn’t that noticeable, just the flavors and mouthfeel are extremely intense. Some burnt malt in the aftertaste is the only mild turn off. Otherwise, a really intense, complex treat.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2016
at 18:33
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22oz bottle pours out black topped with a small tan head. Nose is roast malts dark chocolate coffee and some ashtray notes. Taste is more of the coffee smokey notes and the chocolate. I noticed a little spice even and plenty bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2015
at 10:41
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sample at the Beer Heads MeetUp bottle share event in October 2014. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma of chocolate and coffee. Flavors of licorice and dark chocolate. Bitter roast finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2014
at 17:05
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at Craig’s. Pours black, light sweetness, thick, dry and bitter, some chocolate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2014
at 12:53