{"id":740,"date":"2008-06-30T19:24:41","date_gmt":"2008-07-01T02:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brewbasement.com\/reviews\/middle-ages-dragonslayer-imperial-stout-tasting-and-aging-notes\/"},"modified":"2008-06-30T19:24:41","modified_gmt":"2008-07-01T02:24:41","slug":"the-brew-basement-middle-ages-dragonslayer-imperial-stout-tasting-and-aging-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.browbrew.com\/?p=740","title":{"rendered":"The Brew Basement: Middle Ages Dragonslayer Imperial Stout &#8211; Tasting and Aging Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brewbasement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/middle_ages_dragonslayer_imperial_stout.jpg\" title=\"middle_ages_dragonslayer_imperial_stout.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brewbasement.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/middle_ages_dragonslayer_imperial_stout.jpg\" alt=\"middle_ages_dragonslayer_imperial_stout.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Name: Dragonslayer Imperial Stout<\/p>\n<p>Brewer: Middle Ages Brewing<\/p>\n<p>Style: Russian Imperial Stout<\/p>\n<p>Vintage: 2008<\/p>\n<p>Cellared On: April 21st, 2008<\/p>\n<p>Original Tasting: June 30th, 2008<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no doubt I&#8217;m a beer geek. At least if I wasn&#8217;t one before, I definitely am one now. I think anybody who can enjoy a powerful stout on a sticky summer night has managed to cross that line.<\/p>\n<p>Dragonslayer Imperial Stout from Middle Ages brewing is the beer that put me over the edge. It poured a jet black with a thick milk chocolate head. There was TONS of chocolate in the smell too, along with plenty of roasted malt and hints of espresso-like astrigency. You couldn&#8217;t miss the big boozy feel of this beer either, the alcohol was very prevalent.<\/p>\n<p>After a few swigs, it quickly became apparent there was a whole heck of a lot going on in this brew. Delicious smooth chocolatey malts were quickly overwhelmed by an intense grassy hop bitterness. This bitterness comes in seriously strong, but eventually fades out a bit to combine with the malts to provide an espresso-like feel to the brew. This beer was much dryer then most Imperial Stouts, with only a hint of sweetness to the malt. The espresso-like flavor of the malts and hops were the dominant taste on the finish, but there was also a faint sour twang there too. Very cool!<\/p>\n<p>And that big boozy smell I mentioned before? I couldn&#8217;t taste a bit of it. Very cool again!<\/p>\n<p>Cellar Outlook: With powerful flavors, and a 9.5% abv, it should hold up pretty well for awhile. I wouldn&#8217;t even mind the hops calming down a bit, I think this beer has a lot to offer behind all of the bitter flavors.<\/p>\n<p><em>Next Tasting: October 2008<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>Jason<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:jason@brewbasement.com\">jason@brewbasement.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brewbasement.com\/\">www.brewbasement.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sharethis.com\/item?&amp;wp=2.3.2&amp;publisher=4b47f62c-147d-4528-9985-f82cb6ed62f4&amp;title=Middle+Ages+Dragonslayer+Imperial+Stout+-+Tasting+and+Aging+Notes&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.brewbasement.com%2Freviews%2Fmiddle-ages-dragonslayer-imperial-stout-tasting-and-aging-notes%2F\">ShareThis<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/cosmos\/search.html?sub=postcosm&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.brewbasement.com%2Freviews%2Fmiddle-ages-dragonslayer-imperial-stout-tasting-and-aging-notes%2F\" title=\"other blogs commenting on this post\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.technorati.com\/images\/bubble.gif\" alt=\"Technorati talk bubble\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\nName: Dragonslayer Imperial Stout<br \/>\nBrewer: Middle Ages Brewing<br \/>\nStyle: Russian Imperial Stout<br \/>\nVintage: 2008<br \/>\nCellared On: April 21st, 2008<br \/>\nOriginal Tasting: June 30th, 2008<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s no doubt I&#8217;m a beer geek. At least if I wasn&#8217;t one bef&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.browbrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.browbrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.browbrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.browbrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.browbrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.browbrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.browbrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.browbrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.browbrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}