Imperial Stout Appreciation Thread (2023)

Posted this one last night in the "oldies but goodies" thread...it felt wrong not to post here amongst the dark beer lovers...

A beer I'm really not familiar with and have only had a few times now but man is it a perfect sipping beer. It is so so rich it taste and creamy in mouthfeel but with so a huge bitter finish, such great retention and lacing on it too. If I want an imperial stout, this is the beer I want...

 

Enjoying Sir Isaac's Stout this afternoon. This is a really well made dessert beer as the blend of figs, brown sugar, and cinnamon are subtle and working well with the base barreled beer!
Cheers!
Tom

 

Cheers!

 

Veil - Bourbon/Rye Coffee/Coconut Whangdoodle

thanks to @TurkeysDrinkBeer for this one.

really good with the base stout additives. my only complaint is that the barrel was very hidden on the taste but this was still delicious. cheers!!

 

My dear friend @Alefflicted gave me a bottle of this. I had it back in 2018, and it's as good, if not better, than I remember.

Union Series #6 Imperial Russian Stout - Summit Brewing - St. Paul, MN - 10.5% ABV

 

This has been my biggest gripe with The Veil over the last 2 - 3 years. The have a tendency to over do the adjuncts and mask all traces of barrel. I typically try them on draft and skip the bottle unless it's a single adjunct or none at all in which case I like to stock up. They have some fantastic base stouts to work with so it's a real treat when they don't go crazy with the adjuncts. Glad you still enjoyed it. I think you will like the others from the box a bit more as they are more barrel forward options.

 

9/6 bottling date is definitely a winner. Another with great coffee presence. 9/8 was a total miss

 

oh, i more than liked it. it he mouthfeel was exquisite as was the base stout. additives done nicely. very good beer.

 

Drinking a 2010 bottle of Bell's Expedition Stout, notes in the Cellaruary Thread.

 

Central Waters Brewing Twent Five: Variant. Rye barrels with Door County cherries and cocoa nibs. So much cherry.

 

If you have to ask, you don’t know stouts as well as you thought.

 

From the bottle share at Mortalis earlier today: 2022 BBT. Glass-staining. Paint-peeling alcohol bite. Dry wood all day. Spirit-esque thinness. Kind of a FAFO stout. If he hasn’t already had his, I think @Resistance88 will like this.

 

Inspired by @defunksta, I compared the beer I posted above to a similar beer that was released about the same time. It is unfortunate to say, but the one on the right is better.

 

I loved that KBS. Probably my favorite in a while. Makes me optimistic for their future blends. Only ever had one beer from CW but was pleased with that as well. Cheers man.

 

The Decibel Magazine 2023 tour that features Cattle Decapitation in a nearly-perfect lineup, which travels super close to Milwaukee Metalfest, is causing me a lot of stress. I can't pull off both, but I can't not pull off both.