Arcadia Brewing Co. Imperial Stout

Imperial Stout

 

Arcadia Brewing Co. in Elk Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout - Imperial Rotating Out of Production
Score
7.26
ABV: 9.0% IBU: 90 Ticks: 56
Our extraordinary Imperial Stout is black as midnight with a rich, palate-warming mouth feel. It offers an alluring aroma of dark roasted malts and blackstrap molasses with a hint of smoke. The flavor features notes of coffee, bittersweet cocoa, black licorice and hint of prune. A generous addition of hops contributes complexity and balance plus a pleasantly astringent finish. With proper aging, our Imperial Stout matures for up to fours years. Winner of a prestigious Gold Medal for Bottle Condition Ale at 2002 Real Ale Festival.
 

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6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Low bodied for an imperial. Black as you’d expect. Taste is pleasant, but lacking. Rated 4/16/10

Tried on 30 Apr 2010 at 19:39


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Pours mahogany-tinged black into a snifter. Mocha head quickly pancakes to mottle surface. Sour pit fruit and chocolate aromas. Full with upfront dark dried pit fruit turning hot in the lasting charred chocolate finish.

Tried on 22 Feb 2010 at 17:04


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle, thanks to keepersj12. Shared with Slothez. Jet black pour with a healthy sized creamy head. Toasted, yes and some, roasted aroma with some fudge notes. Flavour was sweetish and had a slightly predictable coffee thing going on but seemed well balanced. My first beer from michigan. Pree-teeee-y tasty but not as outstanding as I hoped. Nice lookin label though....

Tried from Bottle on 09 Jan 2010 at 13:00


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Tap at MBG Summer Festival. Poured dark brown with a dark brown body. Dark coffee and chocolate notes. Flavor had dark notes throughout with some alcohol notes.

Tried from Draft on 01 Aug 2009 at 13:21


6.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Weak charcoal and currant aroma. Black, headless pour. Relatively strong dark chocolate and molasses flavor. Smoky charcoal finish. Flavorful and drinkable.. Rather simple for an imp stout, but delicious.

Tried on 18 Jul 2009 at 18:26


6.4
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle - thanks mcox90. Near black pour with a finger of creamy brown head. Aroma is a dry and sweet chocolate with light roasty notes. Tastes lightly malty with faint roast, a little cocoa, a tiny bit of molasses, and dark fruits. Kind of muddled. Just didn’t jive with this...

Tried from Bottle on 10 Jul 2009 at 17:37


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle 12fl.oz.Clear dark black color with a average, frothy, good, mostly lasting, light brown head. Aroma is light heavy malty, caramel, milk chocolate, dusty, vanilla, light alcohol. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, and a dusty finish. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090116]

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2009 at 05:52


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Pitch black colour, tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, coffee. Flavour has coffee and roasted malts, hops. Nice one.

Tried from Bottle on 05 May 2009 at 15:03


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

12 ounce bottle from Vintage Cellar in Blacksburg, VA. Pours a very dark reddish brown color with a medium head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of roasted malts, caramel, tobacco and slight fruity notes including cherry. Taste is chocolate, roasted malts, cherries, tobacco. Full bodied.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Mar 2009 at 21:37


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

12oz bottle. Thick black with a tan head that quickly fades out, leaving behind some soapy patches. Sweet, sharp chocolate aroma lets you know there is some strength. The taste is dry and roasty, with some interesting bitter cocoa nuances. Oily mouthfeel with some pleasant warming, really comes off a little stronger than it is. Warm bitter aftertaste. Fairly unique, but a little too hot and syrupy to really rival the World Class stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Mar 2009 at 00:07