Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

7 year old bottle (2017), drunk 4/19/24. Dark, inky, somewhat viscous, clear. Small, tan head quickly fizzles out. No green pepper! And really, not much coffee at all, which is fine with me. Soft, rich, enveloping vanilla and milk chocolate with rich maltiness and a bit of roasted acidity. A touch of oxidation but it quickly passes. Certainly far less than expected. No booze. In the mouth it's still richly malty with tons of cocoa, milk chocolate and strong vanilla. Time has thinned out the body some, but it's gone from probably syrupy to just moderately malty and lightly chewy. Clean, balanced and with no sign of alcohol. The vanilla is done very well. Impressive that a coffee stout would hold up this well at 7 years. Obviously a sign of a well-made beer.

Too boozy

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

Sergey's hunt; release 2017, 3 years old
Pitch black colour. Aroma of tar, chocolate, maple, roasted malt, bourbon, light vanilla. Thick body, rich malt and chocolate flavour, sweet and syrupy, with strong vanilla and bourbon notes, delicate coffee, and a strong boozy note.
Oh well…

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Raiting #5000. 500ml (thx, Nick S.!) @ home shared with Alex and Andrey. Appearance: very dark brown with a dark beige head. Aroma: amazing, sweet, bourbon, tons of chocolate, some light booziness. Taste: just great, nice light booziness, loads of chocolate and bourbon, some very elegant coffee and maple on the background. Overall: complex and balanced, amazing!

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Bottle @ Julekranse Share. Pours pitch black with a small brown head. Aromas of dark chocolate, light coffee, huge vanilla, dark fruits, toffee, milk chocolate, butterscotch, light malty. Taste has light coffee up front, dark chocolate transitioning into huge butterscotch, vanilla and milk chocolate, subtle roasty finish. Holy fuck this is good!

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9

Pours black, no real head. Smell is full, sweet, vanilla and chocolate. Taste is full, intense, sweet, chocolate, vanilla, syrupy. Very nice. Sweet, but not overly so. Ice cream, liquid goodness.

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9

Sampled at 3 Sons Lumberjack Day 2019. Pours black, not much head ( tanned ) . Smell is full, intense, thick vanilla ice cream. Taste is very full, sweet, chocolate, vanilla ice cream. Very intense. plain beauty of a (pastry) beer !

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

Bottle at Luppolo Station in Rome, thank you Pierluigi. Black pour with a brown lacing. Nose: milk chocolate, vanillin, milk bar. Mouth: liquid milk chocolate with a great peppery/sparkling finish.

Chocolate vanilla syrup. So good.