Colonial Inquest Imperial Stout
Colonial Brewing Company
- From:
- Colonial Brewing Company
- Australia
- Style:
- Russian Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 11.7%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.81 | pDev: 10.76%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 16, 2021
- Added:
- Jul 24, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by eric5bellies from Australia
3.6/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
3.6/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
The 2021 version at 10% abv
A - Pours a deep Ebony colour with a Beige head that retains well and laces nicely.
S - Not a huge nose with mainly malt and small coffee
T - Very similar to the nose with a subtle sweet finish
M - Probably the best part of this beer, thick body and low carbonation
O - Well this is s strange R.I.S. its big on the body and look, but doesn’t back up on the flavour or nose. A bit like a Lamborghini with a 1.6L, 4 cylinder Ford engine
Jul 16, 2021A - Pours a deep Ebony colour with a Beige head that retains well and laces nicely.
S - Not a huge nose with mainly malt and small coffee
T - Very similar to the nose with a subtle sweet finish
M - Probably the best part of this beer, thick body and low carbonation
O - Well this is s strange R.I.S. its big on the body and look, but doesn’t back up on the flavour or nose. A bit like a Lamborghini with a 1.6L, 4 cylinder Ford engine
Reviewed by BCurious from Australia
3.45/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.45/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Just OK. Pours thin. Low carbonation. Mouthfeel on the thin side for an imp stout. Aroma earthy (!), liquorice. Malty, very alcohol. Love the can tho! The whole top peels off! And the typography is excellent: kudos to that designer.
Aug 04, 2017
Reviewed by doktorhops from Australia
4.38/5 rDev +15%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.38/5 rDev +15%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Lordy this is one BIG 11.7% ABV brew from Colonial Brewing in Margaret River, WA. Considering the largest brew they do ATM is their Australian IPA at 6.5% it’s a bit of a step up. Also a step into the dark for a brewer normally known for their light brews. Justifiably I was excited to get my review shizzle on with this - I love a good Russian Imp Stout, and of course I also love my beers Bearing Immense Gusto (i.e. BIG). Colonial also have the distinction (for me at least) of having hands-down THE BEST can tops on any can I’ve seen - the entire lid lifts off, turning your can into a proper drinking vessel. I know it’s hard to understand my hyperbole here but please buy yourself a Colonial brew - then you will appreciate where I’m coming from.
Poured from a nifty-as-bro 375ml can where, and I may have mentioned this already: THE ENTIRE LID LIFTS OFF, into a Duvel tulip.
A: Looks positively full of syrupy goodness here - deep black cola body, is it opaque? Can’t tell. With a nice thick mocha-coloured head that ever slowly drops down to a thin blanket. Damn Colonial, you looking good! 9/10.
S: Red coffee cherries, dark fruits, and the tears of kittens - which have a berry-like note to them (believe me I’ve drunk many kitten tears over the years). This aroma is ominously fruity - like some sort of weird chewing gum marketed towards demon spawn. I’m going in! 8/10.
T: First up: This is a sugar bomb. Glad we got that out of the way because other than that there is a symphony of flavours going on: Red coffee cherries, lightly roasted coffee beans, dark fruits (more plum/prune than anything else), forest berries, a touch of oak as well... wait up! These are Baltic Porter flavours in a RIS package - that’s what it is! It’s all rather interesting in the flavour department, no doubt adding in Mandarina Bavaria hops has given this Stout such an intriguing cacophony of characters. Importantly though: It all works well. 9/10.
M: Heavy bodied and quiet viscous, Founders body viscous (aka Founders Breakfast Stout)? Almost... though I haven’t had FBS in ages so I’m not sure if my memory serves me well. Carbonation? Minimal but present. 9/10.
D: Colonial have made it hard for me not to like this beer, though it definitely requires an Insulin shot afterwards (and I’m not a Diabetic!). It’s BIG, it’s moody, it’s good and the only negative really is the sugar and the fact that there are 3.5 standard drinks in 1 can, I can’t even drive after 1 of these! 9/10.
Food match: If we’re going to drink kitten tears we may as well have roast puppy.
Jul 24, 2017Poured from a nifty-as-bro 375ml can where, and I may have mentioned this already: THE ENTIRE LID LIFTS OFF, into a Duvel tulip.
A: Looks positively full of syrupy goodness here - deep black cola body, is it opaque? Can’t tell. With a nice thick mocha-coloured head that ever slowly drops down to a thin blanket. Damn Colonial, you looking good! 9/10.
S: Red coffee cherries, dark fruits, and the tears of kittens - which have a berry-like note to them (believe me I’ve drunk many kitten tears over the years). This aroma is ominously fruity - like some sort of weird chewing gum marketed towards demon spawn. I’m going in! 8/10.
T: First up: This is a sugar bomb. Glad we got that out of the way because other than that there is a symphony of flavours going on: Red coffee cherries, lightly roasted coffee beans, dark fruits (more plum/prune than anything else), forest berries, a touch of oak as well... wait up! These are Baltic Porter flavours in a RIS package - that’s what it is! It’s all rather interesting in the flavour department, no doubt adding in Mandarina Bavaria hops has given this Stout such an intriguing cacophony of characters. Importantly though: It all works well. 9/10.
M: Heavy bodied and quiet viscous, Founders body viscous (aka Founders Breakfast Stout)? Almost... though I haven’t had FBS in ages so I’m not sure if my memory serves me well. Carbonation? Minimal but present. 9/10.
D: Colonial have made it hard for me not to like this beer, though it definitely requires an Insulin shot afterwards (and I’m not a Diabetic!). It’s BIG, it’s moody, it’s good and the only negative really is the sugar and the fact that there are 3.5 standard drinks in 1 can, I can’t even drive after 1 of these! 9/10.
Food match: If we’re going to drink kitten tears we may as well have roast puppy.
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