Thirsty Dog Toil and Trouble Imperial Dubbel

I went to Bocktown for dinner to meet up with my friend Brad and watch the Pitt game. While there, I ordered a glass of Thirsty Dog Toil and Trouble Imperial Dubbel. The beer pours a dark brown color with a bubbly beige colored head. The aroma consists of chocolate, caramel, and toasted malts. The taste is big on roasted malts, caramel, dark chocolate, vanilla, and a hint of raisin. The alcohol content is 10.0% ABV. This was quite a delicious brew with a good amount of sweet flavors packed, although they were balanced with lots of roasted flavor.

Thirsty Dog Siberian Night

I stopped in to Al’s of Hampden to try a glass of Thirsty Dog Siberian Night, a Russian Imperial Stout. The beer pours a deep black color with almost no head; the only head is a filmy white one. The aroma consists of dark chocolate, toasted malts, and vanilla. The taste is big on toasted malts that dry the dies of the mouth with a dark chocolate bite, also somewhat dry. The finish brings out a little bit of the vanilla and sweetens the experience. The alcohol content is 9.7% ABV. This is a wonderful Russian Imperial Stout that has a good amount of chocolate and toasted malts, all sweetened a bit with a touch of vanilla.

Thirsty Dog Barktoberfest

I picked up a bottle of Thirsty Dog Barktoberfest at Barley's and Hop's in Pittsburgh (Hey Pittsburghers: Check this place out!). The beer is amber in color with a fresh malty aroma. The taste is sweet and malty with a slightly sour finish. Surprisingly, the beer had a toasted malt undertone which I have not tasted in any other oktoberfest. The alcohol content is 6.0% ABV. This was a very good oktoberfest, especially with the toasted dynamic. It really adds to the flavor of the beer and makes it an original oktoberfest.