Lukter engelsk lakris, mørk sjokolade og kaffe. Svart med brunt skum. Fyldig. Søt maltig lett bitter smak. Søt lakris, melasse, kaffe, vanilje og mørk sjokolade. Middels lang.

Bottle at HopDog. Black body, golden brown low head. Bread and Nutella substitute aroma. Dry medium body, chewy but and chocolate base, a hint cognac in the aroma. Very decadent praline finish, still very drinkable. Terror of a beer.

Deep dark brown coloured body that pours a very oily glow that's almost perfectly opaque, with only a tiny sliver of light coming through the edges when tilted, all with a very thin, barely existant tan and brown head that fades immediately. Aroma of roasted malt, light coffee, bunches of chocolate, some light spices and a good deal of vanilla and brown and caramelised sugars. Medium to Full-bodied; Very strong roasted malt and coffee flavours at first with some vanilla, deep canella, allspice and especially anise flavours along with a dash of chocolate and more assertive molasses and deep sugars towards the end with a distinct bitterness that shows oats and some deeper malts. Aftertaste shows the rich vanilla and creamy, almost lactosey notes along with the specialty grains that are seemingly oat-based, with a lot of both sugars that have turned into alcohol and light astringency and some unfinished sugars that are light and sweet in a less refined way (molasses and treacle). Overall, a relatively nice and slightly polished Imperial Porter that shows an American slant, but does well and could use an additional two years or so in the bottle to get the flavours subdued and still vibrant while capitalising on the heavy body for additional time. I sampled this 33 cL bottle, purchased from Knightly Spirits in Orlando (orange Blossom Trail), Florida on 05-May-2018 for US$5,69 sampled at my house here in Washington on 29-May-2020, just over two years later while waiting to go down to Florida again.

From bottle labelled Põhjala Deep Space Xmas Part on board Fridtjofen 31.03.20. Ebony. Brown head and lacing. Aroma and taste of dark chocolate, roasted malt, vanilla, cigar box and some pine bitterness. Good!

0,33 litre Bottle from Vinmonopolet Stavanger, Verksgata. Almost Black with little head. Roasted malts, Chocolate, coffee, vanilla. Smooth.