Sumi Ink
(has 1 batch)
Grimm Artisanal Ales in New York City, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.60
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Massive, chocolatey imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels with vanilla beans.
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8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle (2023) pour shared by Steve. Opaque black with thin cap of head fading quickly to a ring, trace lacing. Aroma is nice fruity bourbon over base sweet malt stout, mild late vanilla. Taste is well-balanced nice fruity bourbon, sweet malt, dark fruit and vanilla. Smooth, silky texture, soft carbonation, pleasant alcohol heat, and finish as taste. More of a sweet stout than Double Negative. Nice restraint with the bourbon and good balance. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Aug 2024
at 02:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bomber split at Philippe tasting. 2016 Vintage. Somehow a gusher! Black syrup with no head. Nose is soy sauce, mocha, basic chocolate, cheap coffee and no vanilla. Taste is basic soy sauce mocha, coffee, chocolate boozy, got a bit better over time with some vanilla, stale coffee, thinner than expected, okay but disappointing seeing how strong it is and the additives.
Tried
on 20 Jan 2019
at 20:25
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Brown bottle, 1 pint 6 ounces, November 2016, from and with Matthew Tomlinson (thank you!), savoured on September 29 2017; eye: black, opaque, tiny ring of beige head, slight lacing; nose: roasted malt, coffee, bourbon, slight woody, vanilla, alcohol; mouth: roasted malt, coffee, bourbon, slight woody, vanilla, alcohol, alcohol warmth, brown sugar, finale in bourbon with light presence of acridness, below-average carbonation, mildly sweet, lightly harsh texture; overall: fine
FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 1 pinte 6 onces, November 2016, de et avec Matthew Tomlinson (thank you!), savourée le 29 septembre 2017; œil : noire, opaque, petit anneau de mousse beige, très légère dentelle; nez : malt torréfié, café, bourbon, très léger boisé, vanille, alcool; bouche : malt torréfié, café, bourbon, très léger boisé, vanille, alcool, chaleur d’alcool, léger cassonade, finale en bourbon avec légère présence d’âcreté, corsée, carbonatation sous la moyenne, moyennement sucrée, texture légèrement alcoolique; en résumé : bien
FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 1 pinte 6 onces, November 2016, de et avec Matthew Tomlinson (thank you!), savourée le 29 septembre 2017; œil : noire, opaque, petit anneau de mousse beige, très légère dentelle; nez : malt torréfié, café, bourbon, très léger boisé, vanille, alcool; bouche : malt torréfié, café, bourbon, très léger boisé, vanille, alcool, chaleur d’alcool, léger cassonade, finale en bourbon avec légère présence d’âcreté, corsée, carbonatation sous la moyenne, moyennement sucrée, texture légèrement alcoolique; en résumé : bien
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2018
at 23:53
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours opaque black, small tan head, creamy and slow to dissipate, nice lacing. Aroma is bourbon, cocoa, vanilla, roasted malts, wood, molasses. Flavor is medium sweet, medium bitter, boozy. Full body, hot and boozy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2017
at 22:45
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
22 oz bottle poured, labeled November 2016. Huge thanks to Jow for sending this bottle over. A pleasant surprise, and very glad to finally try some beer from these guys. Pours a jet black, a lasting tan fizz head. A bourbon forward aroma, with some sweet chocolate impression. I thought this was going to be boozy based on the nose, but this couldn’t be much smoother, especially considering the heavy bill on it. Milk chocolate, vanilla, coffee and bourbon, all wonderfully put together. Awesome, bourbon, oak, imperial chocolate milk stout. Love it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jul 2017
at 21:15