Vortex II
Pisgah Brewing Company in Black Mountain, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.22
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maniac (11822) reviewed Vortex II from Pisgah Brewing Company 16 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle courtesy of RealityDeviant on 04/23/2009. Dark black body with a medium creamy brown head. Roast, coffee, molassas and caramel aroma. Sweet roast, coffee, caramel, molassas and fruit flavor. Medium full body with moderately low carbonation. 8/5/8/4/16
Bottle 2/6/11. Cloudy dark brown body small brown head Slightly tart fruit and caramel aroma Sweet fruit caramel light tart and roast flavor Medium body bod carb 7/4/6/3/12
Sebletitje (15877) reviewed Vortex II from Pisgah Brewing Company 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Sample at O-town throwdown ’09 courtesy of fogdog. Pours black with beige head, nice golden lacing. Aroma has ample notes of roastedmalts and coffee. Taste, lots of roasted malty, good presence of coffee/mocha with a sweet butterscotch like mouthfeel that reminded me a lot of the goodness of ST creme brulee. No way to tell this was a 11.7% beer.
jcwattsrugger (14787) reviewed Vortex II from Pisgah Brewing Company 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
@Richmond/Williamsburg Gathering-bottle-pours a foamy brown head and black color. Aroma is dark malt-chocolate, oat, roasty, hops acidity. Taste is dark malt-chocolate/anise/coffee, oat, roasty, hops acidity, too alcohol, dark fruit-raisin. Finish is dry coffee. Occasional. Thanks Timimeanimmy for sharing.
Drake (22934) reviewed Vortex II from Pisgah Brewing Company 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
22 ounce bottle shared by Immy at the 2008 Richmond Summer Gathering in WIlliamsburg. Thanks Tim! Pours a dark brown color with a small head. Aroma was chocolate and alcohol. Taste of coffee, chocolate, grain, alcohol and maple. Medium-full bodied. Good beer.
notalush (7339) reviewed Vortex II from Pisgah Brewing Company 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle shared by CaptainCougar? at Joe’s place (man, he brought a lot of beer to this thing) - hey, I found more notes from this tasting - hurray! - coffee, coffee, and more coffee all over this one - vanilla bean, dark chocolate an leathery notes also in the aroma - flavor is equal parts coffee roastiness/bitterness, and cream sweetness - the interplay between these qualities creates some dark fruit and woody notes - not as complex as some imperials, but pretty tasty.
Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed Vortex II from Pisgah Brewing Company 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Big thanks to both jayg and DragonStout for each of them bringing a bottle of this tasty brew. Pours a dark mahogany with thin tan head. Big molasses and burnt malt aroma with the aid of wood, caramel and alcohol. Pretty thick mouth feel that ushers in a load of palate punching flavors with sweet mostly molasses, black patent malts, barrel aged woodiness, hints of fortification, caramel sweetness, chocolate that is neither here nor there and more black patent malts. Very nice full flavored brew that could use a bit of melding of flavor notes with additional age. Darn tasty right now though.