Imperial Stout
Franklin's Restaurant, Brewery & General Store

Imperial StoutImperial Stout
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From:
Franklin's Restaurant, Brewery & General Store
 
Maryland, United States
Style:
Russian Imperial Stout
ABV:
9%
Score:
87
Avg:
3.89 | pDev: 11.57%
Reviews:
7
Ratings:
15
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 10, 2016
Added:
Mar 02, 2006
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Ratings by murrayswine:
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Reviewed by murrayswine from Arizona

4.57/5  rDev +17.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
This is an amazing beer! Stopped in and bought a growler on a trip to D.C. It pours motor oil black with a rich dark dark head. The smell is sweet and heat with the coffee roast settling into the background. The taste is huge, bodied, and mean with big flavors of coffee, dark plums, heated alcohol, english toffee's and slight smoke. The mouthfeel is healthy, but slightly inconsistent at times.

All in all, a Damn fine beer!
Mar 02, 2006
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Reviewed by jmasher85 from Maryland

4.1/5  rDev +5.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
A bit more coffee flavor than I was hoping for and the bitterness lingers a hint longer than it ought, but otherwise a tasty, full-bodied, roasty RIS.
Jan 10, 2016
 
Rated: 4.25 by _RL_ from Maryland

Nov 15, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by jpd7374 from Pennsylvania

Oct 19, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Kmlund from Massachusetts

Oct 03, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by DonFrap from Massachusetts

Jul 16, 2013
 
Rated: 3 by dllman25 from New Jersey

Jun 02, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by Davepoolesque from Massachusetts

Jun 01, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by dokupe from Maryland

Jan 28, 2013
 
Rated: 3 by MrHirschybar from California

Dec 27, 2011
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Reviewed by Thorpe429 from Illinois

3.33/5  rDev -14.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
On tap at Franklin's.

Pours near-black with a tan head and some slight lacing. The nose carries a heavy amount of roast with a light bit of chocolate and other stout notes. Oh yeah, stout notes. The flavor is taken over by the roast and finishes too dry. Medium-full body. Pretty good, but nothing over-the-top.
Dec 17, 2011
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Reviewed by drabmuh from Maryland

3.95/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Beer on draft at the brewpub. Beer is black with a thin tan head of small bubbles that leaves a little lacing on the glass, carbonation low.

Aroma is mildly sweet and overall weak. Smells fine with a slight finish of roastiness.

Beer is medium bodied and not as sweet as I was expecting / hoping. It's rather bitter and ashy on the finish, coffee. The overall feel of the beer is OK, not great. It's a decent Impy stout but not too interesting overall.
Feb 04, 2011
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Reviewed by cvstrickland from North Carolina

4.18/5  rDev +7.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 2.5
The growler pours pure black oily direct- sunlight-impenetrable oppression into my imperial pint willi glass, loosing extremely fine dark khaki bubbles that struggle surfaceward through the viscous tarry body. The little CO2 soldaten rally sluggishly into a chocolate fudge milkshake-like head, the cap fading slowly into a sticky skim that leaves gooey used motor oil legs and freckles of lacing on the glass.

The smell is rich with smoky charred malts and winey dark chocolate, highlighted by a tangy perfume of molasses, cocoa-infused roasty-sweet caramel and spicy hop notes.

The taste is darkly sweet with a mellow burnt coffee bitterness that highlights the chewy sweetness of a solid chocolatey backbone. Piling on for emphasis is more cocoa, more tangy molasses, toasted malts, roasted malts, damned-near-incinerated malts...more burnt bitter charcoal smokiness... more, more, more! A dusty dryness lingers in the aftertaste with an almost moonshine-laden Bourbony woodiness.

The drink is huge in body, languishing with minimal carbonation, keeping close company with solidifying JELL-O Pudding at the semi-solid state of liquid matter. This Impy is entirely edible, but damned sure a sipper if one chooses to make the attempt to drink it! The blackest thing I ever saw in a glass, some of you wimpier types might want to get yourselves a knife and fork to eat it with! Thanks to Cindirene's inimitable longbearded proprietor for the hookup!
Dec 27, 2008
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Reviewed by mrasskicktastic from New Jersey

4.23/5  rDev +8.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
A - Dark ... black ... brew (no decernable transmission) with a dark, rich mocha brown head that left thick rings of lacing at the top of the glass.

S - Coffee, molasses, chocolate and dates. Very strong and good.

T - A dark chocolate with a slightly sweet coffee flavor. there is a tocuh of tart sourness (normally,I would be upset, but it meshed well here). Aftertaste is a lingering coffee bitterness with a touch of a general dark fruity sweetness.

M - Absurdly smooth, creamy and very refreshing. As good as it gets.

D - Good all around. Truly worth seeking out. It is on tap now (as of review) if you are in the area, head over and get one. I doubt you will regret it!
Jan 26, 2007
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Reviewed by battlekow from Wisconsin

4.26/5  rDev +9.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Tried some of the growler that murrayswine brought back from DC.

Smells quite interesting, firstly of beef jerky, with a vinuous undercurrent, almost like fresh flowers. Could that be the hops? It doesn't really seem like it. All those notes feature in the flavor, but they're recklessly smote--we're talking British vs. Zulus--with a nuclear blast of coffee. The coffee flavor in this beer is HUGE, and despite all the other stuff going on, I think my favorite part was the mellow coffee finish. Very winey burps. Alcohol is hidden quite well, considering, with just bit of a burn and tingle in the mouthfeel. Quite easily consumed for a 10.5% beer, but the crazy smell wears on me a bit.
Mar 02, 2006
Imperial Stout from Franklin's Restaurant, Brewery & General Store
Beer rating: 87 out of 100 with 15 ratings