Rohrbach's Imperial/Double Tasting & Lost Borough Brewing Co.

On Thursday I went with a friend to Rohrbach's Brewing Co.'s Railroad Street Tasting Room for an even they call Brews & Bites. They were tapping two new brews, an Imperial Scotch and a Double Patch Porter. Both brews are the big brothers (Imperial/Double) to other Rohrbach's brews of the same name (Scotch Ale and Sam Patch Porter). They also had some absolutely delicious German sausages with sauerkraut and stone ground mustard and offered a free pint or four 4 oz. pours as a flight, all for $8. Good price. The only downside to the evening was the place was packed and they were supposed to have a tour of the next door brewery, but reneged I believe because they weren't expecting so many people and were short staffed.

Tasting notes for both brews and the four flight sampler I had:
1) Imperial Scotch - This had a fruity, jammy nose, bready, sludgy sugary thick with a foamy mouthfeel, a touch of alchohol and a brief warming sensation, sweet with molasses and hazy. 10% ABV. See more here.
2) Double Patch Porter - a light aroma or coffee, a milk chocolate taste, hoppy background, good legs with lingering roasty chocolate, almost too rich for two in a row. 7.5% ABV.
3) Highland Lager - Never had this one before actually, I always thought it would be too light but didn't realize it is a Vienna Lager style, but I found this nicely balanced with a citrus sweetness and a touch of bitter at the end. 5% ABV, 11 IBU, see more here.
4) Extra Special Bitter - a fruity, spicy and sessionable beer, quite tasty and enjoyable but I am not sure it uses an English yeast? Unknown ABV.
5) Railroad Street IPA - tasty, citrus with a strong tropical fruit note, a touch of pine and great legs. 6.5% ABV. 66 IBU.
6) Vanilla Porter - roasty, chocolate, vanilla and richness. 6% ABV.

After we found out the tour was canceled, we left and went to a nearby new brewery (opened in October of 2014), Lost Borough Brewing Co. on Atlantic (behind Sticky Lips on the corner of Culver near East High). There we had a flight also, four beers I've never had before, actually the first Lost Borough brews I've had as well.

Tasting notes:
1) Blonde Belgian Wit - nose of old banana, spicy, citrus and clove, quite hazy with a touch of sugary sweet aftertaste, a full mouthfeel and maybe too much carbonation. 5.8% ABV.
2) Nut Warmer Brown Ale - a full ginger nose, earthy, walnut, I really liked this. 7% ABV.
3) West Coast Red IPA - more bitter than citrusy, a floral aroma, fairly high bitterness with a touch of pine. 6.9% ABV.
4) Scotch Ale - a nice burnt caramel flavor, smooth with cherry, raspberry, toffee notes, overall really tasty. Uknown ABV.

My favorite of the night: Lost Borough Scotch Ale, smooth and tasty, this is the kind of Scotch Ale I love.