BrewDog Riptide

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

No real head to speak of. Just a slight foamy ring around the glass. Aroma is also slight, mostly of chocolate malts. Body the color of cola Flavors clearly on the malt side of the spectrum with chocolate and roasted malts the most prevalent. Body is not heavy like a typical imperial stout. This will be a good one to remember when I want to serve an imperial stout to my friends, but are affraid they’ll freak out over something heavy and syrupy.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

750mL bottle pours deep mahogany with nice firm looking mocha head. The aroma has dark roasted malts, dark roasted coffee and a mild level of spicy black licorice. The taste is rich with plenty of dark roasted malts moving into near burnt malts and some spiciness kind of like black licorice. Wow this is lovely, rich, highly roasted and all good. I dig it!
Earlier Rating: 2/5/2009 Total Score: 3.5
Courtesy of THE tpd975. Pours deep brown with amber edges and almost no head. The aroma is roasty malts, mild wood and smoke to go along with a pulse of vanilla. The taste is roasty moving toward burnt malts and then into wood and mild smoky peatiness. Pretty nice stuff. It thins out into the finish. Starts bold and then finishes with smooth and light lingering notes of wood, peat, smoke and molasses.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

660ml bottle (BBD 12/12/09) from The Grapevine in Pocatello
Appearance: Pours thick black with a very small tan head that recedes quickly and very little lacing on the sides of the glass as I swirl it. Aroma: Rich cocoa and dark fruits
Taste: Fairly smooth, but surprisingly has a slightly thin mouthfeel. Dark chocolate and malts, coffee and some hop bitterness in the finish
Nice and chocolatey.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Bottle from Vinmonopolet. Pours dark brown, almost black with a small light brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, dark fruits and hops. Nice stout with a good balance. Dry and a bit bitter finish.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 8

Bottle: Poured a dark brown with light brown head. Sweet caramel with strong malt aroma. The taste was similar with caramel and chocolate malt.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

Pours dark brown with a very thin head which dissipates to a ring of bubbles around the glass. Leaves an oily residue inside the glass. The smell has coffee, chocolate and new shoe leather. Throw in some licorice and burnt malt with the aroma and you have the flavour . Smooth medium mouthfeel. Odd beer ,enjoyed it more towards the end.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 8

Hmmm, decidely brewdog personality. Aroma has something sour, raisins and craisins, something faintly like belgian candi sugar. The mouth is full and a bit tart, tickling the back edgaes of my tounge. Fake chocolate powder and cold hot chocolate. My teeth squeak..... Its ok....

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

This poured a black color with a beige head. The aroma contains some coffee, chocolate, and licorice. The flavor is rather bitter with some licorice, coffee, and chocolate. An odd gritty aftertaste. Overall a decent stout but not a great Impy.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

Sept 2009 - Blah blah. Dark pour, small head. Chocolate flavor and maybe a little roast and chalky...is any of this remarkable in any way? No, it isn’t. Not bad, not great.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

A dark brown imperial stout that has more flavour to it than the Tokyo. The head was thin, light brown, and very creamy. Hints of coffee, chocolate, and licorice hit the nose and tongue. The lower abv really helps this beet go down.