Brewery: Samuel Smith’s
Style: Imperial Stout
Country: England
- Aromas 8/10
- Appearance 5/5
- Taste 8/10
- Palate 4/5
- Overall 16/20
- Final Rating 4.1/5
Bottle 355 ml from Beerwulf. Aromas of roasted malts, coffee, chocolate and some caramel. Pours a deep black body with a big beige head. Thick and creamy palate followed by a taste of dark roasted malts, black coffee, some chocolate and caramel tones, alcohol and subtle liquorice. Leaving a well balanced and very enjoyable bitterness from the roasted malts and coffee notes. Very good proper stout which takes you back in time to smoky and oily factories (although I doubt their stouts were this good). This fine piece of black oil gets the same scores as Fullers Vintage Ale 2017, despite it being a different style.
