Stone Brewing Stone Imperial Stout (2022)

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!