Today's beer: Imperial Stout by Samuel Smith
I picked this beer up not too long ago, but was torn between reviewing this beer and a different stout. I figured since the other stout may be harder to get for some people, since it's a Vancouver Island brewing company, I'd review this one first. Hopefully I'll be able to do at least a beer a month this year. Imperial stout was first brewed in England for export to the Russia court under Catherine the Great. Imperial stouts also generally have a higher than average alcohol content. Imperial Stout has 7% so it's definitely a strong beer.
Imperial Stout pours into the glass black and develops a thick brown head. In the glass it is black. It is hard to express how black it really is. I shone a flashlight on one side of my glass and there was no light coming through on the other. My first sniff gave me smells of alcohol and, ironically, hops. My second sniff (after the head died down) revealed the smells of toasted malt and the faint smell of caramel. The first mouthful gave the taste of toasted malt and a very faint taste of caramel. Through out the drinking I kept tasting something else and it took almost the entire bottle to figure out what it was. Alcohol. There is also the taste of alcohol, but it's not over powering and it's not a bad thing. Unlike most other stouts, there is no chocolate or coffee taste or smell. Imperial Stout is a very smooth drink
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May your glass always be full of good beer!
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