Peg Leg
Heavy Seas Brewing Company in Halethorpe, Maryland, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
6.66
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This full-bodied imperial stout pours an opaque mahogany color with a tan head. Its smell is dominated by notes of roasted coffee beans, with a slight hint of chocolate, but Simcoe and Fuggles hops add complexity to the aroma. The roasted barley is detectable in the taste, and this complements the bitterness from the Warrior hops - balancing out the sweetness from the load of malts used in brewing Peg Leg. A creamy mouthfeel makes this a smooth, utterly drinkable beer.
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7.5/10
Tried
on 22 Oct 2016
at 07:40
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle pour into nonic pint glass from One Stop Market. Appearance is dark brown-red (virtually opaque black) with quickly-fading light brown head and no lacing. Aroma is strong roasted malts, chocolate and dark fruit, caramel/toffee and hint of coffee. Taste is initial dark fruit, molasses and toffee--interrupted by slightly tangy, almost metallic flavor--then ends roasted mix of sweet and bitter. Palate is full bodied with smooth, thick texture, average-to-lively carbonation with dry, roasted finish. Overall, slightly off in the taste and a little too carbonated for the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Sep 2016
at 21:08
4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Pours a black from a bottle with quickly dissipating khaki head, minimal lacing. Aroma of chocolate, Moxie cola, but it even smells dry. Flavor is overly roasted, not quite burnt but bitter brownies maybe where someone forgot to add sugar. Not that I miss the sweetness of other stouts, the dryness is probably the most interesting thing going on here. A total score of 2 might be a little harsh, but after trying their Siren Noire I’m a little surprised at how not awesome this is.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2015
at 22:06
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught @ NYC Craft Beer Festival. Dark brown with small foamy beige head, coffee aroma, full body, low carbonation, mocha taste, long finish. A nice stout!
Tried
on 19 Mar 2015
at 16:04
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle into snifter, best before 2/10/2015. Pours pitch black color with a 1 finger dense tan head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, toast, toffee, dark bread, molasses, light licorice, light char, light herbal, and roasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roasted/bready malt and light earthy hop notes; with decent strength. Taste of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, toast, toffee, dark bread, molasses, light licorice, light char, light herbal, and roasted earthiness. Light amount of herbal/roasted bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, toast, toffee, dark bread, molasses, light char, and roasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice robustness and complexity of dark/roasted/bready malt and light earthy hop flavors; with a good roasted bitterness/sweetness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a smooth, moderately creamy, and lightly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a nice imperial stout style. All around good robustness, complexity, and balance of dark/roasted/bready malt and light earthy hop flavors; and very smooth to sip on. A nicely enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2015
at 07:18
7/10
Great stout.
Tried
on 08 Aug 2014
at 16:49
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
4 oz draft pour at Heavy Seas Alehouse in Baltimore. Black with light tan head. Aromas of roast, dark chocolate, licorice, dark fruit. Medium-full body with a dry finish. Medium carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Feb 2014
at 21:03
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Pours black with brown head. Nose and taste of molasses, caramel cookie, baked chocolate, grassy hops and roasted barley. Lighter medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2014
at 18:28
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From a 12 oz bottle shared with Ryan. Pours a dark cola with a tan head. Aroma of toasted malt. Flavors of licorice. Medium bodied and moderate carbonation. Light bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2013
at 14:19
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 oz bottle. Pours a brown black with medium head. Light aromas of dark chocolate, black coffee, and roasted malts. Flavors are similar though stronger. Somewhat sweet. On the light side. A little thin mouthfeel, but still nice
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Nov 2013
at 20:12