Grand Teton Black Cauldron Imperial Stout

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

Pours a creamy black with a nice chocolate brown head. Aroma is typical of the style. Mouth feel is creamy and goes down smooth. Taste is nothing to write home about, seems a little bland. Aftertaste is a bit metallic with a medium alcohol hint. Not too bad but I have had better, kinda a let down in a way.

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

Bottled 12/8/2010 with a listed abv of 8.0% and bought in Chicago during the Dark Lord Day 2011 beercation. An opaque dark brown body with a long lasting thick tan head and bountiful lacing. Medium to light mouth feel relative to style, nice creaminess and soothing. Heavy roast with a strong coffee aspect. Nutty with rich bakers chocolate and a very firm bitter kick.

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

Pour is almost black with a creamy, tan head. Some dark fruit and chocolate, plenty of roasted malts and just a hint of coffee in the aroma. Taste is much the same but the coffee almost completely disappears and there are enough hops to impart a faint, grassy bitterness in the finish. Tasty.

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

Sampled on 2/5/2010. This Imperial Stout pours a dark black color from a 12oz bottle. Medium sized tan foamy head. The aroma is chocolate, molasses, brown sugar and dark fruit. A medium bodied Imperial Stout. The malts are chocolate and coffee, vanilla and dark fruit. The hops are herbal and earthy. Nice balance of chocolate, sweet and hops. Very smooth. Nice balance. Good carbonation. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly sweet.

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

Very good Impy Stout, dark fruity malt and licorice. This beer pours a deep black-brown with a thin, khaki head. The aroma is a mix of a number of flavors, roast, blackberries, alcohol, anise, caramel, a hint of dark chocolate. No particular note dominates, and everything works pretty well together. The flavor has some sweetness, but it’s fairly dry for the style, always appreciated. Once again, I’m impressed by Grand Teton’s bigger offerings.

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

Picked up a 4-pack of this beer while at my recent stop at BevMo. They carry most of Grand Teton’s products but this was the first time I’ve seen this particular beer. I cracked the cap that was wrapped up in a gray/silver foil around the top of the bottle. It pours out a motor oil black body with a brown 1/2" thick head. Head retention was pretty low with about 30 seconds or so before melting away, leaving behind some scattered lacing. While still cold, the aroma that first hits me is soy sauce and some light smoke. The dark bitter chocolate really snaps your attention on first taste. The bitter hops just echoes the bitterness in the chocolate. When it warms up, the hops really come out on the nose, blending well with the smoke and soy notes. Leather really comes out when it hits it’s stride. Alcohol is noticeable, but kept well in check. Coffee bitterness also shows up and it finishes rather spicy for a impy. Mouthfeel is a text-book example of how smooth, silky and creamy an impy should be.

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

wow...i'm surprised at the relatively low scores here. i thought this beer was surprsingly well done. a little on the hoppy side, which was nice, with some decadent roasted chocolate and coffee in the flavor and aroma. dangerously smooth, and easy drinking for an IRS. Only 8%, but full flavored and bodied.

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

A typical Imperial Stout with nothing to separate it from the pack. A dark black pour with a 1" tan head that stuck around. The aroma was roasted malt, chocolate, and licorice tones. The flavour was slightly bitter with no hint of alcohol. Some dark fruit was in the mix as well.

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

big boozy nose, not quite take away .. . lovely foam qualities.. . lots of cocoa and chocolate .. . very smooth for the abv .. . a pleasure to drink.. she's a witch!!

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 6

Bottle shared by sloth at Statline. The pour was typical, dark deep black in color, big brown chocolate colored head on top, decent lacing all the way down. The aroma was milky chocolate, light roast, the typical. The flavor was strong milk chocolate, dry cocoa powder keeping it honest, some licorice, along with light grassy hops perhaps. The finish was a dry bitterness with an almost astringent (but not) character. A tad off, I suppose, but still not bad, just hard to alot that much to the liver without a bit more impressiveness in the flavor category, ya know? As usual, a very nice thank you out to Bert for sharing, fun times!