Country: England
Style: Imperial Stout
Abv: 7,4 %
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Colour is black with a finger-thick tan head. Aroma has ashy-roasted malts, espresso and bitter dark chocolate. Taste starts with strong charred-roasted bitterness. Ashy bitterness and charred-smoky malts take over with tiny hints of black coffee. The dark chocolate malts and bitter hops come clearer near the finish. Aftertaste has lasting strong roasted dryness and bitterness.
Roast and bitterness truly play the starring roles here. If we stare strictly at the beer style, this probably lacks some coffee from the flavour. But luckily this blog cares only for the taste - and it's pure, lasting and great.
Ölbeat
Once again, we'll find the original inspiration for the song choice in the name of the brew. Actually we chose the artist and the origin of the song after the name of the beer. The Russian city of Saint Petersburg was named Leningrad in 1924-1991, and the song was originally a Russian romance song. Leningrad Cowboys is a successful Finnish rock band that started its story from the 1989 Finnish movie Leningrad Cowboys Go America. The song can lead to thinking about the 18th century when the beer style of (Russian) Imperial Stout was brewed the first time in England.
Leningrad Cowboys: Those Were The Days (YouTube)
From the 1992 album We Cum from Brooklyn, the song was composed by Boris Fomin and the English lyrics were written by Gene Raskin.
