Snake Eyes Imperial Stout
West Sixth Brewing Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Served in a teku glass from a 750ml bottle.

Appearance: Dark and somewhat semi-thick chocolate fused

Smell: Think of cold brew coffee meshed with deep deep hop aroma. Subtle and strong all at once.

Taste: Malty taste which feels a touch smoked with deep dark chocolate and a richer espresso bean bitterness which lingers in the back of your tongue.

Mouth: Medium to full caronation and super sticky body. Not the best finish as far as after-taste.

Overall: Good brew, got it in the rare beer of the month collection and wasn't disappointing at all but not a brew I would chase the world for. Salud!

Poured from a 750 mL bottle into snifter.
A: Pours pitch black with foamy/frothy dark mocha head with excellent retention. Leaves some sticky lacing behind.
S: Bright berries quickly followed by dark chocolate, medium roast coffee, vanilla, and hints of melon and warm cinnamon. Very nice!
T: Dark bitter chocolate, vanilla, dark roast coffee, wood char, and a hint of berries. With warming, a nutty note emerges.
M: Heavy body. Lighter mouthfeel from the carbonation. Darkly sweet and bitter. Lingers nicely on the palate.
D: Very nice winter sipper. I particularly enjoyed the aroma with the burst of bright berries up front.

 

Thanks Richard and Alanna!!!!

A: Dark black in color, not much of a head, but what is there is dark brown, it looks thick like oil.

S: Dark rich chocolate, brown sugar, a touch of smoke, and molasses.

T: Dark chocolate, caramel, and burnt sugar, with perhaps a touch of licorice.

M: Thick and creamy, good.

O: Overall a very tasty brew! Very enjoyable.

 

 

 

 

 

It just feels right to be back on The CANQuest (tm), my ongoing & now-seemingly impossible mission to drink & review EVERY CANned beer in existence. This was an aCANqisition from a breweriana show that I have been awaiting a ChANce to try. Now is the moment!

From the CAN: "Feeling lucky? Roll the dice on this slithery stout."; "A dark & delicious stout"; "Seasonal Release".

I Crack!ed open the CAN to some mild squirting action as the snake hissed & writhed within! Oooh, maybe I should have waited until Hallowe'en to have opened this scary little monster. A gentle Glug produced two fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, deep-brown head with good retention. Nose held a mélange of flavors - cocoa/chocolate, vanilla, black coffee, root beer/sarsaparilla and a cool mintiness. Mouthfeel was big, thick & full & the liquid slithered around on my tongue like a snake trying to make itself comfortable. The taste was intensely chocolaty, very rich, like chocolate mousse, but with an additional roastiness like fresh coffee, plus a slight herbal sweetness that acCANted for both the root beer & mintiness on the nose. My my my. Some people are afraid or snakes and/or dark beers, but I shy away from neither. I liked the way that its slickness just crawled across my tongue, slithered down my gullet & curled up for warmth in my belly. Finish was dry & warming & I felt at peace while I was drinking this beer.

A very excellent stout. A deep dark rich color with a great stout taste that lingers on the palate. At a hefty 11% it is a hearty stout with great flavor. It is worth a try if you have not had one.

 

Pours black with two fingers of caramel head foaming on top with good retention and a few spirals of lacing left behind. Aroma is roasted, toasted, and a tinge of nutted malts, with a light showing of caramel. Flavor profile is dark, with roasted malts hitting the tongue first. It lightens up a bit with notes of toasted malts, and caramel following. Dark chocolate notes are left on the palate as the flavor profile fades away. Slight alcohol taste on the back end. Mouth feel is medium-thick with a pleasurable graininess that evolves the beer into a heavy drinking stout. Overall, an impressive heavy stout that delivers through and through. While it doesn't deliver a multitude of flavor levels, it does deliver a quality stout experience from a can.

Served in a 12oz snifter.

Appearance: Pours a deep brown with a thin khaki head that quickly fades to a ringlet; leggy, with quite a few dots left behind

Smell: Roast, chocolate and black cherry tones

Taste: Roasty and chalky, at the outset, with chocolate and black cherry tones building; vanilla and earthy hop flavors make an appearance through the middle, with licorice adding a sweeter dimension to the finish

Mouthfeel: Full bodied with low to moderate carbonation

Overall: Yes, it is big but it leans too far into the sweeter end of the spectrum for my palate

Thanks, SPLITGRIN, for the opportunity

 

This is one of my all time favorite stouts great on a snowy day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

12oz bottle poured into a snifter
Canned 12/25/15

A- pours motor oil thick with a small foamy tan head that reduces to leave no head, along with some alcohol legs

S- aroma is a nice mix of black licorice, dark cherry, chocolate, vanilla, char & a hint of coffee

T- black licorice and dark fruits up front with some fig and black cherry poking through. Chocolate sweetness with some dark roast, hints of coffee and earthy hops on the finish

M- medium-thick body with moderate carbonation leads to a foamy mouthfeel and a viscous finish

O- nice toasty stout that hides the abv well

 

 

 

 

 

Poured a 12oz can into a Teku. Served at 55 degrees.

Pours a beautiful deep black with a frothy, chocolate head. Light retention with mild lacing. Rich chocolate, ripe cherries, and roasted malts fill the nose. More and more booze overtakes the aromas as this warms. Dark chocolate and burnt malts upfront, with dark fruits, cherries, and lots of booze finishing this off. This beer is creamy and very warming from the alcohol. Slow drinking and very tasty offering from a brewery in my home state. Glad to see breweries like this putting Kentucky on the beer map.