I think Facebook is letting me get the most out of my beer drinking/brewing/researching obsession. I think I have become a fan of anything beer related on Facebook…if I see someone holding what looks like a craft beer, I try to befriend them. Most of the time it turns out that they are a beer fanatic like myself, but other times, I de-friend them. The fact that my local Bottle Shops have fan pages and are constantly updating me with the most recent deliveries that they receive has allowed me to always be able to pick out the beer I want to purchase before driving out to pick it up, a convenient feature for me and free marketing for them. I won’t bore you with my beer related Facebook stalking though, let’s get back to what matters, Beer.
THE BEER:
A little bit about Skagit River Brewery…
This commitment to Yakima Valley hops, northwest grown barley and wheat and the purity of our water source combine to produce outstanding beers. Skagit “Steelie” Brown Ale and Dutch Girl Lager, are truly American-made versions of traditional English and German beers. Our other beers each draw on their own sources of inspiration to provide for seasonal individual tastes.
Bump City Brews thoughts…
Pour: Black as one would expect for an Imperial Stout. Medium-light, creamy head with a light amber tint to it, but more importantly (to me) the head retention lasts throughout the entire session. The lacing left on the glass with this beer was very nice as well.
Aroma: Sweet, dark roasted caramel notes are the dominant flavors present. Followed by a slight hint of chocolate. No overwhelming coffee aromas present in this Stout as one might find in other stouts. I wanted topoint out that as this stout comes closer to room temperature, the sweet caramel aroma becomes more mild allowing the roasted notes to come through, which balance it nicely.
Taste: Rich, sweet caramel flavors are the forefront with the dark roasted malt serving more as a shadow and not a partner. Notes of chocolate are present with each taste as well. Hints of licorice are present on the back of my palate as an aftertaste.
Overall: This is a full-bodied stout, almost a little to cloying for my taste. I would prefer a little more hops and roasted malt to balance out the overwhelming sweetness from the caramel and chocolate malts. My lips are still sticky from drinking this one…
Will I buy more of it?: Nah, probably not, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t. As you have probably noticed, its a little too sweet for my taste buds and it’s making me fuller and fuller by the minute…I might not need to eat dinner tonight after this one.
Vintage: 2010
BEER FACTS:
Name: Trumpeter
Style: Imperial Stout
Brewery: Skagit River
City: Mount Vernon
Country: USA
Container: 22 oz
Malts: Chocolate, Caramel, Roasted
Hops: Unknown
ABV: 10%
IBUs: ?
Date: 2.5.2010
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