Caldera Brewing Company Old Growth Imperial Stout

Old Growth Imperial Stout

 

Caldera Brewing Company in Ashland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout - Imperial Regular
Score
7.68
ABV: 8.8% IBU: - Ticks: 75
Kettle Series. Brewed in late December of every year,this imperial stout ages for one whole year before its release.
Grist: Premium Two Row, Munich, Chocolate, Brown, Carafa Special, Crystal;
Spices: Brewers’ licorice;
Hops: Galena, Saaz;
Original gravity: 1.088;
Alcohol by volume: changed from 9% to 10.3% to 8.8%.
Release date: December 1.
 

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9.4/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 9.5 Flavor 9.5 Texture 9 Overall 9.5
It is a solid imperial stout, dry for the style, roasted malt, solid notes of licorice, some notes of dark chocolate and vanilla, lovely, 10.05.17
Tried from Bottle on 26 Apr 2026 at 18:09

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottled from decicco. Oily black pour. White head. Chewy dark chocolate malts, mild bitter finish - real nice.
Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 01:08

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
8, 4, 7, 3, 15, 3.7, Bottle at craig?s. Pours black, nose is chocolate, sugary, toffee, coffee, taste is sweet, liquorice, roasted, chocolate.
Tried on 31 Jan 2025 at 11:59

8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 7
Schwarze Farbe mit beiger Schaumkrone. Malziger, röstmalziger Geruch mit Kaffee und Schokolade. Geschmacklich malzig, röstmalzig, sehr trocken, Schokolade, Kaffee und Trockenfrüchte. Hohe Süße mit mittlerer Bitterkeit, voller Körper mit spürbarer Kohlensäure.
Tried on 18 Sep 2023 at 18:50

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
66cl Fles. Oldskool klassieke RIS zonder toevoegingen. Heerlijke geroosterde smaken, donkere chocolade, koffie, gebrande noten, licht fruitig, hoppig. Volle body. Topspul, meer van dit aub.
Tried on 15 Feb 2020 at 22:25

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle @ ZZTX. Deep dark brown color. Malt, salt and licorice in the aroma Malty roasty, laurel, salt, in the flavor. Not too sweet, the laurel is dominant.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:05

8/10
Tried from Draft on 26 Dec 2018 at 20:01


8/10
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Tried on 04 Sep 2018 at 10:56