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 - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle from kris wines. Shared at Leighton’s party. Aroma is really dirty earthy coffee, toasted coconut, berry, raspberry fruit, dark choccy gateaux. Flavour is choccy powder. Dark roast, milky choc. Berry. Dark black forest gateaux. Dark mahogany brown coloured pour with a thin tan head. Palate is full and smooth, creamy and rounded. Lingering earthy coffee. Roast good stuff.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle thanks to Fergus. It pours darkest brown with a small tan head. The nose is rich, oily, dark chocolate, toasty action, varnish, spice, cake and some unami. The taste is smooth, bitter, earthy roast, cocoa, toffee, light alcohol, coffee, light spice, mild acidity and some alcohol warmth with a dry, toasty finish. Medium - full body, sticky mouth-feel and fine carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle shared in London - thanks to Fergus. Pours clear, deep brown with a creamy tan head. The nose has some milk chocolate, mellow roast, old coffee. Medium sweet flavor with earthy bitterness, more chocomate, dried berries, burnt wood. Medium to full bodied with fine to average carbonation. Sugary finish, more burnt wood, milk chocolate. Not bad.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle sampled at the excellent Beermoth tasting room, Tib St, Manchester. Pours black with a thick tan head. Nose tingling aromas of licorice, dark chocolate, Dark roast coffee. Very smooth indeed. Flavoursome bursts of rich coffee roast, smoke, burnt wood, Dark chocolate. Exceedingly dry. A noble brew.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Thanks to ElManana + 1! 650 ml. bottle sampled @ RBBWG IV. Blackish, little head. Nose is heavy on umami, lots of soy sauce, herbal. Taste is bitter soy sauce, roast, herbal, coffee, malty. Soy sauce body. Okay but soy sauce, herbal + roast aren’t my preferred flavours for a RIS,.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Caldera Old Growth Imperial Stout (by Caldera Brewing Company):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 5/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.3/5
11/II/15 - 1Pt. 6Fl. Oz. bottle @ John's place - BB: n/a (2015-175) Thanks to John and Jan for sharing the beer!
Clear very dark brown beer, creamy irregular beige head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very roasted, sweet, caramel, very intense, heavy, dried fruits, sugary, some dark chocolate. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: very malty, caramel, cocoa powder, roasted, some ripe fruits. Aftertaste: very roasted, coffee, lots of chocolate, hoppy, bitter, mocha, some caramel, slightly sweet, alcohol is noticeable. Lovely beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
(Bottle, Stockholm Beer Festival, 27 Sep 2014) Black colour with brief, foamy, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of coffee, dark chocolate, liquorice and a touch of soy sauce. Malty, roasted taste with black coffee, cacao, dark bread, liquorice and a fairly dry finish with a generous coffee bitterness. Almost full body, quite dry. Tasty and well made imperial stout. Very nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Black with a lovely head. Aroma of chocolate, wood, coffee, licorice. Rich chocolate flavor, woody light and smooth. Very tasty.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Black with a dark creamy head. Dark bitter almost burnt malts in the aroma. Burnt bitter taste but also a fresh hop bitterness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle 22fl.oz. @ [ Pre-Borefts Ratebeer Gathering ] @ ABCBeers, Korte Koediefstraat 5, The Hague, Netherlands 2511CE. [ As Caldera Kettle Series Old Growth Imperial Stout ].Clear dark black brown color with a large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, sweet malt. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, chocolate, roasted. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20140925]