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Stillwater Artisanal Ales
- From:
- Stillwater Artisanal Ales
- Washington, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 10%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.82 | pDev: 5.76%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jul 20, 2018
- Added:
- Sep 23, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 5
NO SCORE
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Smakawhat from Maryland
3.48/5 rDev -8.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.48/5 rDev -8.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Poured from the can into a snifter glass.
Near like inky pour out of the can, hitting with dark nearly midnight body with and extremely dark mocha head of about a finger. Big looks of dark cocoa powder on top, making a good solid finger and settling to a thin pencil collar, and an island centered bubbled top. Kind of a spacy scene as it still has some bubbles. Very aggressive and great looking stout.
Very nice simple aroma of dark cocoa powder mixing up, with even a chili like sensing heat. Thick malt an almost molasses in nature on the nose, flirts with coffee but doesn't quite get there. Has a faint touch of sour/spice character.
Palate is quite a bit jarring. First sip is a noticeably light body, but more so a very mineral and carbonated mouthfeel. The fizzy quality seems to bring out lots of bitterness of roast and large pine sappy hop amounts as well. There's a steely mineral quality to this as well, nearly ferous like while drinking. Prickly finish but not in a very fun way, but manages an excellent roast character but with a good deal of astringency.
Mouthfeel on this is quite a bit off, as the appearance really did seem to hint of a good bubbling mass. Unfortunately much of the solid flavors are just a bit all over the place and need to be brought down to earth.
Nov 19, 2017Near like inky pour out of the can, hitting with dark nearly midnight body with and extremely dark mocha head of about a finger. Big looks of dark cocoa powder on top, making a good solid finger and settling to a thin pencil collar, and an island centered bubbled top. Kind of a spacy scene as it still has some bubbles. Very aggressive and great looking stout.
Very nice simple aroma of dark cocoa powder mixing up, with even a chili like sensing heat. Thick malt an almost molasses in nature on the nose, flirts with coffee but doesn't quite get there. Has a faint touch of sour/spice character.
Palate is quite a bit jarring. First sip is a noticeably light body, but more so a very mineral and carbonated mouthfeel. The fizzy quality seems to bring out lots of bitterness of roast and large pine sappy hop amounts as well. There's a steely mineral quality to this as well, nearly ferous like while drinking. Prickly finish but not in a very fun way, but manages an excellent roast character but with a good deal of astringency.
Mouthfeel on this is quite a bit off, as the appearance really did seem to hint of a good bubbling mass. Unfortunately much of the solid flavors are just a bit all over the place and need to be brought down to earth.
Reviewed by WattsofBeers from Kentucky
3.9/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.9/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
A- Beautiful, inky black pour. Darker tan head. Tight, playfully cascading bubbles. Head settles into a nice little run around the edge. Incredibly enticing looking beer.
N- Dark fruits. Dark chocolate. Maybe a little muted? A little underwhelming.
T- Bitter chocolate, dates, raisins. Depths of fruits really shine here. There is a surprising hit of smoke at the end. It's not unpleasant at all, just doesn't seem to meld with the beginning of the beer at some points.
M- Great mouthfeel. Thick and rich but still tingles lightly across your toungue. Well done.
O- A very well made stout from Stillwater. Stunning appearance and flavorful. Would love to see this base beer get some barrel or adjunct treatment.
Nov 02, 2017N- Dark fruits. Dark chocolate. Maybe a little muted? A little underwhelming.
T- Bitter chocolate, dates, raisins. Depths of fruits really shine here. There is a surprising hit of smoke at the end. It's not unpleasant at all, just doesn't seem to meld with the beginning of the beer at some points.
M- Great mouthfeel. Thick and rich but still tingles lightly across your toungue. Well done.
O- A very well made stout from Stillwater. Stunning appearance and flavorful. Would love to see this base beer get some barrel or adjunct treatment.
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