Nephilim
Central State Brewing in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.10
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thegreenrooster (7317) reviewed Nephilim from Central State Brewing 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Pour is a midnight black with a large mocha tan head. Aroma is some brown sugar and molasses with some char malt. Flavor is some char malt, dark bakers chocolate and a decent roasted malt left on the tongue. A little thin, no alcohol is felt and this is definitely on the sweeter side for a Impy stout.
superspak (10160) reviewed Nephilim from Central State Brewing 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
16 ounce can into snifter; no can dating, but is a recent release. Pours dense pitch black color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky tan head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, molasses, toffee, fudge, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and dark bread; with lighter notes of licorice, raisin, cherry, prune, fig, date, smoke, charcoal, leather, tobacco, herbal, wood, pepper, pine, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/black/roast/bready malts and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast notes; with great strength. Taste of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, molasses, toffee, fudge, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and dark bread; with lighter notes of licorice, raisin, cherry, prune, fig, date, smoke, charcoal, leather, tobacco, herbal, wood, pepper, pine, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate pine, herbal, woody, grassy, peppery hops; and roast/charcoal bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, molasses, toffee, fudge, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, dark bread, licorice, dark fruit, smoke, charcoal, leather, tobacco, herbal, wood, pepper, pine, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/black/roast/bready malts and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; with a great hop/roast bitter/sweet balance; and no cloying, acrid, astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering hop/char bitterness. Medium carbonation and fairly full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready, and fairly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 11.5% lingering after the finish. Overall this is an awesome Russian imperial stout. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/black/roast/bready malts and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on with the mellowly bitter/charred/drying finish. Very rich and well rounded English malt complexity; with balancing earthy hops against sweetness, and complementing fruity yeast complexity. A really enjoyable offering, and spot on style example. Definitely no wild yeast like they usually have.
deyholla (22839) reviewed Nephilim from Central State Brewing 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can. Pours black with a chestnut brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has strong dark grains and tobacco with roasted malts and a bit of bitter coffee underlying. Flavor has bitter dark grains and roasted malts with some molasses, coffee and tobacco backing.
beastiefan2k (4725) reviewed Nephilim from Central State Brewing 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
500mL can. Big and stouty but not too big. Aroma has lots of dry alcohol/spirit and black malts. Flavor is light dry ash, no sweet but boozy. Interesting balance of dry and alcohol for a stout. It was late in the evening for this beer, so I may have been generous with the rating. 83835