Oskar Blues Brewery Ten Fidy Imperial Stout at 10.5% ABV ($4.87 at Willow Park Wine & Spirits)
Pours black (merest hints of ruby brown around the periphery) with a short, short-lived tan head, no lacing. Nose is dark chocolate, molasses, roasty malts and coffee. Taste is medium sweet followed by strong bitter Full body, almost creamy, low sustained carbonation, with a lingering bitter boozy finish.
Well, damn – ain’t that some shit. I’d put this just a tad behind 8Wired iStout, and a little more again behind Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch Weasel – but at about one-half to one-third the price, respectively. Advantage: Oskar Blues, I think. The bitterness on the finish is neither unexpected nor unwelcome, but having fairly recently experienced the amazing creamy smoothness of the Brunch Weasel, I have to mark this down by comparison. An excellent and extremely cost-effective RIS.
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