Nihilist Imperial Stout
Sly Fox Brewing Company

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From:
Sly Fox Brewing Company
 
Pennsylvania, United States
Style:
Russian Imperial Stout
ABV:
10%
Score:
83
Avg:
3.58 | pDev: 13.69%
Reviews:
6
Ratings:
27
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Sep 04, 2016
Added:
Jan 14, 2013
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  3
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Ratings by little_star:
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Rated by little_star from Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +18.7%

Sep 04, 2014
More User Ratings:
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Rated by g00ey from California

3.59/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Quite tasty after 2 years in the cellar.
Sep 04, 2016
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Reviewed by Beercheers87 from Pennsylvania

3.99/5  rDev +11.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
I let one cellar for a couple years, ages very well and imo was a lot better aged than fresh. A lot more dark chocolate and mocha to the taste as it sits. I definitely wish I had more.
May 22, 2015
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Reviewed by Davepoolesque from Massachusetts

3.71/5  rDev +3.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Pours out pitch black with a mocha colored head. Getting a fruity sweetness. Decently bitter. On the higher end of carbonation. Drinks lighter than a standard Russian. It's interesting.
Apr 14, 2015
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Rated by BcOneSeven from Michigan

2.61/5  rDev -27.1%
look: 4 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
Really nothing there. No aroma. No flavor. Disappointing.
Jan 17, 2015
 
Rated: 3 by bossmanbuzz from Pennsylvania

Nov 27, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by Daniellobo from District of Columbia

Nov 16, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by IdrinkGas from Pennsylvania

Nov 01, 2014
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Reviewed by Ozzylizard from Pennsylvania

4.23/5  rDev +18.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
750 mL bottle BB 1/20/18 at 50 degrees into tulip
Aroma of roasted malt with a hint of dates and alcohol
Head large (6 cm), light brown, frothy, diminishing to 4 mm ring and convex layer
Lacing fair – partial rings and islands of small bubbles
Body dark brown, opaque – sediment in bottom
Flavor of roasted malt, dates, and raisins; no hops, no alcohol, no diacetyl
Palate full, creamy, soft carbonation

Appearance 4.25, Aroma 4, Flavor 4.5, Palate 4.25, Overall 4.25
Oct 19, 2014
 
Rated: 3.84 by Aidan_Stewart from Virginia

Oct 09, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by GeorgeCarroll from Pennsylvania

Aug 18, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by tommyguz from Pennsylvania

Jul 23, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by R_J_FearNoBeer from Colorado

Jul 22, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by salthemonster from Pennsylvania

Jun 15, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by Drknight from Virginia

Apr 30, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by JHendu from Texas

Apr 29, 2014
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Reviewed by Kadonny from Florida

2.99/5  rDev -16.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Poured from a corked and caged 750 bottle into a snifter glass.

A: A jet black color with a large two finger light brown head. Looks pretty good.

S: Huge roasted smells with burnt notes and little else. Really roasty.

T: This is where things go south. The flavor is roasted to the point you don't get much else. Some burnt flavors mix with in that turn bitter but it's not a hops bitter, it more just like plain bitterness. Sweetness underlies, but the roasty and burnt flavors just completely take over anything else. Finish is still bitter with a huge metallic off putting finish. Totally disappointed in this.

M: With all the roasted flavors, the mouthfeel is bitter but not full. Very strange.

O: This is a beer I totally did not enjoy, in fact I didn't even finish the 750 which is not my style. Something in this beer is just not right.

Shame, I normally love Sly Fox stuff and I'm a big fan of theirs. This one however is a clunker.
Apr 22, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by randylangford from Pennsylvania

Apr 18, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by jhlosito75 from Pennsylvania

Apr 14, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by Hellpop65 from Kansas

Mar 23, 2014
Nihilist Imperial Stout from Sly Fox Brewing Company
Beer rating: 83 out of 100 with 27 ratings