Imperial Stout
Samuel Smith in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.56
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This distinctive type of beer was originally brewed to withstand the abuses of shipping in foul weather to Imperial Russia. It was a favourite of Russian nobility whose taste for the finest food and drink was world famous. A rich flavourful brew; deep chocolate in colour with a roasted barley nose and flavour that is a complexity of malt, hops, alcohol and yeast. Fermented in ‘stone Yorkshire squares’.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Barwa niemal czarna, piana beżowa, dość obfita, średnio trwała.
W aromacie czekolada, kawa, paloność.
W smaku półsłodkie, nieznaczna kwaskowość. Akcenty ciemnych słodów, ciemnej czekolady, paloności.
Goryczka niska, wysycenie średnie, ciało niewielkie.
Za mało imperialny ten stout.
W aromacie czekolada, kawa, paloność.
W smaku półsłodkie, nieznaczna kwaskowość. Akcenty ciemnych słodów, ciemnej czekolady, paloności.
Goryczka niska, wysycenie średnie, ciało niewielkie.
Za mało imperialny ten stout.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Auchan Supermarket Warszawa Kobielska
on 06 Jun 2026
at 19:38
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
It is a decent imperial stout and the price is cheap for the style, black color, powerful notes of roasted malt, coffee, licor, hop!!!!!! 22.08.16
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2026
at 12:26
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Bottle from HOTM. A viscous, oily pour that reveals a dark brown to black brew with a tan head that quickly fades to a thin ring around the edge. Boozy on the nose and in the mouth, with plums and rich black coffee to the fore. There's some milk chocolate, roasted malt, and fig and liquorice too, and a smooth, sumptuous, rich mouthfeel. Perfect balance between sweet and bitter here, but the booziness is possibly a little too obvious throughout. Nevertheless it's a superb brew; dangerously drinkable for the strength, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Tried
from Bottle
at
House Of The Trembling Madness (Stonegate)
on 13 Feb 2026
at 18:26
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
0.33 l bottle shared with Marko and Karlo at the Goblet Beer Store, Zagreb. Dark brown to black, small off-white head. Aroma is caramel, dark bread, soft roasty notes and some licorice. Smooth, light to medium body. Flavour is cardboard and harsh roasty notes. Dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Goblet Beer Store - Zagreb
on 30 Jan 2026
at 23:17
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Bottle at Goblet with Hrabren and Karlo. Very dark brown body, off-whtie head. Heavy, nutty, caramelly aroma, some raisin, bit of vanilla maybe. Dried plums, raisins and caramel in the taste, bit floral, the roastiness giving it some astringency too. Old school, for better or worse.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Goblet Beer Store - Zagreb
on 30 Jan 2026
at 23:05
7.5/10
Bitter. Film: Queer (also bitter).
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2025
at 13:22
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Il naso riconosce sentori di caffè, cioccolato e marron glacé. La finezza olfattiva è elevata, permanendo in maniera apprezzabile. Il manto birroso superiore color marrone chiaro resiste abbastanza. La grandezza delle bollicine è a grana media. Il colore è scuro impenetrabile. Il corpo è strutturato. Il dolce è medio in buona armonia con l'amaro medio. La forza gustativa è elevata e la permanenza è buona. Il gusto è piacevole. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano di birra beverina. Il retrogusto è intenso e persistente. Al palato arrivano note di caramello, miele, crosta di pane, nocciole tostate, frutta secca, agrumi, mandarino, frutta passita, prugna, mandorla fresca, vino Porto, pepe bianco, chiodi di garofano, liquirizia, vaniglia e torbato.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Nov 2025
at 18:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 oz. bottle from mixed 6 at Trader Joe's. Deep brown-black pour with a big tan head of foam. On the low end of an imperial stout, so I'm smelling mostly some dark roast malt, not much alcohol. But not bad. Also a whiff of what I believe is the Yorkshire brewing water. Taste is pleasant, a lighter stout roast malt. Some roasty bitterness comes in, and there's some of the alcohol. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Trader Joe's - Downers Grove
on 26 Nov 2025
at 04:33
9/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2025
at 08:59
7/10
Coffee, rich, some notes of liquorice
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2025
at 19:57