Thumbsucker Imperial Stout
Magic Hat Brewing Company in Rochester, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
6.98
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Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Frosty black bottle, 1 pint 9 ounces, from Luc Bourbonnière, savoured on October 21 2011; eye: black, opaque, no effervescence, no lacing; nose: roasted malt, vanilla, dark chocolate, alcohol, candied fruits, alcohol; mouth: roasted malt, rich dark chocolate, candied fruits, finale in dark chocolate with roasted malt, medium body, not much carbonation, lightly sweet, slick texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille givrée noire, 1 pinte 9 onces, 7,8 %, de Luc Bourbonnière, savourée le 21 octobre 2011; œil : noire, opaque, pas d’effervescence, pas de mousse, pas de dentelle; nez : malt torréfié, vanille, chocolat noir, alcool, fruits confits, alcool; bouche : malt torréfié, chocolat noir riche, fruits confits, finale en chocolat noir avec malt torréfié, corps moyen, peu carbonatée, légèrement sucrée, texture coulante; en résumé : bien
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle courtesy of Lubiere: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a small dark brown foamy head with good retention and some light lacing. Aroma of fruit cake with light port notes. Taste has probably lost some of the characteristics related to an imperial stout due to aging which have been replaced with nice notes of port and fruit cake with light dry roasted malt notes still perceptible. Description mentions bourbon aging though I can’t say that I could taste any notes of bourbon. Body is about average with good carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Still good after all those years but I have to wonder what I fresh version would taste like.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottled in 2004: A deep dark stout with a thin mocha brown head. In aroma, a smooth maderized chocolate, with dark fruits, maraschino, light tannins. In mouth, a smooth sweet chocolate with roasted coffee, light maderization, soy, nice and smoth, light corky notes, very nice for a 7 year old beer. Tasted Oct. 21 2011 with GRM and Boutip.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
From Notes sampled 11/11/2007 I bought a growler or two from the brewery. Pours an opaque brown/black with a very minimal tan head, very low carbonation here. Aroma comes through with strong bourbon and alcohol and some dried fruits. Tastes almost port like with some roasted malt bitterness. Raisins and bourbon come through as well. Mouthfeel is thinnner than I expected, but leaves a roasty figgy aftertaste. A great RIS very complex beer. I’m not sure I believe that this beer is 7.8% abv might be artificially low to get around Vermont’s ancient beer laws. I wish they would bottle this again so I could see how it ages.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
2004 vintage sampled at the brewery - opaque pour, with a sticky tan lace - powerful aroma of oak and vanilla (the three years it’s spent in barrels is apparent) - much less sweet than expected, with a nice dry coffee and cocoa bitterness that compliments the notes of wood, vanilla and bourbon - however, the whiskey is just a bit too apparent, making the beer a little boozy.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
Cool bottle. This black and lightly carbonated beer has a strong alcohol aroma with underwhelming fermenting fruit. Sweet malt in the flavor and a hint of alcohol in the flavor. Full bodied and a beer to sip slowly.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
[At RBSG 2005] A pitch black beer with a small brown head. The aroma contains strong notes of bourbon and alcohol, but also has notes of caramel and burnt malt. The flavor is very sweet and the mouthfeel very smooth. The flavor contains notes of bourbon, alcohol, over ripe fruits, and candy sugar. A highly drinkable beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Big, black and oily. Perhaps 90 weight. Balanced malt and Bourbon aroma that I could linger over for a while. Flavors of chocolate, licorice with some soy sauce delivered on a smooth palate that lngers on and on. Nciely done and worth seeking out the 2004 batch from which this one came.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
This Stout pours pitch black with a medium thick and foamy dark beige head. The head lasts pretty well and there is thin stringy lacing. The aroma is vinous and the bourbon comes through just a little. Full-bodied but really not on the same level as the better Imperial Stouts out there. As a matter of fact this beer barely seems to fall into that category. Mildly bitter with coffee, fruit and whisky flavors. Smooth mouthfeel but the big flavor profile of the better Imperials is missing. The finish is lightly bitter and dry. A good Stout in it’s own right but it doesn’t compare with the greats.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Pitch black with a thinnish tan head. Aroma of alcohol, roasted malt, sherry, port and smokey scents. Medium-bodied; Strong chocolate flavour with a good bitter coffee aftertaste. Overall, a decent beer but not the greatest. I sampled this beer from a 75 cL wierd bottle after the RB party at Founder’s in Alexandria, Virginia at Mike’s (the_beer_god) hotel room on 20-November-2004.