Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pours a real dark brown colour, kind of black, with little ruby highlights. The head is big, creamy, light mocha-coloured with good retention and full sticky-creamy lacing. The aromas are mostly the Stout-side of things with the roasted malts, and a touch of chocolate. A creamy, lightly oily mouthfeel with the hazelnut lingering on the tongue, some tartiness. Some good bitterness all-around, that keeps building, creating a nice drying finish. The vanilla is almost non-existing. The chocolate notes are mostly bitter cacao. A good Imperial Stout that is not the dessert you expect, but a bitter-drying one.