Stone Brewing Stone Imperial Stout (2022)

Ask any hardcore Stone enthusiast about our most legendary beers and you’re bound to hear mention of this one. Nearly jet black with a fluffy hot chocolate-colored head, a goblet of this obsidian wonder held to the sky could block out the sun. Or an evening. Redolent with dark chocolate and heavy roast up front, gracef

Stone Imperial Stout

ABV: 10.5%

IBUS : 45

HOP VARIETIES: Magnum

FLAVOR PROFILE
The beer is mostly about roasted malts. Bittersweet cocoa and coffee flavors are the major players, along with fruitiness, hints of anise, and yeastiness, followed by a smooth, balanced, not sweet finish.

PALATE
This beer is very full bodied, and very smooth!

APPEARANCE
Beer pours black with a deep tan head of foam.

AROMA
Cocoa and coffee flavors dominate, along with some fruity fermentation esters and some yeasty breadiness.

OVERALL
We don’t change this recipe much from the original version that Steve designed in 2000. It’s a fantastic recipe, and we love brewing it every year!