L'Impératrice (Heaven Hill)
Le Trou du Diable in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.34
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
750 shared by Marcus. Pours very dark brown with a beige/tan smear. Aroma is bourbon/wine. Reboot brain. There’s a lot bourbon/alcohol in the aroma. Full bodied. Flavor is arguably a bit tannic/sour with smooth bourbon and dark toast malt. It’s very complex and tasty.
Tried
on 04 Apr 2013
at 16:22
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bourbon influence is strong here. Pours black with good lacing and head. Aroma of strong bourbon - a little unbalanced actually. Some vanilla and coffee as well. Booze in finish. Ok but overpriced and overhyped. Bottle thanks to Delires des terroirs for finding this one in the back for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Mar 2013
at 17:43
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Bouteille 750ml. Couleur noire opaque, mousse couleur lait au chocolat laissant un voile léger. Arôme de bourbon, vanille, boisé, café. Goût de bourbon, boisé, café noir, malt torréfié. Carbonation moyenne-faible, corps moyen, un peu collante.
Tried
on 28 Dec 2012
at 11:02
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
750mL bottle, courtesy of manuchampions (thanks Jon), pours a very deep dark amber brown with a big tan head. Aroma of light bourbon barrels, toasted nuts, vanilla and rubber. Flavour is very rubber-heavy, with loads of leather, some barrel / woody notes and a bit of chocolate. Not the most complex, and a bit off, with the leather / rubber notes. Disappointing, but solid nevertheless.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2012
at 23:11
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A deep dark stout with a thick frothy brown head. In aroma, bitter chocolate, licorice, peaty notes and alcohol warmth. In mouth, a smooth peaty chocolate with burned coffee, vanilla, aniseed, loads of alcohol, nice. Tasted with GRM, Puskinwow, Boutip, Ian, Mike on Sept. 7 2012.
Tried
on 02 Oct 2012
at 18:51
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color ale with a large brown foamy head with good retention and light lacing. Aroma of black chocolate and light roasted malt notes with light bourbon notes though not as much vanilla as I would have expected. Taste is also mostly dominated by black chocolate notes with light green notes and light dry roasted malt. Bourbon notes are more subdued then I was expecting with almost no vanilla notes perceptible. Body isn’t as full as expected with good carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Overall not bad though not as complex as expected with not as much bourbon notes as expected as well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2012
at 11:32
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
750ml bottle pours a watery, translucent black with some clumpy, beige head. Nose is sweet, malty, brown sugar, nutty, bread. Flavor is sweet, malty, bread, cola, toast. Medium bodied, dry finish. Hardly any bourbon.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2012
at 07:51
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
1 year old. Dark brown and mostly flat. The aroma is soft plummy, pruney fruits, and a dash of wood and alcohol. Soy sauce and sweetness, finishes with alcohol in the nostrils but sweet dark malt, port and soy sauce on the tongue. Not great, but better than the first time I had it.
Old rate (2012): Dark brown. Aroma of wood and maybe a bit of wine. Rich taste but more boozy and lightly fruity...lacks the malt richness I prefer and goes down a bit hot. Ok, but a bit disappointing. 6-3-6-3-12 = 3.0
Old rate (2012): Dark brown. Aroma of wood and maybe a bit of wine. Rich taste but more boozy and lightly fruity...lacks the malt richness I prefer and goes down a bit hot. Ok, but a bit disappointing. 6-3-6-3-12 = 3.0
Tried
on 22 Jun 2012
at 19:33
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared by ygtbsm94. Pours a dark orange-brown color with a thin tan head. Decent head retention. Aroma of sweet malts, earth, banana, spice and brown sugar. The taste is brown sugar, slightly tart roasted notes, banana, spice. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2012
at 22:06
7/10
Dark raisins and the bourbon is strong, almost overpowering. Some whiskey notes believe it or not.
Tried
on 29 Oct 2011
at 14:05