Bellwoods Brewery Hellwoods

Hellwoods

 

Bellwoods Brewery in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦

  Stout - Imperial Regular
Score
7.45
ABV: 10.0% IBU: - Ticks: 31
The Russian Imperial Stout is a very strong variant of the stout originally developed by English brewers in the 18th century to export to the court of Catherine the Great in Russia. This extremely dark and complex beer has intense aromas and flavours of malt, burnt chocolate, dark fruit, fresh earth and vanilla. A portion will be aged and released next year.

Yeast: American Ale

Hop: Warrior

Malt: Pilsner, Wheat, Hops, Crystal, Smoked, Chocolate, Black, R Barley, Molasses
 

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8.4
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

500ml bottle (thx, Peter K.!). Pours a very dark brown with the same color head. Aroma is fruity, some burnt sugar, roasted malt, slight chocolate. Taste is moderate to high sweet, fruity, roasted malt and sugar. This one looks like a base for Skeleton Key and BOYD, but IMO it is better than the Skeleton Key. Good stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Aug 2017 at 00:57


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Oily black, completely black with a 3 finger tan head. fades to a thin 1 finger crema-like head. Licorice, baker’s chocolate, fudge hints and old dark roasted coffee beans. Holy bitter / smokey. this one is intense. You get ashy tobacco tootsie roll, cocoa, shoe polish and the finish is a piney barley flavor. Very intense.

Tried on 30 Dec 2016 at 19:01


8.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle from the brewery. Opaque dark brown with a two finger lingering dark khaki head. Nose is chocolate, molasses, coffee, plum, candied fruit and light vanilla. Light sweet malt supports a medium bitter chocolate and coffee. Mouth is full and creamy with soft carbonation and a lingering finish where the alcohol just manages to make itself known. Excellent. 9-/5-/8/4+/16+

Tried from Bottle on 06 Feb 2016 at 17:08


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

2013 version drank early 2016. Pours out like engine oil. Pitch black dark, tons of dark fruit, roasted malt, molasses and cacao in the nose. Tons of dark fruit, molasses, roasted malts, medium dry body, alcohol is well hidden. Low carbonation. Nice lingering malt and cacao finish. Excellent example of an imperial stout. Another winner from Bellwoods.

Tried on 03 Jan 2016 at 18:53


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Jet black color, dark brown head with good retention and solid lacing. Nice aroma of licorice and burnt espresso. Taste Has dark bittersweet chocolate, dark coffee, burnt brownies. One of the easiest drinking 10% stouts I’ve had.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Dec 2015 at 18:56


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Pours a thick oily black with reddish brown head, dense but only a half of my sausage-like fingers. Nose is malt rich, and sweet, and the booze is lingering in there too. Taste is maltly but a little burnt as well as roasted, but nicely avoids that ashy flavour that so many I.Stouts seem to fall pray too. Sweet syrup lacking much fruit complexity, poorly balanced with a little bitter in the after. You’ll also notice a bit of the booze too. Overall good, not spectac but that’s life. Solid label though.

Tried on 02 Mar 2015 at 17:41


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bouteille 500ml, gracieuseté d’AlexGenois, merci Alex! Couleur noire opaque, mousse moka fuyante laissant une dentelle. Arôme de malt torréfié en abondance, un peu boisé, cendré, caramel brûlé, alcool. Goût de malt torréfié, café noir, chocolat noir, alcool en fin de bouche, c’est surtout le côté torréfié qui domine. Carbonatation faible, corps dense, huileuse.

Tried on 01 Feb 2015 at 21:51


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Bellwoods Brewery Bottle Shop at Ian's in Toronto. Very thick black pour with small dark creamy tan head. Aroma is of very dark fruit, but more dark chocolate, coffee grounds. Lots going on in the aroma. Taste is very big - roasted malts, dark chocolate, coffee grounds, some hoppy bitterness. Very rich but not too thick palate. Bitter and boozy finish that lasts. Very good big and complex stout.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2015 at 17:18


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

(bottle) bright clear very dark brown colour with a small brown head; aroma of chocolate, smoked fruit; creamy palate; rich, balanced flavour with a long medium bitter finish; very nice

Tried from Bottle on 28 Oct 2014 at 16:02


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Pours pitch black brown head. Nose/taste of fudge brownie, roast chocolate, vanilla, burnt chocolate, black licorice, dark fruit and molasses. Medium body.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Sep 2014 at 17:57