KS15 Imperial Stout
Brouwbar in Gent, East Flanders, Belgium đ§đȘ
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
6.99
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nathanvc (5932) reviewed KS15 Imperial Stout from Brouwbar 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
7 March 2019. At Brouwbar, Ghent. Shared with the lovely Anke! Pours hazy black with a lasting, unstable, small, frothy, beige head; some lacing. Aroma of raisin, dried fig, unripe blue plum, soy milk, milk chocolate, cookie dough, vanilla custard, mocha, peanuts. Taste is medium malty sweet, chocolatey & nutty but with lots of dark fruits coming through (raisin, blue plum, blackcurrant), building up a medium fruity sourness with red & black berries, almost port-like, only mildly bitter thanks to tones of toast & fondant, a bit powdery. Dryish, bit tart, earthy hoppy finish, lingering berries, nuts, chocolate, hidden (vague coffee liqueur-like) alcohol. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Surprisingly drinkable Imperial Stout (at that ABV), very smooth & fruity even, perhaps a tad too smooth; the revamped KS24 is definitely an improvement but I wouldn't keep this hidden from the public (right, Benjamin?).
tderoeck (20788) reviewed KS15 Imperial Stout from Brouwbar 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Brouwbar KS15 Imperial Stout (by Brouwbar):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.8/5
29/XI/18 - on tap @ Brouwbar, BB: n/a - (2018-1743)
Clear dark brown to purple beer, creamy solid beige to brown head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice laing in the glass. Aroma: lots of roast, coffee, smoky touch, campfire, more roast, charcoal, caramel notes, some vanilla. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: surprisingly sourish start, bit lemony, coffee, red fruits, some berries, strawberry, red currant. Aftertaste: nice roast, some caramel, lots of coffee, pretty acidic, more red berries, some dark chocolate.
Alengrin (10989) reviewed KS15 Imperial Stout from Brouwbar 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Brouwbar at last tackling the prestigious imperial stout style, but naming it âKSâ (from the Dutch translation âkeizerlijke stoutâ) instead of the expected âISâ in order to avoid any connection with ISIS apparently⊠Draught at Brouwbar. Densely creamy, pale greyish beige, very regularly shaped, thinnish and slowly opening head over a black beer with thin, hazy burgundy edges. Aroma of maple syrup, fudge, milk chocolate bars, gravy (quite outspoken), ruby port, chocolate-coated peanuts, damp forest floor and mouldy tree leaves, cola, elderberry syrup, blueberry jam, lots of damp earth with even a volatile hint of manure. Very sweet onset, sugary even, blackberry jam and candied date, a tad sticky even also due to the soft carbonation; light sourish undertone but much stronger, gravy-like umami presence. Full and thick caramelly and bit nutty malt body, milk-chocolatey even, leading to a warming finish with outspoken, yet not too astringent rum-like alcohol, while the caramelly sweetness lingers. The roasted bitterness which should typify a stout and certainly a strong one, remains very, very limited: in all, this is much more an imperial porter than an imperial stout. Still, very enjoyable beer nonetheless, with a distinct character, yet still bearing Brouwbarâs typical profile of cleanness and accessibility. Will certainly revisit, too.