Dark Sky Imperial Stout
Baird Brewing Co. in Izu, Shizuoka, Japan 🇯🇵
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.35
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled@my birthdaybash@Chriso. Black colour, small brown head. Aroma is liquorice, alcohol, some mild fruity and dark berries as well. Flavour is liquorice, alcohol, mild riped fruits as well as some raisins.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2012
at 02:49
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at Pat’s birthday tasting at chriso’s. Pours dark, ruby-brown with a foamy, beige head. Mild roast and dark malt nose. Nice flavor, medium sweet, lightly roasty, some dirty earth, dark sugar. Medium to full bodied with average carbonation. Pleasantly roasty finish with some slight age to the malts. Mild bitterness of earth and cocoa. Nice, restrained impy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2011
at 07:01
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Chriso Patriks Bday tasting. Black beer lasting beige head. Very choc sponge. Very decent. Lots of choc sponge.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2011
at 12:30
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Bruisin Ales. I’ve had this for quite some time now. Pours a very dark brown color with a large frothy brown head. Good head retention. Big aroma with notes of roasted malts, chocolate, bitter hops, wood, coconut, toffee. The taste is roasted malts, soy, oxidation notes, toffee, bitter hops, sweet malts. Medium-full bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2011
at 19:06
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours solid black in color with a huge fluffy khaki head that shows great retention and lace. Smells predominately of dark fruits, cherries and berries mixed with a little chocolate and roast. Earthy hops cut through some of the malt to balance things out a bit. Taste is a bit vinous. Roasted grains have been used sparingly but are present enough to provide some chocolate and coffee flavors. Caramel, fruit, and burnt sugar round out the flavors quite nicely. Medium to thick body, creamy smooth mouthfeel, Light level of carbonation. Wow this is a really good stout. Reminds me of Expedition a bit, well what I remember it to be. I didn’t really get the torrential hop downpour that was promised me from the side of the label, but with no bottle dating I have no idea how fresh this is. Honestly its drinking great right now.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2011
at 18:02
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at Butters’ Slutfest: Charred oak, heavy on the wood, some chocolate aroma. Opaque black, thin tan head. Sweet licorice, wood, clover, cherry flavors.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Apr 2011
at 17:54
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours black with tan head. Nose and taste of chocolate, coffee, rice cakes, herbs, chalky cocoa, licorice and bourbon. Thin mouth feel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2010
at 17:57
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle sampled at SIB, pours black with a tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate and coffee. Flavour of extremely smooth oatmeal, roasted malt and chocolate. Outstanding imperial stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2010
at 20:28
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Very dark mahgogny beer with a brown head. Malt and caramel aroma with earth, backing hops, and chocolate. Chocolate and malt flavor with caramel, earth, and light citrus. Medium-plus bodied. Very well balanced. Caramel and chocolate ligers with light roast and light citrus.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2010
at 09:34
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
633mL bottle pours deep dark mahogany with tan head. The aroma is smooth and subtle with roasted malts, burnt malts, some sweet malts, molasses and some sort of vanilla black licorice sort of mixture. The taste is both creamy and thin in body. I get sweetness with malts and subtle molasses notes moving into smooth burnt malts, some coffee and chocolaty goodness. By midway a brief dark fruitiness is noticed adding interest. It becomes more and more roasty to burnt into the finish. Nice stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2010
at 20:04