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Brewed with ten varieties of malted barley, this stout is smooth as silk, yet complex and rich in body. Serve this guy at cellar temperature. Put another log on the fire, sit back and enjoy the friendship of this ultimate winter warmer. (Description provided by company)
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ABV:
10.50% ABV
Availability Frequency:
winter
Containers Available:
bottle
draft
Locations Where Available:
Northeast
Southeast
Midwest
Southwest
Store/Serve Temperature:
close to 55 degrees F
Comments
Good, just too bitter for my liking
The Founders Imperial Stout came out of the bottle black and developed a brown finger head. Strong roast smell with a hint of raisin and chocolate. The taste is also dominated by roast with a bitter backend with some alcohol. Feel is fairly thick and oily. While I tend to love RISs, this one was a bit more bitter than what I care for.
In Soviet Russia, Stout Drinks You!
Pours an opaque dark brown or black. An attractive chocolate brown head - about one fingers worth. The head has moderate low retention as well as some nice lacing.
Nose is roasted malt aromas: chocolate, coffee, and a slight alcohol aroma (no doubt due to the 10.5 ABV) . Taste is strong on roasted flavors (chocolate, coffee, nuts) with some hop bitterness and an ethanol finish. Very smooth mouth feel. Low carbonation.
A very nice and smooth beer, but a bit to strong on ethanol flavors at the end.