What can I say, with name like Dark Force, how could I pass it up? Furthermore with a style description of “Double Extreme Imperial Wheat Stout” it sounds like a must try. I don’t believe I’ve ever had a Wheat Stout before, but I’d be expecting something like an oatmeal stout.
This weeks Beer Brawl features one of my favorite styles of beer, American Porter. A bit bigger, hoppier, and/or roastier then their European predecessors. These dry beers are usually Medium to full bodied, moderately malty, and usually feature a lightly burnt taste with chocolate or coffee flavors.
On June 28th my buddy Rich and I went to our second beer tasting sponsored by the Draught Board 15 at the Gaslight Brewery in South Orange NJ. The first tasting was with Brooklyn Brewery, a great event, lots of good beer (Local 1&2, Brooklyn-Schneider, Dark Matter, and Black Ops), knowledgeable rep, and lots of swag. Rich and I thought we were going to be in for another great event, especially since I also have enjoyed many good Stone beers lately, Cali-Belgie and the Double Bastard Ale. 
Our 16th Beer Brawl, was the first one on the road and probably the one I was looking forward to the most. Beside being on the road in a new location with a new friend of Simply Beer, I really wanted to drink this line up of Bourbon/Whiskey/Scotch aged Imperial Stouts. The beers in Beer Brawl 16 were all Imperial Stouts, either American Imperial or Russian Imperial. 
When a friend, especially a self proclaimed beer geek says “you gotta try this beer it’s amazing”; I went out and got a couple bottles, although it did take me three months to get around to drinking it. I’ve had several Great Divide beers before and the have all been above par to exceptional, I’m expecting this Russian Imperial Stout to hold the grade.
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