Imperial Stout
Alchimiste - Microbrasserie in Joliette, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.58
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8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Draft pour at Delirium Hoppy Loft. It has a deep dark body that supports a mocha colored head of foam. The aroma offers up a modest dark roasted maltiness, some dark roasted coffee and then chocolate goodness that presents this aroma on a silver platter. The taste is pretty rich with sweet malt infused dark roasted malts and coffee and then rolling into some chocolate to almost a chocolate brownie richness. Into the finish it picks up a pleasing yet mild sweet dark fruit ester note that I am enjoying quite a lot along with the rest of the flavors. This is smooth rich and creamy and under 8%, craziness. Well crafted brew!
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Mar 2013
at 09:35
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
darft @ Hoppy Loft Brussels. Noire huile de moteur; col moka laissant un léger filament doré au verre. Arôme est malté chocolaté, pointe de café et d’épices, le tout est légèrement biscuité suivi d’un bouquet grillé-moka. Palais est épais, malté et café/chocolaté, côté grains grillé avec un abv persistant tirant plus que le s7.9% annoncé. Le tout reste assez caramélé donnant un effet sucré collant sur les lèvres. Amertume est discrète et vient juste en fin de bouche ajoutant un effet léger épicé houblonné. Fini est sec, café-grillé avec un résiduel amer houblonné.
Tried
on 13 Jan 2013
at 07:55
9.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Draft sample @ Delirium Hoppy Loft. Didn’t expect a lot from this one but this was quite excellent & honestly I was quite surprised to see that the ratings on here are as low as they are. I have had RIS with far more acclaim that were around this level in my opinion. Pours black with a lovely bit darker mocha head, great expected appearance. Smell is clearly on the sweeter side, quite milky, sweet chocolate, some grounds underneath but on the sweeter side, sweet, light roast & sweet coffee. Taste is in similar fashion milky, creamy sweet mocha & lots of chocolate, creamy blended with coffee grounds & malt roast underneath but covered in sweetness, milk chocolate, quite light grains. Creamy body, simple which definitely doesn’t meant a bad thing in a beer for me & quite yummy.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jan 2013
at 15:55
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sample, draught, at the Festibière de Gatineau, savoured on May 27 2012; eye: black, opaque, no effervescence, no head; nose: roasted barley, strong coffee, dark chocolate, light sourish; mouth: roasted barley, strong coffee, dark chocolate, cocoa, light sourish, light acidity, burnt barley, resinous hops, lactic, finale in roasted barley with presence of dark chocolate, full body, not much carbonation, mildly bitter, slightly oily texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Échantillon, en fût, bue au Festibière de Gatineau, savourée le 27 mai 2012; œil : noire, opaque, pas d’effervescence, pas de mousse; nez : orge torréfiée, café fort, chocolat noir, cacao, léger aigrelet; bouche : orge torréfiée, café fort, chocolat noir, cacao, léger aigrelet, légère acidité, orge brûlée, houblon résineux, lactique, finale en orge brûlée avec présence de chocolat noir, corsée, peu carbonatée, moyennement amère, texture légèrement huileuse; en résumé : bien
Tried
on 24 Jun 2012
at 07:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
A deep dark stout with a thin dark brown head. A dark coffee beans and soy sauce aroma, bitter and oily. In mouth, a nice sweet chocolate with coffee grinds, lightly oily, very smooth, a bit of bitterness acidity. Not bad. 2.69$ 12 on bottle from Peluso.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2011
at 15:20
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled. A pitch black beer with a thin brown head. The aroma has notes of soy sauce, roasted malt, and caramel. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel, coffee, wood and roasted malt, and lighter notes of smoke and soy sauce.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2010
at 08:18
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 341ml.Clear dark black brown color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, burnt, caramel, chocolate, dark roasted. Flavor is light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20101102]
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2010
at 05:42
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
34.1 cL bottle. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is toffee, dark roasted caramel and breadish. Smoked like and dark malty. Dark malty. Lingering dark malty, slight acidic hard roasted and sweet toffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2010
at 11:20
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle 34.1 cl. Courtesy of madsberg. Pours pitch black with a small light brown head. Hard roast malt in the nose - loads of vanilla too. Solid body, a little low in carbonation, hard roast, dark dried fruits and vanilla. Some malt bitterness. 021110
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2010
at 11:18
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a deep black color stout with a medium dirty brown foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of dry coffee and black chocolate is dominating though nothing particularly exciting to notice. Taste is also a nice enough mix between some black chocolate notes with a dry coffee finish. Body is about average with good carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Middle of the road imperial stout with no major flaws.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2010
at 12:32