Sam Adams Thirteenth Hour Stout

Sam Adams Thirteenth Hour Stout, Boston Beer Company, Boston, MA
(Imperial Stout, Rated 94)

This specialty beer from Sam Adams' Barrel Room Collection pours pitch black with a nice tan head. Aroma is of roasted malts, a bit of chocolate, and sour fruits. Taste is definitely more tart fruits, dates, cherries, roasted coffee, and hints of chocolate and oak. For an imperial stout, I feel this has more characteristics of a barley wine. The dried, tart fruit and oak overpower the typical stout flavors.  It's a good beer though! I also like it when my beers come with corks. Kind of classy.