Amsterdam Tempest Imperial Stout
Abv has varied.
2011 edition: 9%
2013 edition: 9%
2014 edition: 9%
Unique to Ontario, Tempest Imperial Stout is brewed with a complex grain bill and three types of hops. Tempest has a bracing bitterness that quickly blends with deep malt notes and a slight spiciness. Cellered for 3 months prior to packaging and then wax dipped, this beer will cellar well for up to 3 years.
2011 edition: 9%
2013 edition: 9%
2014 edition: 9%
Unique to Ontario, Tempest Imperial Stout is brewed with a complex grain bill and three types of hops. Tempest has a bracing bitterness that quickly blends with deep malt notes and a slight spiciness. Cellered for 3 months prior to packaging and then wax dipped, this beer will cellar well for up to 3 years.
3.8
154 reviews
Toronto, Canada
Community reviews
Bottle. Super dark dense pour with a beige head. Nose is roasty and sweet. Little bit of booze, dry roasty taste. Very good.
Noir avec une robe moyenne marron foncer. L’arôme est du chocolat et surtout du malt torréfié avec un peu d’alcool et d’houblon. En bouche c’est onctueux avec plein du malt et chocolat avec une bonne finale amer.
Thanks to cards04 for this. Very deep brown with just a thin wisp of tan foam. Chocolate and coffee aroma. Flavor is roasted grains, espresso, and blackened toast. Finish is bitter with charred wood and only a slight chocolate sweetness.
Aroma: strong burned robusta, malts.
Taste: light sourness, light to moderate burned and alcohol bitterness.
Flavour: robusta, ashe, dry alcohol, light bitter chocolate notes.
Alcohol and hop bitterness in the aftertaste.
BOTTLE 50CL from bunget. Pitch black, espresso head. Strong coffee and chocolate in the nose, roasty, a touch of alcohol. Tastes roasty, coffee, acrid black malts, zesty spicy bitterness and some ashes. Correct and classic.
Pour is motor oil with a thin espresso cap that hangs around and leaves some nice lacing. Nose is chocolate/molasses/toast/coffee - nice and promising. Taste is....a bit of a let down. There seems to be a watery patch in the middle, despite the 9% ABV and full-ish body. Texture is slick/creamy, with nice lingering bitterness on the finish. Tasty, but lacking a certain punch for my liking.
500ml bottle into tulip. Minneapolis.
Pours dark dark brown with small rim of tan head.
Aroma is a little unsettling. Grain alcohol is most present. Licorice, chocolate, and vanilla notes in the background. Really not great.
Taste is mostly bitter. There is a sharp bite with a strong alcohol finish.
Body is medium-full. Sharp carbonation. Long alcohol finish.
This beer was a huge disappointment. I won’t be finishing this.
Noire comme la nuit et surmontée d’un moelleux collet blanc, cette stout impériale présente une abondance de malts qui trouve équilibre dans une abondance de houblons tout aussi impressionnante. Le nez est de café, de malts rôtis, d’un très léger sucre qui annonce un liquide plutôt sec mais qui finalement ne l’est pas. C’est plus rond en bouche qu’au nez. Je reçus, à la première gorgée, une attaque chaude tissée d’alcool, d’épices et de houblons. Cette première gorgée fut intense et plus ou moins plaisante. Par la suite, les choses se sont calmées et je me suis mis à rechercher (plutôt qu’à fuir) cette attaque amère qui en fin de bouche, laissait place à un sucre résiduel rappelant le caramel et le beurre d’arachides. Très belle bière que je serais très heureux de pouvoir déguster une fois vieillie en fût de bourbon américain!
Pours black with a frothy tan head. Aromas of roasted malt, hops, cream, some coffee, chocolate and caramel. Tastes of roasted malt, hops, chocolate, coffee & molasses. Bitter finish. Medium bodied, creamy mouthfeel.
Bottle at the Ultimate Imperial Stout Tasting, shared by the ever cool dennoman. Lots of coffee in this one, but all in all lacking a bit of thickness and body.
Smell of coffee, chocolate. Black colour, mid-brown head. Ashy palate. Aroma of burnt malt, ash, some oak. Also cocoa. Finishes with chocolate and coffee. Roasty bitter. Soft but rather plentiful carbon. Palate is part oily, part velvety.
Bottle at the Ultimate Imperial Stout Tasting. Thnx for the awesome day, folks! This bottle was shared bydennoman. Pours black, no real head. Smell is bit sweet, grainy. Taste is a bit sharp, grainy, somewhat bitter. I like the label-detailed picture part as well. cool !
Bottle (500 ml). 2013 vintage. From Sammy, thanks! Split 3-ways with JulienHuxley and Minderbinder.
Appearance: Black with a medium beige-brown head and little lacing.
Aroma: Roasted malts, light chocolate, citrus, smokey notes and mild vanilla.
Taste: Smokey with a light acidity, roasted malts, hints of citrus, ashes and alcohol.
Palate: Medium to full body. Moderate to medium carbonation. A bit of warmth in the finish.
Overall: Decent/good european style RIS. Tasty.
Bottle 500ml. [2013]
Pours jet black with medium beige head. Some lacing. Aroma is of coffee, roasted malt, alcohol, vanilla. Taste is of roasted malt, creamy coffee, bitterness, ashes, alcohol, spices. Palate: Full bodied. Soft carbonation. Overall: Nice. Good malt features.
500 mL bottle. Jet black pour, finger of wet sand rocky head. Big aroma of dark chocolate, roasted malt, espresso and a bit of booze. similar taste, lovely bit of bitterness. Medium body.
Bottle, 2013. Black pour with thin ring of tan head. Aroma is roasty, light smokiness, boozy, light coffee. Taste is boozy, bitter, roasty grain, scotch like flavor. Palate is med bodied with good carbonation. Nice.
Bottle shared by b3shine. Poured black color with a moderate fizzy tan head that mostly lasted with excellent lacing. Medium to heavy toasted sweet chocolate malt aroma. Medium to full body with a smooth texture and flat carbonation. Medium to heavy toasted chocolate malt flavor with a medium to heavy sweet finish of moderate to long duration. This is a solid beer.
500 ml bottle shared by b3shine. Pours a dark cola brown color with a small off white head. The aroma and flavor have roasted malt, dark chocolate, a hint of coffee, some bitterness to the finish, decent imperial stout, albeit a touch thin, flavor is solid enough.
500ml bottle, thanks to b3shine for sharing. Very dark brown, near-black color. Thin tan head, leaving good bits of lace. Awesome coffee, moderate roast malt. Smoke. Earthy hop. Medium to bigger body. Smooth, kind of crisp lighter carbonation. Light dry finish. Moderate to bigger bitter taste, moderate sweet. Just a touch ashy, but I don’t mind. Just slightly biting in the finish. Enjoyable imperial stout to try. I dig the smoke.
Bottle to snifter (shared with the Cinci crew; thanks DuffMan). This vintage is 9%. Looks good; a lightly translucent brownish cola with beige head that steadily dissipates into lacing. Smells solid; dark malt, chocolate, and a bit of roast and what seems like oak (even though there isn’t any mention of a barrel). Tastes like it smells with a bit of bitterness and a medium full-bodied mouthfeel. Enjoyable.
Bottle, 2014, 9%. Pours in black body with medium froasty tan head which is gone within a minute or two. Aroma has a gentle roastiness, little bit of dark chocolate, along with some pretty light acidity on the nose. Taste has high earthy acidic bitterness right upfront but gets balanced by a high roasty sweetness, coffee, dark chocolate. Long bitterness in the after taste. Body is pretty dry, heavy, medium-high carbonation. Alcohol is a little bit too warming for my taste.
500 ml bottle from LCBO Hawkesbury (Ontario) on November 28, 2014 (9% version). Black, small beige head. Fruity coffee aroma, not to strong. Spicy moka coffee taste, but somewhat dry, nice bitter coffee aftertaste. Not a tempest in your mouth, but at less not an over the top monster now a days!
500 ml bottle from the LCBO.
Appearance: Pours a
dark black with a bit of tan head, shorter retention and lots of lacing.
Aroma:
Chocolate, coffee, dark malt, smoke.
Flavours:
Coco, dark malt, cola, black coffee
Mouthfeel:
Thinner with moderate carbonation.
Overall: A nice imperial stout. Not as good as some of the other options on the market like Bolsevik Bastard but still petty decent.
All around good but very boozey tasting... better when it sits for a while... going to cellar a bottle to see if its better
Bottle. Pours black tan head. Nose/taste of roast chocolate, light oxidation, mocha pie, vanilla and coffee. Medium body.
Bottle. Black pour with tan head. Roasted and chocolate aromas. Chocolate, roasted and malty flavors.
Bottle - 500ml (2014). Pours an opaque black body with an average, fading, beige foamy head. Rich malty aroma with vineous and chocolate hints. Alcohol is not agressive. Its robust malty/hoppy aroma carries roasty, licorice, woody, and plummy notes. Ends with a long, strong, warming, bitter/roasty finish. Very well done.
From LCBO, drank at Ian's place in Toronto. Inky black with thin beige watery head. Smells of cola, potpourri/florals, spice, dried fruit, bit of soy sauce. Tastes of spiced cola, coffee, slightly syrupy malt, quite bitter. Body is bitter, fizzy.
Bottle from LCBO at Ian's in Toronto. Dark black pour, very little head. Aroma is dark chocolate, licorice, roasted malt. Taste is big but standard imperial stout - mostly roasted malt, some coffee bitterness, some dark fruit. Good coffee flavor. Lasting finish - a bit boozy. Good.
Opaque black with beautiful thick yellow-brown foam. Very deep and strong coffee, cocoa + herbal aroma. Taste is also very deep, hints of dark chocolate, carmel, licorice and champagne.The taste is even developing more when the temperature increases, so do not cool down it too much.
Very good beer!