Joshua Norton Imperial Stout
The Tap Brewing Company in Haverhill, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
6.55
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7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can, from Cambridge Wine & Spirits, Cambridge, ME. Pours opaque dark brown with small foamy tan head, roasted malt-caramel aroma, faint alcohol smell, low carbonation, bitter roasted malt - soy sauce taste with alcohol undertones, smooth thick body, long finish. Bitter but not too bad.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jun 2019
at 22:10
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft @ the Ale House, Amesbury, MA. Proper glassware. Lots of burnt malt, charred wood and almost smells like brine. The flavor has roast, chocolate, and also a bit of saltiness. Smoke, roast and burnt malts are all over this brew. This stout isn’t very balanced plus the body is thin and alcohol shows up a lot. I love stouts but this one doesn’t say “drink me again.” I always try to find something I like in a brew. That was hard to accomplish here.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Dec 2012
at 21:11
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle is notched 2010 Pours a solid black with a smallish creamy mocha head that sticks around for a while and leaves some spotty lace. Smells of ash and roast and a bit of caramel; not very inviting in the aroma dept. The flavor is roasty, smokey and again a bit ashy. There’s a bit of earthy hop flavor and a hint of burnt sugar and caramel in there as well. Medium body with a light level of carbonation and an earthy ashy mouthfeel. Seems like this could use a little sweetness to offset all the roast and smoke. This is OK as is, but there are better stouts out there.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2012
at 17:25
4.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 2
Texture 6
Overall 2
22nd November 2009
ChrisOs Kook Tasting. Opaque black beer, thin chocolate coloured head. Smells and tastes of dark malt but with an unfortunate side taste of gloy glue!! Malt is over toasted as well. Sweet gluey finish. A godawful mess.
ChrisOs Kook Tasting. Opaque black beer, thin chocolate coloured head. Smells and tastes of dark malt but with an unfortunate side taste of gloy glue!! Malt is over toasted as well. Sweet gluey finish. A godawful mess.
Tried
on 04 Jun 2012
at 07:36
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 22fl.oz. @ [ Tasting by Fin & Loz ].Clear dark black - brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate, dark roasted. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, plum - dark fruit, chocolate. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111021]
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2011
at 11:31
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at Fin & Loz’s tasting with Jan, Charlotte, Craig, Stella & kids consumed 21.10.11 Pours black with not too much head. A little hard and harsh at first in the mouth but then a nice dark bitter chocolate comes flooding through on a bed of dark fruit. Hops show along with a light creamy vanillayness, its nice but I wonder if I am gradually going off big Impy stouts. A6 A4 T7 P3 Ov13 3.3
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2011
at 23:02
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle at home ... deep black ... thin tan head ... coffee and dark roast malts ... soft dry roast ... big chocolate ... light coffee ... very rounded ... light dry roast malt ... some milk sugers ... nice soft easy and tasty ...
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2011
at 13:09