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Wreck Alley Imperial Stout
Karl Strauss Brewing Company
- From:
- Karl Strauss Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
Ranked #1,787 - ABV:
- 9.5%
- Score:
- 88
Ranked #15,069 - Avg:
- 3.91 | pDev: 11.76%
- Reviews:
- 54
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 16, 2023
- Added:
- Apr 01, 2012
- Wants:
- 11
- Gots:
- 58
No description / notes.
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Ratings by cbutova:
Reviewed by cbutova from Massachusetts
3.5/5 rDev -10.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -10.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Back in SD, 22oz bomber purchased at a deli in Point Loma. Live review, already have notes for 8 more.
A- Pitch black pour to two small taster glasses. No light makes it through the beer and a small light mocha head forms to a finger. Decent cap retention as it falls to a small creamy white ring. Lacing deposits are spotty on the glass.
S- Coffee off the top, not super dark roast but still the beans nonetheless. Cocoa also comes in rich with some roast grain, nutty, caramel and raisins.
T- Coffee and dark yeasty fruit notes are big here and lead in the flavor. Roast grains and cocoa come next and compliment the aforementioned things. Nutty, toffee, caramel, toasted, apple, malty and some sweetness, like lactose somehow.
MF- Moderately thick bodied with a somewhat silky texture but not as thick as most great Imperials. Carbonation on the medium high side which helps support the dark big flavors. Finishes roasty bitter.
Enjoyable big stout with a hefty yeast and coffee forward profile complimented by cocoa and roast grains. Body could be a bit bigger but overall it's enjoyable.
Nov 05, 2013A- Pitch black pour to two small taster glasses. No light makes it through the beer and a small light mocha head forms to a finger. Decent cap retention as it falls to a small creamy white ring. Lacing deposits are spotty on the glass.
S- Coffee off the top, not super dark roast but still the beans nonetheless. Cocoa also comes in rich with some roast grain, nutty, caramel and raisins.
T- Coffee and dark yeasty fruit notes are big here and lead in the flavor. Roast grains and cocoa come next and compliment the aforementioned things. Nutty, toffee, caramel, toasted, apple, malty and some sweetness, like lactose somehow.
MF- Moderately thick bodied with a somewhat silky texture but not as thick as most great Imperials. Carbonation on the medium high side which helps support the dark big flavors. Finishes roasty bitter.
Enjoyable big stout with a hefty yeast and coffee forward profile complimented by cocoa and roast grains. Body could be a bit bigger but overall it's enjoyable.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by RaulMondesi from California
3.75/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Ya, your boy feels wrecked after San Diego County punked his ass with a $ 390 impound charge I apparently you can’t park your whip in the same place for over 72 hours (and they want America to get fit by walking). Now I’m at Karl Strauss and Lady Gaga is playing… Someone help me
Nov 16, 2023Reviewed by BalancingBrooms from California
3.65/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.65/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Black with some brown edges with a nice one finger tan head. Nose is bakers chocolate with old coffee notes. Taste follows the nose with some darker chocolate up front followed some stale coffee, that is washed away by thin lighter chocolate notes. Body is light to medium with medium carbonation. Ends dry with a lingering light bitterness. Overall an underwhelming imperial stout, might be because the bottle is old and im just getting old coffee throughout. I can’t easily interpret the bottle date so hard to say.
Aug 08, 2022Rated by Antg8989 from New Jersey
4.03/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
A young lady at BevMo recommended I get this. It's fine.
Apr 02, 2019
Wreck Alley Imperial Stout from Karl Strauss Brewing Company
Beer rating:
88 out of
100 with
271 ratings
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