8 Wired Batch 31 Imperial Stout

Fresh from the successes of Batch 18 we strolled into #31 expecting good things.

This too is an imperial, but scaled down a little at 11% abv and in fact quite different to the previous release. It's a smokier nose and far smokier taste than before, without the plum pudding / christmas cake characteristics that were dominant in Batch 18 and many other imperials. Bitterness is held in check here.

This is a quality beer and easy, enjoyable drinking. I preferred the previous edition of this particular line however for its deeper content and less bacon like tendencies. 8.0