Imperial Stout
Samuel Smith in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.57
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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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8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Very little head, but a nice lacing around the edge of the glass. A beautiful colour and what I can only describe as a heady aroma of toasted malt, coffee and dark chocolate when I stuck my nose in the top. The flavour was much the same, but muted, which was probably because I poured it too cold, alongside a hefty kick of alcohol. As it warmed those flavours developed. A very nice mouthfeel from all of the malt. A very good, solid, imperial stout with a fantastic aroma.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jul 2017
at 02:24
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Aroma: rich estery, dark malts, raisins and prune. Some vanilla and roast. Medium body. Complex taste. Nuts, caramel, toffee, chocolate, roasted malts, dried fruit. Medium dry. Extremely drinkable and very good.
Tried
on 07 Jun 2017
at 16:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From 33cl bottle at Vor Bier&Bar, Gijòn, Spain. Pours almost black with cream foam. Aroma is chocolate, hazelnut, some licorice, and coffee. Body is light tendentially, low carbonation. Taste is low in sweetness, some final light bitterness. Finish is relatively short.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2017
at 16:05
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
550mp bottle from the Firefly Cambie. Pours an almost black with a dark beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, dry, dark fruits, slightly vinous. Taste is very smooth, pretty similar to aroma. Dark chocolate and roasted malt dry aftertaste. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2017
at 23:58
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
33cl bottle. Clear, dark brown pour with a tall tan head that gives way to a thin lacing. Notes of roasted malts, light bitter cherries, dark chocolate, roasted coffee beans, smoke, a bit of salt, some hops. Medium to full body, medium carbonation. A really good old-school imperial stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2017
at 13:43
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Priced right at the nearby grocery so why not. Appearance is inline for an imperial stout, nice and dark. It gives a fantastic light brown head that unfortunately dissipated fairly quickly. The nose is intriguing, licorice to me with a note of dark fruit. The taste is lesser. The carbonation is gone so no mouthfeel from that. Milk chocolate with a firm maltiness and dough. A slight hop finish with a some bitterness to complete it all. Okay but I prefer many others.
Tried
on 26 Dec 2016
at 17:05
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Personal blind tasting, 4th out of 4.
Almost definitely Sam Smith. Fruity, almost appley, not roasty. Yeah, apple all over and light but no fun to drink. Every few years I try to return to this beer but I always get some very poor beer. Not sure if I just get old bottles but enough is enough.
Almost definitely Sam Smith. Fruity, almost appley, not roasty. Yeah, apple all over and light but no fun to drink. Every few years I try to return to this beer but I always get some very poor beer. Not sure if I just get old bottles but enough is enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2016
at 10:14