Nice dark malt aroma. Taste is smooth, without a bite, with nice flavor. Flavor is broad with dark malt and some sweetness. Interesting combination of dark malt and rye. Finishes work very little lingering flavors after a bit of sweetness fades.
Slightly sweet aroma. Broad palate of flavors, but finishes very clean and with no apparent bite from hops. Slightly sweet aftertaste lingers a bit, but overall tastes fairly light. Surprising this is a 6.8% beer.
Thick sweet dark malt aroma. Very smooth and flavorful with a slight dryness like dark chocolate. Slight dark sweetness in the taste, but finishes very dry with just hints of mild malt flavor.
Amazing. These imperial stouts almost always have a bourbon burn- so much so, that I didn’t know you could make a 13% ABV imperial stout like this without bourbon!
Nice aroma of bright hops. Smooth on the palate, but strong dank hop bitterness builds from back of palate. Becomes more rounded in hop flavor, but leaves lingering bitterness with some yeast flavor.
Nice floral hop bouquet, with a tiny hint of dark malt in background. Very smooth, with hop flavor but no hop bite. Very interesting mingling of hop flavors and slightly sweet dark malts, with neither flavor taking center stage. Very clean, soft finish, with no real lingering flavors except a hint of malt.
No real aroma other than a very mild caramel malt sweetness. Taste is clean and uneventful. No real aftertaste. Very akin to a nice glass of water. Not offensive in any way, but not exciting either.
Almost no aroma, but with some searching, found a subtle hop fruitiness. Taste has a clean edge to it, clearing the palate, then leaning some mild hop taste with a bit of clean malt in the background.
Taste fills in better after the beer warms a little bit. There is also a slight soapy taste to it, but I just had another beer (NEIPA) just before it in this same glass with no hint of that.
Aroma of sweet fruity hops, like pineapple. Smooth clean taste with a very slight hop edge that fades into a fruity taste and mild malt taste. Very slight lingering hop flavor in aftertaste.
Fresh, clean hop aroma. Taste is crisp with a good mix of hops, yeast, and a hint of caramel malt. Full flavor balance, but leaves palate fairly clear with just some lingering hoppiness.
Drink by May 2024, drank on 12/25/2023.
5 out of 5 stars.
Craft beer and homebrew from a Michigan perspective.