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Fish Tale Poseidon's Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged)
Fish Brewing Company / Fishbowl Brewpub
- From:
- Fish Brewing Company / Fishbowl Brewpub
- Washington, United States
- Style:
- Russian Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 10%
- Score:
- 94
- Avg:
- 4.3 | pDev: 9.07%
- Reviews:
- 28
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 09, 2018
- Added:
- Nov 14, 2006
- Wants:
- 26
- Gots:
- 4
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Reviewed by UCLABrewN84 from California
3.28/5 rDev -23.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.28/5 rDev -23.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Thanks to GRG1313 for sharing this one at his tasting.
Batch No. 1. Bottled 11/1999.
Pours an almost opaque super dark brown with a foamy khaki head that settles to wisps of film on top of the beer. Tiny dots of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of dark roasted malt, cocoa powder, earth, char, and licorice aromas. Taste is much the same with slightly sour cocoa powder, earth, char, and dark fruit flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of acidity and roast bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is an above average beer that is drinkable, but at around 16 years old you definitely can tell this one is past its prime.
Serving type: bottle.
Jul 28, 2015Batch No. 1. Bottled 11/1999.
Pours an almost opaque super dark brown with a foamy khaki head that settles to wisps of film on top of the beer. Tiny dots of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of dark roasted malt, cocoa powder, earth, char, and licorice aromas. Taste is much the same with slightly sour cocoa powder, earth, char, and dark fruit flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of acidity and roast bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is an above average beer that is drinkable, but at around 16 years old you definitely can tell this one is past its prime.
Serving type: bottle.
Rated by drewone from California
3/5 rDev -30.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -30.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Way past prime, 1999 vintage.
Jul 27, 2015Reviewed by Smurf2055 from Washington
4.28/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.28/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
5th beer in the Bottleworks Cellar Tasting for Seattle Beer Week. This is batch 3 (2001).
Pours black with an inch of tan head.
Smell is oak, fruity, creamy, smokey.
Taste is tobacco, bitter ash, coco, and espresso. Impressed with how well this held up, and how well the wine barrel plays in.
Super rich and complex. Great.
Aug 03, 2013Pours black with an inch of tan head.
Smell is oak, fruity, creamy, smokey.
Taste is tobacco, bitter ash, coco, and espresso. Impressed with how well this held up, and how well the wine barrel plays in.
Super rich and complex. Great.
Reviewed by Alieniloquium from Florida
4.37/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.37/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
750 mL bottle poured into a Teku snifter. Batch 3 from November 2011.
Appearance - Pours black with a great mocha head. Good retention. Nice thick collar. Good wisps.
Smell - A touch of acidity. Lots of wine notes. Chocolatey with dark fruits. Oxidized, but it adds a nice dimension.
Taste - Everything comes together perfectly here. Really rich chocolate. Wine is distinctive, but less acidic. Leaning more towards the fruit flavor of the wine. Still very oxidized, but again I think it plays very well.
Mouthfeel - No booze. The body has dropped off, but it seems to just make it easier to drink.
Overall - Impressive on its own, but truly phenomenal considering its age. Fantastic beer.
May 07, 2013Appearance - Pours black with a great mocha head. Good retention. Nice thick collar. Good wisps.
Smell - A touch of acidity. Lots of wine notes. Chocolatey with dark fruits. Oxidized, but it adds a nice dimension.
Taste - Everything comes together perfectly here. Really rich chocolate. Wine is distinctive, but less acidic. Leaning more towards the fruit flavor of the wine. Still very oxidized, but again I think it plays very well.
Mouthfeel - No booze. The body has dropped off, but it seems to just make it easier to drink.
Overall - Impressive on its own, but truly phenomenal considering its age. Fantastic beer.
Reviewed by Auracom from Illinois
4.08/5 rDev -5.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4.25
4.08/5 rDev -5.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4.25
Enormous thanks to Gregg for sending this one to me. Batch 3 bottled in November 2001, aged in Washington Cabernet barrels. Cracked at DLD on April 27th, 2013 and poured into a snifter.
A - I tried Moscatel BA Dark Lord right before cracking this, and they coincidentally look very similar. A red-ruby hue surrounds a flatter macassar ebony coloring. Just a ring of a head here, probably died off like 7 years ago. Not a lot of heft to this.
S - Oloroso sherry, cherry pit, prune skins (or like a prune jelly, if such a thing exists), sultana raisin, cigar smoke, fig, a hint of american oak, and residual brown sugar.
T - Obvious cabernet presence, with further touches of barrel, slight mocha leaning much more to the bitter side, lots of oxidation.
M - Medium body, dry and semi-short finish.
D - Worthy for a completely unique and historical reference. Graceful aging, to say the least. I doubt I'll ever try it again and that's pretty saddening.
Apr 29, 2013A - I tried Moscatel BA Dark Lord right before cracking this, and they coincidentally look very similar. A red-ruby hue surrounds a flatter macassar ebony coloring. Just a ring of a head here, probably died off like 7 years ago. Not a lot of heft to this.
S - Oloroso sherry, cherry pit, prune skins (or like a prune jelly, if such a thing exists), sultana raisin, cigar smoke, fig, a hint of american oak, and residual brown sugar.
T - Obvious cabernet presence, with further touches of barrel, slight mocha leaning much more to the bitter side, lots of oxidation.
M - Medium body, dry and semi-short finish.
D - Worthy for a completely unique and historical reference. Graceful aging, to say the least. I doubt I'll ever try it again and that's pretty saddening.
Reviewed by joel66 from New York
4.43/5 rDev +3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.43/5 rDev +3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Thanks Joe( bucketboy )for bringing this one out. Never even heard of this before tonight but glad we were introduced Appearance- black with a quarter inch of tan head Nose- roasted nuts, cherry wood,cocoa powder Taste- wow....huge roasted flavor of almond,walnuts covered in chocolate, taste of dark fruit is suttle. Slightly vineous with bitter after taste. Reduced grape reduction with warm caramel on top Ridiculous
Apr 22, 2013
Fish Tale Poseidon's Imperial Stout (Barrel Aged) from Fish Brewing Company / Fishbowl Brewpub
Beer rating:
94 out of
100 with
46 ratings
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