Imperial Stout

Madbul Cerveza Artesana “Recuerdos del 2017” French Oak-Aged Imperial Stout

Name: Recuerdos del 2017 Brewer: Madbul Cerveza Artesana (Philippines) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 12.5% Review Year: 2021 Eric de Jesus of Madbul Cerveza Artesana brings back a recipe from his time in Madrid 2017 for his first Imperial Stout release in the Philippines– the Recuerdos del 2017 (Memories of 2017). This Imperial Stout, …

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BrewDog x Evil Twin “Roaster Coaster” Nitro Imperial Vietnamese Coffee Stout

Name: Roaster Coaster Brewers: BrewDog (United Kingdom/ United States), Evil Twin Brewing (Denmark/ United States) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Sweet Stout) ABV: 9% Review Year: 2020 BrewDog and Evil Twin teamed up for Roaster Coaster, a “Nitro Imperial Vietnamese Coffee Stout” that, as the name suggests, features mainly nitrogen and coffee. STYLE GUIDELINES This beer …

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Turning Wheels “Singlespeed” Imperial Stout

Name: Singlespeed Brewer: Turning Wheels (Philippines) Style: Imperial Stout ABV: 9.3% Review Year: 2021 Singlespeed is a dark and roasty Imperial Stout from the Cebu-based craft brewery, Turning Wheels. The brewery is headed by brewer and avid cyclist, Michael Nikkel. STYLE GUIDELINES This beer is being evaluated as an Imperial Stout (20C) in the context of the …

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Tired Hands “Memory Care” Salted Chocolate & Lavender Coffee Stout

Name: Memory Care Brewer: Tired Hands Brewing Co. (United States) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 12.3% Review Year: 2020 Memory Care is a “Salted Chocolate & Lavender Coffee Stout” concocted by Tired Hands Brewing Co. (Pennsylvania). This “Coffee Stout” was brewed with dark specialty and caramel malts, together with a generous helping of flaked oats …

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Burial “Houtenhamer (2018)” Double Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout

Name: Houtenhamer (2018) Brewer: Burial Beer Co. (United States) Style: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 12% Review Year: 2020 This 2018 vintage of Houtenhamer, the “double” barrel-aged Imperial Stout by Burial Beer Co. (North Carolina), was unearthed in 2020. This menacing dark ale was aged initially in Bourbon barrels for six months and then racked into …

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The Finback x Bottle Logic Omura Trilogy

Omura is a massive Imperial Stout brewed by Bottle Logic Brewing (California) and Finback Brewery (New York) sometime in 2019. This behemoth was aged in Willet bourbon barrels for 10 months and manifested in three versions– Black, Orange, and White– each featuring different combinations of ingredients such as chocolate, coffee, orange, cinnamon, coconut, and almonds. …

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Bottle Logic “Reaction State 2019” Imperial Breakfast Stout

Name: Reaction State 2019 Brewer: Bottle Logic Brewing (United States) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 12% Review Year: 2020 Reaction State 2019 is the second batch of the “Imperial Breakfast Stout” released by Bottle Logic Brewing (California). This massive dark ale, which weighs in at 12% ABV, was aged in a combination of maple syrup …

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Nerdbrewing “Override (2020)” Imperial Chocolate Milkshake Stout

Name: Override (2020) Brewer: Nerdbrewing (Sweden) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 10.5% Review Year: 2020 Override is an “Imperial Milk Stout” aged on roasted cacao nibs and vanilla brewed by the Swedish stout mafia, Nerdbrewing. Nerdbrewing was founded in 2015 by Hannes Gruber and Karin Carlsson. A successful homebrewer, Hannes has won …

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Highland Park Brewery x Horus Aged Ales “242 MPH” Imperial Stout

Name: 242 MPH Brewer: Highland Park Brewery, Horus Aged Ales (United States) Style: Mixed-Style Beer (Base Style: Imperial Stout) ABV: 13.5% Review Year: 2020 242 MPH is an Imperial Stout brewed by Highland Park Brewery in collaboration with Horus Aged Ales. This Imperial Stout was brewed with massive amounts of coconut and some cherrywood. STYLE GUIDELINES This beer is being …

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