Dark black with tan small head. Roasty malt aroma; super malty taste with chocolate bitters and burn.

12/6/2013 digging deep Brian. Aroma is musty, hint of fruitiness. Taste is heavy oak, nice lacing, dark malt, still decent.

Dark brown coloured body with a lighter brown glow when held up to a light, all with a very thin and slightly oily light brown head, only a centimetre or so tall, which makes sense, given the age of this one. Aroma of roasted malt, alcohol, pitted fruit, prunes and a healthy dose of chocolates noticeable here, with a good balance, but perhaps on the lighter side. Medium-bodied; Strong roasty flavours at first with a big kick of the chocolate, some lighter coffees, a hint of soy sauce and some deeper elements that even ring in some umami flavours and a touch of lactose on the end that balances things out nicely. Aftertaste shows more of the malt and pure sugar components more than the other flavours, but the bitterness, chocolate and coffee flavours are still noticeable, but on the lighter side, in a good way. Overall, a nice Imperial Stout that has some good flavours that have been mellowed in a good way from the age, but perhaps thinned out a touch too much. I think if I drank this 8 to 12 months earlier, it probably would have been in 'peak' form. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Whole Foods in New York (Bowery), New York on 27-May-2016 for US$3,99 sampled a bit less than three years later on 22-January-2019 at home in Washington.

Refrigerated 12.7 brown bottle pour into a cup. Black with small beige head. Aroma is chocolate, medium body, lower carbonation, and

Dark black small tan. Roast, choc and spice aroma. Roast choc and spice flav. Med bod mod carb. 8/5/7/3/15 3.8

Draught & Top Hops. Opaque dark brown with smallish foamy tan head, mocha aroma, medium carbonation, bitter chocolate taste generously laced with alcohol, thick body, long bitter finish with mocha. The alcohol bite is too obvious, could be much better.