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Clipper City – Heavy Seas Peg Leg Imperial Stout

This is the first really warm day we have had this spring. I just finished mowing the yard and decided to sit down with a beer and cool off. It's 85 degrees outside and I worked up a little sweat in the yard. Oddly enough, I didn't decide to have a nice refreshing summertime beer. I wanted to try the Heavy Seas Peg Leg Imperial Stout by Clipper City Brewing Company.

From the website:

A dry imperial stout with rich black color and aromas of roasted coffee, molasses, dark chocolate, toffee and caramel.  Rich, powerful, and lingering.

ABV: Approximately 8%

This is one of the richer imperial stouts I have tried lately, but I'm coming into a time of year where I won't drink a lot of stouts and porters.  I still have a few left in my sampling stash, but I probably won't start buying these again until the fall.  I love stouts and porters, but to me, these are cold weather drinks for the most part.  I like lighter colored beers in the summer months that aren't so heavy in the glass.  Some of these stouts and porters are like a meal in a glass :)