Imperial Stout
Arcadia Brewing Co. in Elk Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.24
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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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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 fl oz bottle. Pours brown with and amber hue and a light brown head. Slight berry note and roasted rye in the aroma. Dry malty flavour. Rye and slight roasted finish. Very nice surprise
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2007
at 15:07
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of yespr. Completely opaque black with a light brown head. Aroma of dried and overripe fruit as well as some alcohol. Rather full-bodied with lots of sweetish, roasted malt and accents of raisins in rum. Some bitterness in the finish. A nice one. 150807
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2007
at 14:59
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Black color. The aroma is mild, with soft roasted malt, coffee, milky, vanilla. Good body structure in the front, getting drier later; the flavor is a quite good mix of caramel, malt, with a touch of sweet liquorice coffee and vanilla. Good.
Tried
on 15 Aug 2007
at 15:20
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Bottle into glass, pours a dark dark brown, you can smell the richness...dark roasted malt and hazelnut with a bit of mocha and dark chocolate...toasty and tasty coffee beans in their liquid form, enhanced with some alcohol and sweetness..yummy...:)
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2007
at 23:29
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Quite dark, but not the darkest. It showed some red-brown at the edges of the glass. Minimal head. Unusual aroma for an impy: oxidized (more cardboard than sherry unfortunately) burnt chocolate milk. There’s a sinus burn from alcohol, possible fusels. Heavily roasted flavor up front, moderately acrid. I’m not getting the fruits other raters have mentioned - rather it seems all ashy roast with perhaps a touch of licorice. Pretty one-dimensional, reminds me of Siberian Night in this regard. Oily palate, lingering hoppy bitter finish.
Tried
on 27 Mar 2007
at 23:20
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 oz. bottle purchased at Lukas in Kansas City, MO. 2006 Vintage. Opaque black pour, with a swirling tan head that disappeared at normal pace. Aroma is roasted malt, dark chocolate and licorice. Roasted malt and coffee taste. Not a huge body like many imperial stouts, but nice balance nonetheless. Not the perfect example of the style, but a nice beer when you want something more serious than a stout and less boozy than an imperial.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2007
at 16:09
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Virtually no head formed over this blackish brew. What was lacking in the head came in the aroma which was full of dark chocolate, coffee and a hint of licorice. Smooth, with some alcohol. This was quite decent, but there are plenty of Imperial Stouts out there that can give this one some competition.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Jan 2007
at 06:05
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Lots of soy sauce in the aroma. This is a very English Imperial stout, which is what I would expect from Arcadia. Flavor has some coffee and considerable sweet malt. Light figs and prunes. Low carbonation adds to the English character. Quite good. No alcohol presence is noticeable. Smooth and a very good palate. Some coffee in the finish.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2006
at 00:02
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Delicious stout though the alcohol seemed a little too evident for my taste. Aroma of licorice, chocolate, malts, coffee. Taste started with licorice and chocolate, ended with alcohol on the back of the palate. Poured rich and dark with a short, tan head. Overall, quite enjoyable.
Tried
on 22 Jul 2005
at 21:43
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottled. Frpm Indianapolis August 2004. Deep black stout with a brown creamy head. Smell of vanilla fudge as soon as bottle is opened. Sweet cacao and licorice in aroma, with notes of alcohol and roasted coffee. Roasted coffee and sweet smokey malt with pleasant lactic notes with alcohol coming out very discreetly. Licorice comes out as beer warms up. Very smooth and restrained. Yummy IS!
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2005
at 16:23