Unorthodox
Two Roads Brewing Company in Stratford, Connecticut, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.45
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Two Roads own brewing czar, Phil Markowski, has taken a traditional Russian Imperial Stout and added a touch of "Amerika" to create a version that's sure to please!
This most unorthodox Russian Imperial Stout is brewed with malted rye and aggressively hopped with four different Pacific Northwest varieties to create a depth of character that's unmistakable.
Full-bodied with notes of rye, treacle, chocolate and espresso that join together to create a crescendo of flavor. You’ll want to do an unabashed Kalinka after just one taste!
This most unorthodox Russian Imperial Stout is brewed with malted rye and aggressively hopped with four different Pacific Northwest varieties to create a depth of character that's unmistakable.
Full-bodied with notes of rye, treacle, chocolate and espresso that join together to create a crescendo of flavor. You’ll want to do an unabashed Kalinka after just one taste!
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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at tasting. Black pour. Aroma is really fruity, with passion fruit and hop and some roasted malt of course. Taste has lots of passion fruit, coffee and a mild roastedness. Mellow fruity finish, abv well hidden. This is really a Black imperial IPA, way too fruity and hoppy for a ’normal’ ris. Good beer though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 May 2015
at 06:08
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
A black beer with a creamy, medium and light brown head. Aroma has strong pine and citrusfruits, coffee and liqurice, hint of dark chocolate. Great aroma. Taste has liquirice, coffee, pine nad grapefruits. Medium+ bodied, quite smooth, mild carbonation. Strongly hopped IS. Very good and tasteful beer.
Tried
on 10 May 2015
at 05:37
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft @ Hoppy Loft. Noire au col épais café au lait laissant un filament doré et huileux au verre. Arôme est malté caramel, grillé pointe de café avec un rétro assez houblonné. Palais ets malté, grillé, pointe amer des houblons en retrait et qui indique plus une Black IPA que un stout impérial. Le côté boozy se ressent, offrant une palette un peu douce en bouche. Malt au caractère cystal, choco. petite note de réglisse. Point intéressant pour l’usage, non dissimulé, des houblons amérisants dans cette bière.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Mar 2015
at 16:06
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Czarny z brazowa piana, no sliczny po prostu. Aromat slodkawy, palony, zacheca do wziecia pierwszego lyka. Delikatnie gesty syrop pieknie piesci moje gardlo i rozgrzewa trzewia. Poezja po prostu. Slodkawy, delikatnie palony z delikatna kwaskowoscia na koncu. Alkohol swietnie ukryty. Przy swojej mocy i tresciwosci pije sie genialnie ale trzeba byc ostroznym.
Tried
on 18 Mar 2015
at 12:48
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Black color with beige head. Coffee and chocolate. Rather dry. Roasted malts. Taste is the same, rather dry. Due to the dryness there is more of a coffee feeling there. Smooth carbonation. Good, but not over the top for an Imperial Stout.
Tried
on 02 Mar 2015
at 11:50
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours black into a snifter. Off-white head with little retention recedes to hug rim. Hot licorice aromas. Medium bodied with dark hot chocolate covered caramel and licorice upfront turning to dry soy and bitter chocolate in the lasting finish.
Tried
on 26 Feb 2015
at 18:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Den siste av i alt 17 kvalitetsøl (Sigmund overgikk seg selv i kveld!) på Mandag i annen, Cardinal feb-15. tema var pale ales, og denne var eneste stout og en flott avslutning. Flaske. Brunsvart, med lysebrunt skum. Flaskene sendes rundt, og der blir fler og fler fornøyde fjes, denne va go’e er omkvedet rundt hardcore-bordet. Tørr, og med en særpreget bitterhet. Kaffe, mørk sjokolade, vanilje, noe røykmalt (?), tjære, einebær, rug.
Tried
on 11 Feb 2015
at 14:45
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Shared bottle at Mi2 at Cardinal 09.02.15. Almost black. Brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, dark chocolate and pine. Similar taste. Dark chocolate, vanilla and juniper in aftertaste. Evident bitterness throughout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2015
at 15:02