10.SVB.36.A12. Imperial Milk Stout
Spey Valley Brewery in Mulben, Moray, Scotland 🏴
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
6.97
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collab with Cadenhead's whiskey shop
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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Opens with only a faint hiss. It pours oily her black with a only a few bubbles on the cap. The aroma is rich and oily, sweet, milk chocolate, maltesers, toffee crisp, fudge, vanilla, plenty of whisky character, some spice, damp oak, earth and honeycomb crunch. The taste is slick, oily, sticky, roasted malt, earthy, chewy, coffee, milk chocolate, dark chocolate torte, mars bar, big hit of whisky, toffee crisp, vanilla, toasted marshmallow, teacakes, wagon and some warming whisky through the finish. Fulsome body, slick mouth-feel and just a touch of carbonation. Surprisingly good. Nice whisky character which integrates well with the base beer. Would get a higher if it was in better condition, but still pretty great tbh. --- Beer merged from original tick of (collab with) Cadenhead's 13.SVB.121.A12. Imperial Milk Stout on 14 Dec 2020 at 17:04 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5. Original review text: Bottle picked up in Aberlour. Shared with my bro. It pours black with just a touch of kahki bubbles on the lid. The aroma is rich roasted malt, savoury, sticky malts, molasses, umami, liquorice, whisky, dull permanent marker pen, earthy, burnt toffee, damp oak, hint of smoke, roasted coconut, vanilla, rocky road and coffee grounds. The taste is slick, chewy, toothy, bitter - sweet, rich roasted malt, vanilla, milk chocolate, maltesers, rocky road, fudge, teacakes, marshmallow, jammy wagon wheel, whisky, just a touch of alcohol (nowhere near 12%) and some dull oak with a slick, sweetish finish. Fulsome body, light carbonation and slick mouth feel. Again like the other one carbonation is a touch low, but it's flavourful and interesting. Nice.
Tried
on 14 Dec 2020
at 13:46