I picked up this one on the recent beer run to Gainesville... I've had SweetWater beers before while visiting friends in Alabama but at the time the laws prevented anything stronger than 6 (or 8) percent alcohol from being sold, so this one was off the table. Fortunately the laws in Alabama have been changed, so it's a little easier to get good beer there, but they still have some work to do. SweetWater Brewing is a pretty sizeble micro-brewery out of Atlanta, Georgia. If you're ever there, check them out.
I had this one poured from a 12 oz. bottle into an imperial pint glass. It's a pretty impenetrable dark brown color, nearly black, with a bubbly light brown head. Great looking brew, just what you'd expect from an imperial stout.
The smell is chocolate malt and a little metallic tinge to it. Just alright on the nose... nothing special. The taste, on the other hand... yum. It's rich, chocolatey, a little roasted bitterness on the end. Very little booziness mucking it up, just a well done imperial stout. The mouthfeel is a little thin, but not bad... really easy to drink for a 9% abv stout.
Solid beer, wish I had another in the fridge! One thing about this 365 in 2011 trip I'm on, I'll know which beers I want to stock up on next time around, and which ones I can skip!
My Rating: B+
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