Liquid Vinyl
Arbor Brewing Company in Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.39
|
|
Sign up to add a tick or review
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12 oz. can, $2 from the loosey shelf. Lightly roasty malt in the nose. Just a hint of cocoa. Deep black beer under a shortish, foamy brown head. Taste has a burst of impy stout flavors, though. Coffee and anise, then some cocoa in the background that stays bitter, mainly from roasted malts. Overall, though, just a bit harsh. It would surely ebenfit from being set aside for awhile or barrel-aging.
superspak (10160) reviewed Liquid Vinyl from Arbor Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12 ounce can into snifter, canned in 11/2018. Pours opaque dark brown/black color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky khaki head with amazing retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts. Thick soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Amazing appearance. Aromas of huge dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, molasses, toffee, raisin, prune, fig, date, licorice, roasted nuts, and toasted dark bread; with lighter notes of smoke, charcoal, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, pine, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/black/roast/bready malts, fruity yeast, and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with big strength. Taste of huge dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, molasses, toffee, raisin, prune, fig, date, licorice, roasted nuts, and toasted dark bread; with lighter notes of smoke, charcoal, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, pine, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate pine, herbal, grassy, peppery hops; and roast/charcoal bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, molasses, toffee, dark fruit, licorice, roasted nuts, toasted dark bread, smoke, charcoal, leather, tobacco, herbal, grass, pepper, pine, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/black/roast/bready malts, fruity yeast, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a great hop/char bitter/sweet balance; and no cloying, acrid, astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering hop/char bitterness. Light-medium carbonation and fairly full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready, fairly sticky/chalky, and lightly resinous balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 10%. Overall this is a fantastic Russian imperial stout! All around outstanding complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/black/roast/bready malts, fruity yeast, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the big ABV with the modestly bitter/charred/drying finish. Not overly bitter/drying on hops/char. Amazing balance of super rich malt and fruity yeast; with nice earthy hop presence against sweetness. A highly enjoyable offering, and spot on style example. Very classic tasting all around.
flatmatt (2382) reviewed Liquid Vinyl from Arbor Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12 oz can. Pours black with a light tan head. Creamy, roasty, smoky coffee aroma. Flavor has smoky, roasty coffee, dark cocoa, at times more dark fruit, again a certain creaminess to it. Kind of a smoky molasses impression overall. Quite tasty.