Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bière correcte pour son style... Je dois avouer que je m’attendais à bien plus d’une "Edition Spéciale" mais moi seul suis le responsable de ces dites attentes ;-) Beaucoup de caramel, un peu d’amertume, ce qui la rapproche de certaines "bitters" bien plus selon moi.
Rubin77 (10187) reviewed Imperial Stout from Alchimiste - Microbrasserie 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
F: no real. C: very dark, non-transparent. A: roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, raisins, dates, figs, alcohol… T: very roasted malt, earthiness, coffee, dark chocolate, some woody tones, liquorice, dark caramel, vanilla, expresso, syrupy, full body, lower carbonation, worth to try.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Canadian RIS, now with different and seemingly much more informative label than shown on the picture here. Thick and dense, regularly shaped, deep mocha beige head resting on top of an ink black beer, revealing itself to be extremely dark mahogany brown in the end. Classic stout aroma of warm chocolate sauce with cognac, black coffee, black chocolate bars, mocha, wet leather, dried prunes, bayleaf, beef stock, hints of cinnamon, vague vanilla, black pepper, cloves, roasted pine nuts and hazelnuts, as well as a faint phenolic hint of shoe polish, but I cannot be bothered by that in this particular style. Candied sweet onset, raisins, candied dates, brown sugar but not becoming overly cloying or syrupy, with a deep, dull sourish touch to it; soft carbo, very smooth and creamy, oily mouthfeel yet perhaps not as ’thick’ and viscous as many other examples of the style. Deep, rich malt texture, toffeeish at first, nutty, toasted, becoming increasingly ’dark’ in the end and finishing in roasted bitterness with a much more chocolatey than coffeeish character, retaining a slick candied sweetness. Finish is malty, very chocolatey and gently roasted, mouth filling, with spicy yeast notes (cloves), deeply peppery and fairly long lasting hop bitterness and a friendly glow of warming, ’jenever’-like alcohol. Perfectly well executed imperial stout, could have been thicker for me and perhaps a bit more complex as well - I’d say this is a good introduction ’impy’ to those not yet familiar with the style, as it has all the basic features in a fairly accessible and very enjoyable way. Nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
341ml bottle. Jet black colour with late awakening, small to average, frothy to creamy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, dark brown head. Sweet-ish, chocolately, dark malty aroma, hints of molasses and treacle, coffee, a cautious touch of peat and leather. Taste is slightly dry, roasty dark malty, hints of dark chocolate, a bitter coffee touch, molasses; dry mocha finish. Not overly rich and complex for an Impy Stout.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Draught @ Bateau de Nuit, Québec. Pours very dark brown with small tan head. Dark aroma of roasted malt, raisins, caramel and coffee. Seeet flavour of maæt and fruit, with roasty and coffeelike notes and touches of hops and yeast. Roasty, bitter aftertaste. Creamy mouthfeel. Warming alcohol presence. Good. Very good.
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Eisbock from Alchimiste - Microbrasserie 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Clear chestnut beer under a small, slightly yellowish head. Sweet, chestnuts, alcohol, fusels, leafy (dryish autumn leaves). Unbelievably sweet at first, syrupy, but again with this nutty, bitterish-leafy rounding. Alcohol (what did you expect?) dominating it all. Syrupy feel, sticky, utterly heavy bodied. Convincing to style, even if they managed to make it more sweet than the Germans would have done.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at Roundhouse (pre Penang trip). Dark flat black pour with very minimal head and little carbonation. Uh oh. Aroma is deep roasted chocolate malt with a tiny bit of soy. Not as raisiny as it looks. Taste is very chocolatey, roasted, some bitterness, boozy sticky finish with a lasting warm bitterness. Palate too flat for me. Wouldn't get again.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Purchased in a local IGA. Pours a real dark brown colour, almost black with hardly any red highlights. Creamy mocha-beige head, good retention and a rich creamy lace all-around. Hoppy roasted malt aromas giving out notes of chocolate, coffee, grass and earth. Wow.. the mouthfeel is pretty thin. Quite hoppy for an impy stout with lots of weird grass showing. Yes, every sip has this very different, almost rusty taste to the start. Thankfully some roasted malt lingers. Still, would not have this again.