Imperial Stout
Blue Point Brewing in Patchogue, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
6.89
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Clarkvv (16760) reviewed Imperial Stout from Blue Point Brewing 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On cask at Sunset Grille, 9/10/2005. Pours a nearly opaque, muddy, murky deep black, with some light tinges of chocolate-brown on the edge, a bit of tan/mahogany highlights, I suppose. Head is foamy, wet, heavy and fairly well-retained, with spotty lacing. Aroma is full on black pepper steak and smoked bacon. Light anise, salty, rich, bitter chocolate espresso and a touch of light prunes and sweet toffee. Flavor takes the smoke and runs with it. Like a smoked stout, this almost qualifies for the "smoked" style designation. Chewy, unfiltered, dry, salty and rich, but with enough sweet chocolate malt through the middle to balance it fairly nicely. Sharp, raisiny, or perhaps vinous-like notes on the edge of the palate, with an alcohol apparency on the finish, that is a little unsettling. But a smooth, chewy, substantial palate. A bit jumbled, and I dont think they keep the casks well at Sunset (the beer being murky is enough evidence for me), but the smoke was tremendous. Low hop flavor, moderate alpha hops bitterness on the finish.
notalush (7362) reviewed Imperial Stout from Blue Point Brewing 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
[draught at brewery] Dark, but not as black as you would expect an Imperial to be - very roasty aroma, almost smokey - a nice balance of mild sweetness and bitterness, giving a dark chocolate flavor - I swear I taste peat-smoked malt in this, interesting for the style - a little too hot, especially since it’s not that high in alcohol (for the style, that is) - still pretty good.