7.4

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

Draft: Poured a dark brown with a light brown frothy head. Aroma is rich malts, earthy, chestnuts, nutty. Taste is semisweet, malty, nutty, thick full bodied.

7.4

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

Rich dark malts, coffee, dark malts, mild roast, some cocoa, earth. Lingering black coffee, moderate sweetness. Very enjoyable.

6.8

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

23rd October 2025
CBJ tasting, thanks to Tips for the bottle. Clear dark amber beer, small and short lived tan head. Airy and fairly dry palate, modest fine carbonation. Thin malts, some sweet chocolate and oats and a little ripe fruits. Light and semi dry finish. Ripe and sweet.

7.6

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

7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

21/10/2024. Draft at Craft Beer Market Tokyo Torch. Region #468. Japanese Prefecture 39/47. Pours very dark brown with a small creamy light tan coloured head. Aroma is rich, coffee, chocolate, nutty, truffle, light roasted malt, marshmallow, vanilla. Medium plus sweetness, moderate roasted bitterness. Quite full bodied, very smooth, soft carbonation. Nicely done.

7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

(Bottle) clear, bright, very dark brown color with a small brown head; aroma of milk chocolate, coffee liqueur; balanced flavour with a long, light bitter finish; strange soda like carbonation

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Interesting, with a solid nuttiness underneath modest notes of cocoa, coffee, caramel, and a little anise. Kind of wimps out on the back end, though; finishes with lingering chestnut but not much else. Thin texture, but hides the booziness well.

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

330 ml bottle into tulip glass, 2019 vintage. Pours opaque dark brown/black color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy khaki head with solid retention, that reduces to a thin ring of lace that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big milk chocolate, cocoa, chestnuts, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, cream, toasted biscuit, and dark/brown bread; with lighter notes of coconut, coffee, licorice, molasses, dark fruit, smoke, wood, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malts, chestnuts, and light earthy hop/fruity yeast notes; with big strength. Taste of big milk chocolate, cocoa, chestnuts, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, cream, toasted biscuit, and dark/brown bread; with lighter notes of coconut, coffee, licorice, molasses, dark fruit, smoke, wood, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Very mild herbal, woody, grassy, spicy, roasted bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk chocolate, cocoa, chestnuts, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, cream, toasted biscuit, dark/brown bread, coconut, coffee, licorice, molasses, dark fruit, smoke, wood, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, chestnuts, and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; with a solid roast/hop bitter/sweet balance; and no cloying/acrid/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Light-medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/velvety, and lightly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is fantastic. Minimal warming alcohol for 9%. Overall this is an outstanding flavored imperial stout. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, chestnuts, and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to drink for the big ABV, with the mildly bitter/drying finish; amazingly soft/silky feel. Fantastic balance of super rich malt complexity and chestnut flavors; with mild earthy hops and fruity yeast. Not overly sweet/heavy from lingering dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and outstanding style example.

8.4

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Lovely stuff. Soft. Chestnut. Good stuff. No booze