Old Growth Imperial Stout
Caldera Brewing Company in Ashland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.66
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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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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
I’m assuming this is last year’s batch.
This was poured into a snifter.
The appearance was a black color with a slim finger’s off white to tan head.
The smell starts off with milk chocolate, big and roasty and sticky sweet, meshing with roasty coffee beans. Subtle marshmallow creeps in to balance.
The taste follows the smell nicely. A healthy amount of balanced roasty to sweet stickiness. Sticky sweet cocoa aftertaste runs into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium in body with a nice sessionable feel about it (guessing because of the age, this smoothed out the way it did).
Overall, I liked this one for me, and am guessing it probably has more strength when fresh. Still, this was very good for what it was tonight.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
650ml bottle
Pours pitch black with a smooth brown head. Aroma of roasty malts, licorice, dark chocolate, coffee and some earthy grassy notes. Taste is earthy, roasty and stingy with some licorice, dark chocolate, hints of coffee and spices. Finish is roasty, sweetish and slightly syrupy with some earthiness, licorice, dark chocolate and spices. Quite heavy and earthy imperial stout.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
65cl bottle. Pours very dark brown with a big good lasting brown head. Aroma of chocolate, coffee, licorice, sweet burned malt. Taste is sweet, many chocolate, licorice, coffee, vanilla, some alcohol, good!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottled@PBF X. Black colour, small brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, some floral notes, mild liquorice, alcohol as well as some slight toasted nutty notes. Flavour is liquorice, roasted malts, coffee, chocolate, some alcohol and mild floral notes.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle at PBFX. Opaque black, small brownish head. Aroma has roasted maltyness, cocoa and some sweetness in the nose. Medium-bodied. Roasted malty, slightly sticky but easy. Nicely balanced although not exceptional.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
650ml bottle @PBF X. Pours black with a thin espresso head. Licorice, strong roastedness, coffee and burnt notes. Flavor has cocoa, roastedness, tobacco notes, licorice, sweetness. Semisweet finish. Ok sipper but lacks something to make it stand out.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Bottled at Petalax Beer Festival. Black, beige head. Licorice and coffee up front. Sweet with full body and oily, rounded mouthfeel. Syrup, licorice and caramel. Black pepper and coffee. Somewhat metallic finish with peppery heat and long bitterness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle split in #Arch, LKS celebrator, thanks to Fergus 19/06/15. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a well appointed beige covering. Nose is cocoa powder, dark fruit rinds, light roast, coffee bean. Taste comprises earthy roast, bitter dark chocolate, coffee grinds, light spice, fruit cake underlay. Medium + body, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent enough impy.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
19th June 2015
Bottleshare thanks to MrFrog. Opaque dark brown beer, good yellowish tan head. Palate is airy and semi dry, mild fine carbonation. Airy creamy dark malts, mildly sweet. Touches of roast and coffee. Dry spice precedes a dry finish. Not bad.