Bottled. Opaque pour not much head. Surprisingly well balanced, hint of berries with chocolate and bitters.

Taster on tap at Stone Bistro And Gardens, Escondido, Ca. Dark brown with little head. Roasted malts, vanilla, caramel, coffee.

Deep dark brown coloured body with a thinnish, pure deep brown coloured head, about three to four centimetres tall. Aroma of pure roasted malt, a ton of coffee and bitter grain notes along with some lactose, a dose of tobacco and a hint of the vanilla and caster sugar towards the end - quite strong, even at 2+ years old (from purchase date, even). Full-bodied; Deep super roasty and burnt coffee flavours hit hard with some lighter lactose and a dose more of the caramel, vanilla and especially tobacco flavours that have a lot of bitterness resident, all the while, with a super mild spicey notes - which is nice and shows some decent flavours, but a touch strong throughout, even at 2+ years aged to mellow out these pungent notes. Aftertaste shows some more pungent roasty and vanilla notes with a dose of peat and smoked flavours towards the end - still quite strong and incredibly pungent. Overall, a decent Imperial Stout that still shows way too much potency and pungent flavours, at 2 years, which is completely atypical and bad in terms of the beer and if you had it anywhere close to 'fresh'. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Whole Foods in Fair Lakes, Fairfax, Virginia on 28-January-2017 for US$8,99 sampled two years later (plus a day) exactly on the 29th-January-2019 during a bit of snow and a 'polar vortex' (nothing).

22oz bottle thanks to Stevoj. Pours out black topped with a tan head. Nose is big ash roast malts some pine. Tatse is more of the nice bitter chocolate and some ash.

Glad I tried this and the IPA but am also glad I only have 1 bottle of each instead of the case if 12 I would have had to buy in PA.