Dark Star Imperial Stout - Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery

DrunkMcDermott

Illinois

4.83/5  rDev +9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

This is one of the great ones in a category that inspires a lot of great beers. Compared to, say, a Guinness, which you can still see a little daylight through, this one is solid black. Almost tastes like a bourbon-barrel-aged stout, though it isn't. Great bang of roasted coffee and dark malt flavor, alcohol warmth and a bitter tang that stays behind after the swallow. Even leaves a sticky juice-like coating on your lip. Waiter assures me this is barrel-aged stout, but that doesn't show in the nose. This is one of those beers that makes a visit to Flossmoor Station involve uttering the words "Oh... My... Freakin'... God!"

Serving type: on-tap

09-19-2003 16:59:54 | More by DrunkMcDermott

TheDM

Indiana

4.03/5  rDev -9%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

This brew pours a large head of small to large bubbles that left a good lacing. It had a opaque black body and a stroing coffee aroma. The flavor was a very smooth coffee one that matched my taste almost perfectly. A very good brew from the folks at Flossmoor Station!

Serving type: on-tap

07-27-2003 17:27:16 | More by TheDM