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Imperial Stout
Left Hand Brewing Company
- From:
- Left Hand Brewing Company
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- Russian Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 10.4%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.82 | pDev: 12.04%
- Reviews:
- 433
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 17, 2018
- Added:
- Jan 27, 2002
- Wants:
- 42
- Gots:
- 22
No description / notes.
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Rated by TheRandall from Indiana
4.25/5 rDev +11.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +11.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Why in _uck would Left Hand retire this beer? What a shame. It is amazing.
May 17, 2018Rated by andrenaline from Canada (ON)
4/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On tap nitro stout that went down like candy. Unreal. Could drink this stuff all night.
Nov 14, 2016Reviewed by puboflyons from New Hampshire
4.43/5 rDev +16%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.25
4.43/5 rDev +16%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.25
From the 12 fl. oz Nitro bottle with an enjoy by date of 06/08/17. Sampled on October 23, 2016. Serving in the upper 40 degree range.
The pour is jet black with a soft, nitro-influenced tan head that laves a lot of lacing.
The first aroma sensation I get is dark roasted malts and then licorice, anise, and a touch of booze.
Full body that is very smooth and creamy.
The booze is more noticeable in the taste but there is still a mildly sweet dark roasted malt flavor and a semi-dry finish.
Oct 23, 2016The pour is jet black with a soft, nitro-influenced tan head that laves a lot of lacing.
The first aroma sensation I get is dark roasted malts and then licorice, anise, and a touch of booze.
Full body that is very smooth and creamy.
The booze is more noticeable in the taste but there is still a mildly sweet dark roasted malt flavor and a semi-dry finish.
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.52/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Gives a hefty dark black as night vibe, with a beige head in the 1/2" range. Aroma was fire fire fire, smoke, char, roast.
Taste was right up the alley of all the normal stout descriptors, char, roast, coffee, chocolate, thick, bitter. Good mouthfeel, amazed how big of a beer this is abv wise in the mouthfeel. Very affordable and available, nice.
Apr 14, 2016Taste was right up the alley of all the normal stout descriptors, char, roast, coffee, chocolate, thick, bitter. Good mouthfeel, amazed how big of a beer this is abv wise in the mouthfeel. Very affordable and available, nice.
Reviewed by stakem from Pennsylvania
4.25/5 rDev +11.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +11.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
12oz bottled 9/19/07 poured into a tulip. The brew appears black in color with a khaki head that fades leaving patchy lace.
Smells delicious like decadent milk chocolate, coffee and slight rootbeer/anise spiciness.
Tastes sweet and boozy with licorice, chocolate, roast, leather, earth. Like the nose, there is a bit of a cola/root beer/birch beer spiciness to the finish that is peculiar but interesting and enjoyable.
Medium to full bodied, modestly carbonated and quite enjoyable.Talk about a sleeper of a beer. This was not tasting its age and I feel like it aged quite gracefully with some unique nuance.
Feb 03, 2016Smells delicious like decadent milk chocolate, coffee and slight rootbeer/anise spiciness.
Tastes sweet and boozy with licorice, chocolate, roast, leather, earth. Like the nose, there is a bit of a cola/root beer/birch beer spiciness to the finish that is peculiar but interesting and enjoyable.
Medium to full bodied, modestly carbonated and quite enjoyable.Talk about a sleeper of a beer. This was not tasting its age and I feel like it aged quite gracefully with some unique nuance.
Reviewed by ThaneMcC from Germany
4.21/5 rDev +10.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev +10.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
With a vigorous pour (as directed) with copious light tan foamy head (2fb) and solid lacing. Smells of roasted malts, cocoa, dark fruits, molasses. Tastes of dark licorice, dark, semi sweet chocolate, fig/prune and a hint of smoke/leather. Despite the sweetness, very small floral hop influence and leaves a rather clean finish.
Mouthfeel is creamy, smooth, not quite full bodied but still a solid mouthfeel.
Overall, this is a tasty RIS – more complex than their nitro milk stout and equally good. I will pick this up wherever I can find it.
Aug 11, 2015Mouthfeel is creamy, smooth, not quite full bodied but still a solid mouthfeel.
Overall, this is a tasty RIS – more complex than their nitro milk stout and equally good. I will pick this up wherever I can find it.
Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota
4.07/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.07/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Pours bright dark brown under a very finely bubbled 1” tan cap that hugs the side of the glass. The aroma is very muted and disappointing. Palate a little molassy sweet up front with roast and chocolate and hints of dark fruit that give way to a big bitter finish. It feel soft and luscious in the mouth with a big body and a little above average carbonation. This is a nice big beer but it is not as well balanced as some.
May 26, 2015
Imperial Stout from Left Hand Brewing Company
Beer rating:
86 out of
100 with
524 ratings
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