Ridiculously rich dark brown, and almost an oily black glow, all with a fairly thick, three centimetre tall rich brown head that fades fairly quickly. Aroma of strong vanilla, roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, earth, molasses and purely burnt sugars with a funky kick of mushrooms, soy sauce and some deep earthy, umami notes that don't really hint of fried dough or sugar, but rather that of fried meats or mushrooms. Full-bodied; Deep and strong pure sweetness from molasses, toffee, treacle, plums, prunes, figs and some of the smaller notes of fried donuts theoretically comes out, but just in terms of caramelised sugars with some oil and lipid notes. Aftertaste shows the deep malts with a rich body of the roasted malt along with some earthier, nuttier and definitely sweet grainy notes that has some bitterness, but more of the sweetness coupled with a pastry-like and vanilla-y bite at the end that shows more of a finish of sugars and malts than deeper alcohol and burnt malt notes that give the idea that a light aging and some tempering of the pungency has worked a touch. Aftertaste shows the pungent malts and pure sweetness with some softer vanilla, icing sugar and especially pitted fruit notes with still some noticeable alcohol, grain and especially meatier and mushroomy pungencies at the end. Overall, a deep and super strong beer, even after two years of aging, which probably was expected at 11,5 per cent alcohol, but the sugars, malt and especially meatier and umami notes persist and don't let up, even with all the softer lactose, icing sugar and vanilla notes which are still picked up. I sampled this sixteen ounce (even hard to get THIS one down!) can purchased from Whole Foods in New York, New York (TriBeCa) on 13-August-2018 for US$7,99 sampled at my house here in Washington, just over two years later on 17-August-2020.

10/01/18, lame nose that's a bit off and the coffee is overpowering the donuts and vanilla now.

Burk hos PQ. Färg meningslös är ju en Imp Svart öl. Doftar porter, hav, torr rostad malt. I munnen omdelbart känns små fina porlande bubblor👍. Smakar vanilj och rostad malt samt tydligt kaffe och nötter. Välbalanserad jävel med tidigare beskrivna smaker hela vägen till avslutet. Bra Imp Stout igen av Elaka Twin. Lite för torr och mye kaffe för få bättre betyg.