Imperial Yorkshire Stout
Black Sheep Brewery in Masham, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
6.83
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Brimming with rich dried fruit, chocolate and roasty-toasty malt flavours. It takes a lot of malt to make an 8.5% beer, and all that sweetness is carefully tempered with peppery hops and the dry finish from our Yorkshire Square fermentation techniques.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Bottle from House Of Trembling Madness. Black body with a thin beige head. No visible carbonation. Patchy lacing. Aroma of roasted malt and Marmite. Flavour of nuts, prune and dark chocolate. Medium body with a slick texture. Soft fizz. Easy to drink for the ABV but it’s not as complex as I hoped it would be.
Tried
from Bottle
at
House Of The Trembling Madness (Stonegate)
on 26 Mar 2025
at 21:39
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Black colour with light ruby reflections. Light brown foam, medium high, durable. Beautiful aroma of roasted malts, strong coffee and dark chocolate. Both sweetness and a little bit of dry notes are noticeable in the aroma. The taste is definitely dry, roasted, coffee. There is no more chocolate sweetness present in the aroma, but there are light earthy and ash accents. The taste values are closed in the finish by coffee bitterness, clear and quite long, mixed with light coffee sourness. Well hidden alcohol. Medium low carbonation. The aftertaste that remains is primarily coffee roastiness and coffee bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2024
at 11:10
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Clear, red-brown beer, lovely beige head soon things to a film. Smells malty with a little dried fruit. Flavour has aniseed, chocolate, dried fruit, a little sweet malt. Decent body, nice sweet flavour and just a little boozy warmth. Not bad at all.
Earlier Rating: 9/18/2020 Total Score: 3.5
Dark beer, thick off white head. Malty, boozy aroma. Taste has dark chocolate, liquorice, some dried fruit. Decent body to it, some.boozy warmth. Not bad at all.
Earlier Rating: 9/18/2020 Total Score: 3.5
Dark beer, thick off white head. Malty, boozy aroma. Taste has dark chocolate, liquorice, some dried fruit. Decent body to it, some.boozy warmth. Not bad at all.
Tried
on 28 May 2023
at 21:42
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Handpull cask (£5 per pint!!!) at the Maltings, York. Dark mahogany with a tight beige head. Chocolate and liquorice notes, some light caramel. Sweet, mellow taste with souring whisky notes and gentle ashy hop in the finish. Thick, smooth body, soft carbonation. A good if basic imperial stout, aided by being served in optimal condition.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Nov 2022
at 12:02
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Pitch black, small beige head, not so lasting. Nice and milder chocolate nose, slight roastiness and a bit of alcohol. Medium bitterness, a bit sharp at times, some chocolate sweetness, very nice vanilla finish. Somewhat roasted aftertaste. Medium light body. Some alcohol warmth. Not bad, a bit lighter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2021
at 17:13
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Bottle) Pours dark brown, almost black, with ruby highlights and a thin loose tan head. Good aroma - coffee, smoke, toffee, raisins, hints of chocolate and apples. Full body, slightly sticky, modest fine carbonation. Sweet toffee start with dried fruit notes. Some burnt sugar bitterness in finish. Good but not great. Lacks depth, complexity and richness for an RIS.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2019
at 13:58