Sumi Ink
Grimm Artisanal Ales in New York City, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.57
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Massive, chocolatey imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels with vanilla beans.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
22 oz bottle. The beer is black with a light brown head. Lots of vanilla in the aroma. Mild to moderate bourbon barrel. Some spice. Mild roast. Some umami-ish roast oxidation. Caramel baseline. Mild but nice marshmallow action. Lots of malt sweetness. Lots of vanilla. Fudge and caramel base, which is a bit weak. Barrel is a bit stronger, more of that umami oxidation flavor as well. Mild roast and oak bitterness in the finish. Moderate astringency. Moderately full body, really needs more thick creaminess to shine. Good beer but not great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2017
at 00:26
8.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Very good Master Blaster. Aroma is dark malt roasted barley, vanilla burnt sugar caramel. Flavor is at first taste hugely vanilla but after first taste vanilla recedes and is just like nose. Hides the strength very well. Excellent body and very clean finish. Very good drinking beer.
Tried
on 26 Feb 2017
at 20:01
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Jet black color, brown head with good retention. Aroma of earthy burnt espresso, dark fruit. taste has dark roast coffee, cocoa, cherry, vanilla. Delicious.
Tried
on 26 Feb 2017
at 18:57
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber shared by Marcus. Pours dark brown with a transient tan head. Aroma is medium dark chocolate and vanilla. Smooth bourbon. Med+ body. Flavor is chocolate and vanilla and some moderate heat - and the bourbon is deceptively mixed in. Chocolate gets earthy towards the finish.
Tried
on 06 Feb 2017
at 16:00
5.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Bottle drunk 12/14/16.
Dark chocolate-ebony body of indeterminable clarity. Large, thick, well-retained tan head atop.
Dark chocolate fudge in the nose is met with strong roast, licorice and very dry, vinous prune-like notes. Caramel comes on strong and it finishes with vanilla, bitter cacao and fudge with definite alcohol vapors adding to the strength/intensity.
The first sip is a confounding mix of intensely sweet, chocolatey-fudge juxtaposed with bitter, astringent anise and vanilla-like notes and strong alcohol dryness. Messy, completely unrefined and extremely difficult to drink. Syrupy and cloying to start with a bitter/astringent/alcoholic finish. Awful stuff. Off to the drain it goes.
Dark chocolate-ebony body of indeterminable clarity. Large, thick, well-retained tan head atop.
Dark chocolate fudge in the nose is met with strong roast, licorice and very dry, vinous prune-like notes. Caramel comes on strong and it finishes with vanilla, bitter cacao and fudge with definite alcohol vapors adding to the strength/intensity.
The first sip is a confounding mix of intensely sweet, chocolatey-fudge juxtaposed with bitter, astringent anise and vanilla-like notes and strong alcohol dryness. Messy, completely unrefined and extremely difficult to drink. Syrupy and cloying to start with a bitter/astringent/alcoholic finish. Awful stuff. Off to the drain it goes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2017
at 12:08
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottleshare: pours black with a beige head. Aroma is soy sauce, roasted malts, booze. Taste is lightly boozy. No bitterness. Umaminess. Pretty smooth and easy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2016
at 18:10
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared aboard NJ Transit - incredible selection on these trains! Pours oily black with a dense, creamy beige head. The nose holds moderate roast, hearty chocolate, berries. Heavy sweet flavour with buckets of gooey chocolate, some vanilla pods, raisins, roasted malts. Full bodied, chewy, with fine carbonation. Warming finish with some ashy roast, bittersweet cocoa, dried fruits, saucy vanilla, more raisins. Quite solid. But this is big boy gear.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2016
at 19:56
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Drank bottle at home watching another crap episode of Walking Dead. Lowly dark pour not a huge head. Nose is great chocolate cake and hint of booze. tastes of chocolate, vanilla, bourbon, some wood and light soy sauce. Not too sweet and semi potent. Medium carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2016
at 23:12
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle - pours black tan head - nose/taste of bourbon, chocolate, vanilla, oak and cake malt -medium/full bodied
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2016
at 23:06