Rip Tide

I just love beers with surf names.  Reminds me of my surfing days, the BrewDog Rip Tide goes with this surf theme.  According to Wikipedia, “A rip current, or riptide, is a strong channel of water flowing seaward from near the shore, typically through the surf line, and can occur on any shore that has breaking waves [...] Rip currents are a source of danger for people in ocean and lake surf. They can be extremely dangerous, dragging swimmers away from the beach. Death by drowning comes following exhaustion while fighting the river or ocean current.”  If BrewDog thinks you might get swept away by this stout and get slapped around a bit they are right.  Sweep me away baby, and slap me.

This Imperial Stout, that means a double big stout, is 8%ABV.  Like most of the BrewDog beers there is a smoky peat flavour to it.  I like the peat, it is odd and good.  This stout is rather thin for my taste.  It pours a beautiful dark almost black colour with a mahogany edge.  Almost no head due to the really low carbonation (watching the following video I wonder where the head they get comes from, huh?  maybe I should find another bottle and give it another go?).

There is a lot going on here, all of their beers are complex.  Some hints of berries.  It is not sweet, more bittersweet chocolate, very dry.  Nice! ★★★★★