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Burial Beer Company in Asheville, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.63
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Espresso Imperial Stout
Behold the vibrant glare of life’s everlasting penchant for satisfaction’s zenith. We kneel before the temple of your desires and proudly offer you this gallant chalice. This cold black steel melds rich caramel and honey flavors with lactose sugars and just enough charred black malt to forge defining stout balance. The addition of a custom blend of roasted coffee beans, from Asheville’s PennyCup Coffee, offers bold roast, dark fruit and the mild smokiness that drives the aroma. Sip slow, sit long.
Behold the vibrant glare of life’s everlasting penchant for satisfaction’s zenith. We kneel before the temple of your desires and proudly offer you this gallant chalice. This cold black steel melds rich caramel and honey flavors with lactose sugars and just enough charred black malt to forge defining stout balance. The addition of a custom blend of roasted coffee beans, from Asheville’s PennyCup Coffee, offers bold roast, dark fruit and the mild smokiness that drives the aroma. Sip slow, sit long.
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8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7.5
Texture 9
Overall 8
Substantial imperial stout, thick and rich yet lacking serious booziness, impressive with a 10% ABV. Deep veins of chocolate and coffee underlined by caramel and a firm mocha bitterness. Notes of cascara and anise peek through as it warms. Delicious.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Dec 2025
at 00:57
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12oz can - gift from friend. Stella Imperial stout - mega coffee, but smooth finish of chocolate/caramel. Loved it
Tried
from Can
on 16 Jan 2023
at 13:33
9/10
Dark black bod large creamy tan head. Roast choc spicy coffee arma. Roast vanil coffee choc flav. Med full bod low carb. 9/5/9/5/18 4.6
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jan 2019
at 10:58
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 4
Overall 8
Draft at Pour Taproom. Pretty close to black color scant tan head. Big coffee aroma. Taste is earthy espresso dry finish, light body. Tasty
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jan 2019
at 22:27
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured from can thanks AFH black with an espresso head. Aroma is juicy espresso roasted chocolate malt and vanilla notes. Taste is rich creamy decadent coffee is well integrated chocolate vanilla caramel notes change as it warms. This is a great beer. I could imagine this in a bourbon barrel.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Mar 2018
at 00:07
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
16 oz. can. Black color with small tan head, no lacing. Aroma of roasted malts and bolder coffee. Taste heavy on coffee with chocolate, and a nice roasted backbone. Smooth texture, low carbonated, wonderful treat for coffee lovers! I can believe how much better this was over Skillet I sampled 2 minutes prior.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Feb 2018
at 23:10
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tip Tap Room Boston tap: pours black with a beige head. Aroma is loads of espresso... that covers most of the aroma in the beer. Taste is like melted coffee ice cream... some notes of chocolate.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Feb 2018
at 04:48
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
12 oz. can. Pours black, with a small, bubbly, beige head. Strong espresso, grainy cocoa, syrup, and heavy soil. Sweet, with a lot of roasted bitterness. Heavy body, with a chalky, syrupy, and thick mouthfeel. This is a strong, coffee forward stout. I don't even like coffee, and I could tell that this was made with good coffee. Very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Dec 2017
at 11:35
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft - Imperial Porter - Pours dark brown tan head - nose/taste of espresso shot, bitter roast chocolate - med body
Tried
from Draft
on 03 May 2016
at 17:37