Imperial Carob Stout
Short's Brewing Company
- From:
- Short's Brewing Company
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 8.1%
- Score:
- 88
- Avg:
- 3.93 | pDev: 8.4%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 29
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 27, 2015
- Added:
- Jun 20, 2007
- Wants:
- 17
- Gots:
- 4
SCORE
88
Very Good
88
Very Good
No description / notes.
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Rated by snoopy5023 from Michigan
3.74/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.25
3.74/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.25
Goes in light. The carob gives the stout a light chocolate taste. Not much head, but that is not a distraction.
Jan 31, 2015
Rated by LakersGotRings from Michigan
3.46/5 rDev -12%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.46/5 rDev -12%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Decent Imperial Stout. Not what I expected. Has a light finish of bakers chocolate, but yet semi-sweet. Overall pleased with this offering.
Jan 29, 2015
Reviewed by woosterbill from Kentucky
3.84/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.84/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
750ml bottle into a tasting glass. Big thanks to Matt for sharing this.
A: Opaque black body with a brief wisp of tan foam. A little flat.
S: Sweet chocolate, lightly sweet carob. Syrupy, sweet, and seductive.
T: Chocolate, caramel, carob, and some delicate leafy, herbal, spicy notes. Tasty.
M: Medium body with highly lively, fine carbonation filling it out.
O: I'm hearkening back to the days of the Drinkability score here, as this one became a bit hard to drink after a few sips. While it was tasty, the sweetness and spiciness together became a bit overwhelming. Still, very interesting and enjoyable beer.
Cheers!
Jun 29, 2011A: Opaque black body with a brief wisp of tan foam. A little flat.
S: Sweet chocolate, lightly sweet carob. Syrupy, sweet, and seductive.
T: Chocolate, caramel, carob, and some delicate leafy, herbal, spicy notes. Tasty.
M: Medium body with highly lively, fine carbonation filling it out.
O: I'm hearkening back to the days of the Drinkability score here, as this one became a bit hard to drink after a few sips. While it was tasty, the sweetness and spiciness together became a bit overwhelming. Still, very interesting and enjoyable beer.
Cheers!
Reviewed by SpeedwayJim from New York
2.7/5 rDev -31.3%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.7/5 rDev -31.3%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Thanks to Jeff (ipa247) for this one. Poured from a 750ml bottle into a Darkness snifter.
A: Vigorous pour yields a .5 finger coarse mocha colored head with low retention. A thick ring of mocha hangs atop an opaque black brew. Lacing is non-existant. Pretty shabby.
S: Nose is strange. Roasted malt, dark chocolate, and burnt brown sugar. There's also a strange spoiled leaf and herbal scent that I'm guessing is the carob. Not the most enticing.
T: Opens roasted malt, milk chocolate, and burnt brown sugar. Very coarse. Spoiled coffee towards the middle with some marshmallow sweetness at the middle-end. More brown sugar with a hint of brownie and alcohol at the finish. Aftertaste is cocoa powder bittersweetness. Interesting.
M: Medium bodied with low to moderate carbonation. Thin and mellow in the mouth but with a coarseness going down. Finish is mellow but the aftertaste lingers. Average.
O: For Shorts, this is another experiment that didn't really work. I've never had carob before, but if its anything like the awkward burnt brown sugar, sweet tea leaf, marshmallow flavor combination that is happening in this beer, I'll pass. An interesting beer and intriguing enough that its worth a try, but ultimately not very good.
May 30, 2011A: Vigorous pour yields a .5 finger coarse mocha colored head with low retention. A thick ring of mocha hangs atop an opaque black brew. Lacing is non-existant. Pretty shabby.
S: Nose is strange. Roasted malt, dark chocolate, and burnt brown sugar. There's also a strange spoiled leaf and herbal scent that I'm guessing is the carob. Not the most enticing.
T: Opens roasted malt, milk chocolate, and burnt brown sugar. Very coarse. Spoiled coffee towards the middle with some marshmallow sweetness at the middle-end. More brown sugar with a hint of brownie and alcohol at the finish. Aftertaste is cocoa powder bittersweetness. Interesting.
M: Medium bodied with low to moderate carbonation. Thin and mellow in the mouth but with a coarseness going down. Finish is mellow but the aftertaste lingers. Average.
O: For Shorts, this is another experiment that didn't really work. I've never had carob before, but if its anything like the awkward burnt brown sugar, sweet tea leaf, marshmallow flavor combination that is happening in this beer, I'll pass. An interesting beer and intriguing enough that its worth a try, but ultimately not very good.
Reviewed by kbutler1 from Minnesota
3.68/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.68/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bottle. Number 390 out of 912. Poured into a tulip glass a dark brown/black color with a slight light tan head. Chocolate aroma mixed with some light roast aromas with some, honestly reminds me of a chocolate cereal of sorts. Roasted flavor followed by a dark chocolate sweet flavors. More sweet than roast. Medium mouthfeel. Pretty nice drinking beer. Very interesting.
Dec 29, 2010
Reviewed by mothman from Minnesota
3.37/5 rDev -14.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.37/5 rDev -14.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Poured into kbs chalice.
Pours hardly any head. But leaves a slight amount of lace. Color is a dark caramel brown.
Aroma: Smells like a chocolate cereal. Cocoa puffs or cocoa pebbles. Rich and creamy. Some vanilla and fruity flavors.
Taste: Very chocolate forward dominate. It tastes kind of like fake chocolate or dark chocolate. Cocoa pebbles and cocoa puffs again. It is a very odd tasting beer. It is pretty creamy.
Mouthfeel: Rich, roasted, and creamy. Full bodied with a lower amount of carbonation. Ends a bit dry, kind of clean.
Overall, this was an interesting stout. The chocolate was odd, but it wasn't bad. It was somewhat drinkable. Thanks Kevin!
Dec 29, 2010Pours hardly any head. But leaves a slight amount of lace. Color is a dark caramel brown.
Aroma: Smells like a chocolate cereal. Cocoa puffs or cocoa pebbles. Rich and creamy. Some vanilla and fruity flavors.
Taste: Very chocolate forward dominate. It tastes kind of like fake chocolate or dark chocolate. Cocoa pebbles and cocoa puffs again. It is a very odd tasting beer. It is pretty creamy.
Mouthfeel: Rich, roasted, and creamy. Full bodied with a lower amount of carbonation. Ends a bit dry, kind of clean.
Overall, this was an interesting stout. The chocolate was odd, but it wasn't bad. It was somewhat drinkable. Thanks Kevin!
Reviewed by mentor from Colorado
4.3/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4
4.3/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4
Cellared by me since I picked it up from the brewery back when it was just released. Pours a heavy finger of brown head over a pitch liquid. Smells very dry roast coffee, chocolate, cream, blackberry, mild spice zip, and some clean alcohol. Metallic, chocolate on pear, chocolate-dipped strawberries.
Tastes dry roast, with baker's chocolate, and blackberry that I find comes with the use of northern brewer hops. This beer is very dry, like a foreign export stout. Grassy hop still persists, some citrus hop flavor, nut, iron, berry, over-baked sugar cookies (made with some brown sugar in place of some of the white sugar). Scorch and black malt acrid in the finish. Dark fruity esters rise retronasal to add complexity. Pretty interesting beer.
Thick in the mouth and md carbonation that comes across stingy, like due to the drying grains and acrid finish. Decent drinkability.
Dec 26, 2010Tastes dry roast, with baker's chocolate, and blackberry that I find comes with the use of northern brewer hops. This beer is very dry, like a foreign export stout. Grassy hop still persists, some citrus hop flavor, nut, iron, berry, over-baked sugar cookies (made with some brown sugar in place of some of the white sugar). Scorch and black malt acrid in the finish. Dark fruity esters rise retronasal to add complexity. Pretty interesting beer.
Thick in the mouth and md carbonation that comes across stingy, like due to the drying grains and acrid finish. Decent drinkability.
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