Imperial Stout
Back East Brewing Company
- From:
- Back East Brewing Company
- Connecticut, United States
- Style:
- Russian Imperial Stout
Ranked #396 - ABV:
- 10.5%
- Score:
- 89
Ranked #14,585 - Avg:
- 4 | pDev: 9.75%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 19
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 25, 2022
- Added:
- Sep 20, 2012
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 18
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
Back East’s Imperial Stout is a full-bodied ale brewed with several varieties of dark roasted malt. It has a complex malt character with underlying hints of coffee and chocolate. A generous amount of English hops gives this ale a pronounced hop profile. This robust ale is unfiltered and bottle conditioned.
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Ratings by LittleJohn73:
Rated by LittleJohn73 from Connecticut
3.98/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Nov 15, 2016
3.98/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Nov 15, 2016
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by BeerAndGasMasks from Virginia
3.61/5 rDev -9.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.61/5 rDev -9.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
From the bottle of indeterminate age, it pours a stygian dark brown/black with a modest head that soon reduces to nothing. The nose gets roasted and black malts. The mouth gets the same: roasted malts, black malts and a lingering roasty flavor. Would probably go well with a cigar...
Oct 25, 2022
Reviewed by Roy_Hobbs from Connecticut
3.39/5 rDev -15.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.39/5 rDev -15.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Looks like I'm the first person to review this beer in almost five years, and either our tastes have collectively changed, or this beer isn't as good as it used to be. Appearance was about as average as you can get. Very dark, with a thin mocha colored head, but nothing of any note visually. Aroma was the highlight. Rich, sweet and inviting, albeit not overly complex.
Taste is where this starts to lose it a bit, which is kind of an important thing for a beer. Overall, it's just unrefined and lacking depth. Boozy with some roast, but it lacks any refinement. It's like what an experimental beer would taste like that you would learn from for next time. No real depth. At first, it was pretty good, but over time, I enjoyed it less and less. Don't get me wrong, it's not a train wreck, but relative to what else is out there, this is a miss.
May 29, 2021Taste is where this starts to lose it a bit, which is kind of an important thing for a beer. Overall, it's just unrefined and lacking depth. Boozy with some roast, but it lacks any refinement. It's like what an experimental beer would taste like that you would learn from for next time. No real depth. At first, it was pretty good, but over time, I enjoyed it less and less. Don't get me wrong, it's not a train wreck, but relative to what else is out there, this is a miss.
Reviewed by mschrei from Illinois
4.37/5 rDev +9.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.37/5 rDev +9.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Poured into a snifter. Nice carbonation and lacing for a stout. Mildly roasty notes on the nose, a little coffee in the back. Taste is where this shines-it's not overpowering with roasty maltiness. It's got a nice little tang accompanying the stout notes. Not oily or too thick/too thin. Alcohol is hardly present. This is a very interesting and different take that in Imperial Stout.
Nov 10, 2016Rated by Shukhrat
4.07/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.07/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Rachel loved it
Feb 21, 2016Reviewed by Chadmatthew from Connecticut
3.73/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Poured dark brown, veey foamy, massive head giving way to a fairly rich and dark heavy body.
Didnt quite hit me the right way on the nose the way many other imperial stouts usually do. Very roasty and was able to pick up notes of molasses and espresso.
Love the color and the feel, a bit bitter but I'd say a year of aging wouldv'e fixed that. A well balanced stout as well.
Overall not a bad choice for the price. I recommend this to many of our customers looking for a modertely proced local imperial stout.
Nov 17, 2015Didnt quite hit me the right way on the nose the way many other imperial stouts usually do. Very roasty and was able to pick up notes of molasses and espresso.
Love the color and the feel, a bit bitter but I'd say a year of aging wouldv'e fixed that. A well balanced stout as well.
Overall not a bad choice for the price. I recommend this to many of our customers looking for a modertely proced local imperial stout.
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