Strong aroma of dark alcohol and dark malt. Moderately sharp bite of dark malt and coffee, but fades quickly to a moderate malt flavor.
5 out of 5 stars.
Lagunitas Wiklettized Coffee Stout
Category Archives: Imperial Stout
Deschutes Black Butte XXXVI
Faint soft aroma almost like a mild fruit. Fairly substantial flavor bite at first of dark malt and yeast sweetness that gradually fades down to just a moderate clean malt taste.
The label says with chocolate and peanut butter. Can’t really taste the peanut butter, but maybe that gives some of the lingering nuttiness. As it warms, hints of the bourbon barrel sneaks in. But still very smooth.
Doesn’t taste at all like 11.1%
4 out of 5 stars.
Dark Horse Plead the 5th
Aroma is rich with dark malt sweetness. Taste starts a little slippery and harsh, then on the back end smooths out to a broad roasted malt taste. Not a great combination. Would like more of the second, less of the first.
3.5 out of 5 stars.
Weathered Souls German Chocolate Cavernous
Spicy, sharp, dark malt aroma with an alcohol aroma. Taste is very broad across the palate with a sweet softness. Finishes pretty clean with a slight malty sweetness. Slight hint of dark chocolate in the aftertaste, but not bitter or sweet, just kinda roasty.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
The Undertaking
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!
5 out of 5 stars.
Stone Imperial Stout
Strong sticky sweet aroma. Thick taste with a tart twang when it first hits the palate, but then the dark malt comes in and smooths it out, leaving a clean dark malt taste. Slightly crisp hop bite helps clear the palate as well. Aftertaste is lingering complex flavor mix of clean dark malt and some clean yeast flavor. Fairly dry on the palate, not thick or cloying like a typical 10+% beer.
Canned 10/19/2022, drank on 12/21/2023
4.5 out of 5 stars.
Dark Horse Plead the 5th
Nice sweet aroma of dark malt and bourbon barrel in the background. Slightly sweet taste at first, then seems to have a brief hop bite that quickly fades, then a mild roast coffee flavor enters in and lingers. Wow, amazing assortment of flavors, all very nicely done. The beer seems to have zero carbonation, but maybe that help makes it so smooth on the palate.
5 out of 5 stars.
New Holland Dragon’s Milk Reserve 2021- Peanut Butter, Cocoa Nibs
Aroma of dark malt and hints of bourbon. Taste fairly smooth with a slight sweetness of peanut butter. Minor taste of bourbon throughout with slight lingering bourbon taste. A bit cloying sweet.
4 out of 5 stars.
New Holland Dragon’s Milk Solera
Bottled 7/21/2020, tasted on 10/15/2022.
Heavy sweet aroma, with hints of alcohol hiding in the background. Initial taste is slightly sweet, but crisp. Fades and blends into various heavy, smooth, dark malt tastes. Minor aftertaste of slightly sweet malt- but not dark or heavy. Surprisingly drinkable for 10% ABV.
4.5 out of 5 stars.
Short’s Uber Goober
Dark stout aroma. Slightly crisp flavor bite with a hint of the alcohol. Mainly tastes like a heavy stout, with hints of peanuts. Fades into an aftertaste that is a mix of dark malt roastiness and peanut flavor. Overall finishes fairly dry/clean.
4 out of 5 stars.