Karl Strauss Wreck Alley Imperial Stout
Karl Strauss Wreck Alley Imperial Stout
Rated 3.360 by BeerPals
Brewed by Karl Strauss Brewing Company
San Diego, CA, United States
Style: Imperial Stout
9.5% Alcohol by Volume
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Beneath the tides off Mission Beach rests Wreck Alley – a dark and mysterious seascape of forgotten ships. Amidst the rusted wreckage is a marine ecosystem, an artificial reef teeming with life. Our Wreck Alley is as dark as the depths of its namesake, an Imperial Stout of uncharted complexity. Brewed with darkly kilned malts, cocoa nibs, and Ethiopian coffee beans, Wreck Alley boasts rich layers of dark chocolate, toffee, and espresso-like roast. Save a bottle. This one has a stout shelf-life.
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| Overall Rank | 7091 |
| Overall Percentile | 87.2 |
| Style Rank | 906 of 2646 |
| Style Percentile | 65.8 |
| Lowest Score | 3.7 |
| Highest Score | 4.1 |
| Average Score | 3.900 |
| Weighted Score | 3.360 |
| Standard Deviation | 0.000 |
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Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9
22oz bottle -
More and more of these new beers from Karl Strauss really deliver quality and affordability, which to me makes a good beer/brewer kicked up a few notches. The beer pours out a deep black body, not an ounce of light getting thru with a dense, creamy 1-finger khaki head. Aroma is baker's chocolate, scorched marshmallows, black licorice, and roasted malts/coffee. The beer really shines with a very nice depth of flavor, found in many higher priced imperial stouts. An impressive medley of coffee/chocolate flavors, but there's also a bit of green pepper/green-ness about this with a woody hoppy-whisper. Alcohol is kept under wraps for the most part. Super high drinkability, not heavy in any way...dept of flavor, great price...highly recomennded -
Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7
Pretty nice overall, well below average for an imperial stout (as the too high 94/43 on RB implies). A little light for the style, but not too much so. More fruit and toffee than expected, and less roast/coffee/chocolate, though those are present as well. I have a bottle to revisit (bought b4 the trip there) but as of now, pretty standard beer. Waaaaay more obvious coffee and cocoa out of the bottle, and hint more carbonation. Still thin, but more interesting.
