American Presidential Stout
Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company in Gilbert, Arizona, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Spring|
Score
7.78
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Russian Imperial Stout made with smoked jalapeños from McClendon Select and smoked over Arizona mesquite wood, all aged on cocoa nibs (Papa New Guinea and Belize).
Well, well. What sits in front of you, this thick, monstrous, viscous … this is the Russian Imperial Stout. This is the crème de la crème of the beer world. The empress of Russia couldn’t get enough of it. This being the US of freaking A makes this the free world’s style, thus, the American Presidential nomenclature. Catherine the Great would have sat in the Hermitage and asked why jalapeños smoked over Arizona mesquite were used. We say this to CTG: This is ’Merica and this is Wilderness. This is OUR stout. Enjoy — we poured our hearts and souls into this one!
Well, well. What sits in front of you, this thick, monstrous, viscous … this is the Russian Imperial Stout. This is the crème de la crème of the beer world. The empress of Russia couldn’t get enough of it. This being the US of freaking A makes this the free world’s style, thus, the American Presidential nomenclature. Catherine the Great would have sat in the Hermitage and asked why jalapeños smoked over Arizona mesquite were used. We say this to CTG: This is ’Merica and this is Wilderness. This is OUR stout. Enjoy — we poured our hearts and souls into this one!
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8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Rating #13500. Tap @ CBC, 2014. Pours black with a creamy beige head and lacings. Coffee all over. Really fresh and tasty. Roasted and dry. Some chocolate. Lovely smooth anf soft. Yes..
Tried
from Draft
on 07 May 2014
at 00:47
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Draught at CBC. A nice imperial stout with a nice hotness and a balanced tartness.
Tried
on 05 May 2014
at 13:18
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Draught at CBC 2014. Opaque black liquid with a small tan head. Aroma of coffee, licorice, oak, spices, apples (acetaldehyde), chocolate and smoked chilli. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with notes of coffee and licorice. Full bodied with low carbonation. Nice but a bit over hyped. Stop homering.
Tried
on 05 May 2014
at 12:29
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Draught @ CBC 2014. Pours black with a light brown, nice lacing. Aroma of roasted malt, rich chocolate, coffee, light smoke, chillies, hints of tobacco. Flavor is roasted malt, coffee, rich dark chocolate, cocoa, chillies, light veggies, hints of smoke and tobacco, wood. Full body, soft carbonation, alcohol well hidden for the ABV. 020514
Tried
on 05 May 2014
at 09:15
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample at CBC 2014. Black with a tan head. Aroma and taste of coffee, wood, some cocoa and chocolate. Also chili but not too much of it. I liked this balanced and creamy beer.
Tried
on 05 May 2014
at 00:47
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sample @ CBC. Heavy coffee notes. Also burned sugar. Salmiak in aftertaste. Chili is shown through fruitiness rather than spiciness. Nice balance of roastiness, sweetness and saltiness.
Tried
on 02 May 2014
at 08:59
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap @CBC2014
Dark opaque black color, small steady brown head. Toasted maltyness and strong chilli in the nose. Hints of smoke too. Medium-bodied. Sweetish, vanilla, coffee. Jalapeno comes nicely in the finish, in flavor and with light ticking burn. Very well balanced beer for this ABV.
Dark opaque black color, small steady brown head. Toasted maltyness and strong chilli in the nose. Hints of smoke too. Medium-bodied. Sweetish, vanilla, coffee. Jalapeno comes nicely in the finish, in flavor and with light ticking burn. Very well balanced beer for this ABV.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 May 2014
at 03:31
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 10
Tap at the Copenhagen beer festival... Deep black... Thin tan head... Dark deeep chocolate roast... Big meaty malts nose... Dark roast... Chocolate roast... Dark malts... Chewy chocolate... Rich sift smooth... At end of 3rd session this is either top place or joint 2nd wish i could do a drink off Tap at CBC15.... Deep black... Thin tan lacing... Dark chocolate roast... Big capsicum hit... Dark chocolate roast malts nose... Deep rich chocolate.. Long capsicum... Lightest burn... Dark chocolate.. Nice 4.3 keg at the Magic Rock rainbow ?? event.. Dark black.. Thin tan lacing... Soft chocolate roast malts nose... Dark chocolate.. Light spice.. Dark roast.. Ricj chocolate roast 4.Keg at cbc16.. Dark brown black.. Thin tan lacing.. Soft rich toffee chocolate roast malts.. Light spice nose.. Dark chocolate roast.. Rich malts. Mricj roast.. Light spice 4.0 Keg at BeaverFest 2017 Friday.. Dark black.. Dry chocolate roast malts nose.. Dark dry chocolate roast malts 3.9
Tried
from Draft
on 02 May 2014
at 03:15
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught @ CBC’14
Aroma is peppery and spicy with some roasted tones. Flavour is rather spicy with some jalopeno-like vegetables and some cocoa tones. Peppery and nice but I expected more. Actually this feels rather thin – but I had two Hunahpu’s and one Dark Lord before this...
Aroma is peppery and spicy with some roasted tones. Flavour is rather spicy with some jalopeno-like vegetables and some cocoa tones. Peppery and nice but I expected more. Actually this feels rather thin – but I had two Hunahpu’s and one Dark Lord before this...
Tried
on 02 May 2014
at 01:34
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
On tap at Wilderness pours with a deep dark looking body that supports a light mocha colored head. The aroma offers up big dark roastiness, some burnt malts, dark chocolate, molasses covered coconut and smooth sweet candy like booze. In the background I get some earthy chili meat mixed with a malt and a molasses sweetened smoky note. The taste begins with dark roasted malts and then hitting burnt malt notes mixed with dark chocolate and then a nice earthy chili pepper note laced with mild smokiness. It then gets into nectar sweetness midway as the dark roasted malts and molasses mingle with earthy chili pepper smokiness. Nice! I love the earthy smoked chili peppers here as the note is rich yet at just the right level to enjoy everything else that’s going on around it.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Apr 2014
at 17:24