I had brewed a stout back in February and it now been 5 months aging.

This one is not a huge Stout. With a starting gravity of 1080 and finishing at 1010, it’s coming in at about 9.2% that’s fair sized beer alright.

I was looking at this being an imperial stout.. but.. well let’s go through the taste notes first.

Just quick notes that I jotted down… Roasty, but not any burnt or ashtray. Bready, something of caramel. A good bit of hop bitterness but not sharp. Earthy hop flavor. Good body but not heavy, There is some sweetness, but finishes fairly dry,

Ok. So I was thinking this would be an imperial stout. On the low end, but imperial stout any way. But after tasting, I don’t think that’s what I would call this. The beer is fantastic, no doubt about that. But it is not an imperial stout

I would say this is a very good Irish Extra Stout.. but it way over ABV for that. But this is so smooth drinking, I doubt you could tell it is 9%

Imperial Extra Stout? That definitely describes it. This is going to take more tastings to see where this fits.