Reviewed By: Herr MikeStyle: Russian Imperial Stout
State/Country: New Jersey
ABV: 10%
Serving Type: 12 oz Bottle
Look: 9
Dark coffee color, no head, very light lacing
Smell: 7.5
Very subtle smell, chocolate, malt, coffee
Taste: 8.5
Up Front: chocolate, coffee, vanilla, slight smoke. Finish: burnt toast, chocolate, slight alcohol at end
Mouthfeel: 8
Slightly sticky and dry
Drinkability: 8
This needs to be sipped like a cognac. One and done for me!
Overall Score: 8.2
Value: 8
Cost/12 oz serving: $2.67
Overall Impression:
Not my favorite R.I.S. It did taste better than the last one I had (maybe due to some cellaring) as the beer warms, more notes come through. I met Brian Boaks at the Philly Winter Beer Fest and he told me that the beer was aged a year before distribution.
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I agree with Herr Mike's assessment: I was not impressed by this beer at all. Unlike HM, I'm a HUGE fan of R.I.S. so I probably would have scored this even lower, had I done an official review at the time
ReplyDeleteSorry Boaks...I'd love to show you some Jersey Luv, but I can't at the moment :(
Still, I'd like to try some more beers from them, and possibly a different batch of this one.
--Herr Rick