Brouwerij Emelisse White Label - Imperial Russian Stout: Sorachi Ace Single Hop

White Label - Imperial Russian Stout: Sorachi Ace Single Hop

 

Brouwerij Emelisse in Goes, Zeeland, Netherlands 🇳🇱

  Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production
Score
7.83
ABV: 11.0% IBU: - Ticks: 87
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8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8.5
Bottle from Brewery Creek; bb 2015-12
Black color, small head. Excellent Imperial Stout, roasty, tarred, moderately sweet, with leather notes; there is also some liquorice flavor, blue cheese aroma, cocoa nibs, light malt sourness; good bitterness level, but not necessarily evidence of Sorachi Ace.
Overall, an interesting, excellent beer.
Tried from Bottle on 07 May 2015 at 00:03

9.1/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 9.5
Just really black. Lovely begie head that leaves a fine lacing down the glass. Coffee, mild roasted and chocolate in the aroma. Full body. Unbelivable lovely balance between sweetness and bitterness. Soft carbonation and a creamy/oily texture. Coffee, chocolate, herbal, citric and mild roasted flavor. Dangerously well masked alcohol. What a cracy brew. Hard to describe. So complex, tasty, fresh, heavy and yet easy drinkable. Glad I did not taste just 2cl at a beer festival. Pure pleasure!
[Bottle from a trade with ★ markextrae ★]

Imperial Stout #200
Tried from Bottle on 02 Apr 2015 at 13:27

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Pours black with a small head.Nose shows heavy roasted malt, liquorice, soft custard sorachi notes, herbal hops.Full-on flavours, loads of roast, some spicy and piny hops, a little coffee and some hot booze.
Tried on 27 Mar 2015 at 22:41

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8
(Bottle) Black colour with dense, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with black coffee, dark chocolate, dried fruit and a touch of tropical fruit. Malty, roasted taste with notes of strong black coffee, dark chocolate, cocoa, liquorice, hints of tar, a touch of dried pineapple and citrus (probably the Sorachi Ace addition) and a vinous, warming finish with a generous coffee bitterness and a whiff of alcohol passing by. Full body, quite heavy and oily mouthfeel. Some sweetness coming through. I didn’t expect the hop character to come through this fairly heavy imperial stout, but there is a touch of tropical fruit in all the coffee, chocolate and liquorice. Very nice.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Mar 2015 at 14:34


9/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Zag deze fles opeens bij de Mitra in Leeuwarden staan, ik ging er vanuit dat ik deze al gehad had en zou er achteloos aan voorbij lopen, echter toch maar snel ff checken en wat schetste mijn verbazing.... nee nog niet gehad... snel pakken dus... schenkt mooi stroperig zwart met zeer fijne bruine kraag (ziet er fantastisch uit), Aroma is ook heerlijk ; chocolade, geroosterde en gebrande mouten, haver, zoet, alcohol, Tevens wat tonen van een BIPA. ’t zal van de sorachi ace hop wezen, maar doet het goed.. Smaken zijn die van een mooie niet al te uitgesproken IRS, de volmoutigheid zit er lekker in, chocolade, alcohol, stevige zoetigheid, gebranden mouten en het bittertje wat erbij hoort, de hoptonen komen ook wat door in de vorm van den, zoethout, laurier, iets van vanille icm de zoetigheid en iets á la haver (oatmeal) romigheid, koffie en de bijbehorende droge tonen ook. lage co2, mooie volle body, romig qua mondgevoel, iets van olie achtige structuur, heerlijk gebalanceerd, kan er niet meer van maken dat dit gewoon een erg goed bier is. Maar goed dat mijn ook er nog snel op was gevallen anders was ik dit heerlijke bier voorbij gegaan...
Tried on 16 Jan 2015 at 17:12

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 10 Overall 10
Bottle at home . Pours black . Small to good, thick , darker head . Smell is Very much sorachi, undertone of roastyness . Thick and creamy ! Taste is biter, green in a spicy way . Sorachi is def still there ( BBE december 15 , guessing 2 years , would mean 10 months old now ) . The hops kinda collapse with the IMPY taste , but at the aftertaste , they blend in completely perfect, The beer really builds op from a so-so smell, to a good taste, to a very ncie aftertaste . Carbo and mouthfeel are perfect ( low carbo , creamy mouthfeel ) A beer that is hard for me to rate ...
Tried from Bottle on 11 Oct 2014 at 18:57

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
330mL bottle, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma is very hoppy and hugely roasted. Flavour is extremely robust, with shitloads of roasted malt, a signficant hoppy punch, and burnt coffee grounds. Over the top roasted, which makes this a very slow sipper. Good stuff.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2014 at 04:40

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
330 ml bottle. Pours black with off white head. Aromas of dill and coffee. Flavors are similar with additional dry cocoa notes. Unique and interesting.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jun 2014 at 11:10

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a very dark brown with medium frothy tan head that lasts leaving sticky lacing. The aroma is sweet roasted malt with cocoa, dark chocolate. Medium mouthfeel with similar flavors to the nose with nice light booze finish. Very good.
Tried from Bottle on 17 May 2014 at 21:32