Imperial Stout [Basqueland]
North Brewing Co in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England 🏴
Collab with: Basqueland BrewingStout - Imperial Regular
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Score
7.33
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Kees caramel fudge stout is a favourite across all the staff at North, so when it came to collaborating with the famed dark wizards the choice of what we should brew together was quite easy.
Here we’ve brewed a big 10% imperial stout with a complex malt grist using eight different malts, caramel in the boil and coffee and cocoa nibs in the fermentor. The beer has a big nose of creamy tiramisu, an incredibly smooth and silky body and a balanced sweetness to carry these heavyweight flavours. Flavours of rich chocolate, sweet cherries from the mildly roasted coffee and clean oak from the cocoa nibs make this beer a perfect aperitif or pudding substitute.
Here we’ve brewed a big 10% imperial stout with a complex malt grist using eight different malts, caramel in the boil and coffee and cocoa nibs in the fermentor. The beer has a big nose of creamy tiramisu, an incredibly smooth and silky body and a balanced sweetness to carry these heavyweight flavours. Flavours of rich chocolate, sweet cherries from the mildly roasted coffee and clean oak from the cocoa nibs make this beer a perfect aperitif or pudding substitute.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at MK VHX, 28/02/18. Black with a well presented tan cap. Nose is sweet malts, toffee, light spice, roasted notes, light charr, cocoa rub. Taste comprises chocolate biscuit, light spice, toffee, vanilla, brown sugar melt. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent well balanced impy ... easy drinker.
Tried
on 04 Mar 2018
at 23:10
8/10
Tried
on 28 Feb 2018
at 15:53
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Mr. Pickles, Sheffield. Very dark, chestnut brown. Slim, swirly, leggy, tan head. Nose has treacle and toffee apple. Sugary coffee. Some liquorice. A little woody. Some earthy notes. Taste is sugary sweet, with a light, earthy bitterness. Fairly light body for the ABV. Low carbonation. Dries out somewhat. Woody bitterness to finish. Looks great, and smells good, too, but overall feels a little thin and dry.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Feb 2018
at 22:44