Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle. Blackish beer with a brown head. Caramel and chocolate aroma with light marshmallow. Chocolate and roast flavor with caramel and light licorice. Medium-plus bodied. Chocolate and light licorice linger with roast.

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle. Pours pitch black with a small mocha head. Aromas of fudge, hard roast, licorice, bitter chocolate. Taste is dark roast, dark chocolate, malts, roastiness, soy.

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

Bottle at Craftheads. Nice aroma, bit peppery, roast, booze, spice. Good stuff. Taste is good too. Thick, oaty, toasty, dark, chocolate, lightly bitter. Big body, booze. Something umami.

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

16.02.2015, 0,35l bottle @ home:
Big brown creamy longlasting head. Aroma is mild and roasted, dark malts, roasted grain, caramel, coffee, licorice, grass. Taste is harsh boozy, dark malts, sour coffee, alcohol, harsh hops, minerals, grass, burnt caramel, weeds, ashtray, sour licorice. Medium bitterness, syrupy but harsh mineraly mouthfeel. Nice aroma. Maybe aging it for some time will do...

04.05.2013, tap @ CBC:
4-4-4-3-7=2,2
Rar lukt med preg av m�rk malt, humle, umoden banan, sjokolade, gras, kaffi, karamell. S�dmerik brent smak med preg av m�rk malt, humle, karbon (svidde matrestar), aske, sjokolade, brent kaffi, karamell, umoden bananskal. God bitterhet som set godt, utt�rrande munnf�lelse. Meh!

0,3 litre Bottle ordered at Systembolaget Charlottenberg. Almost Black with little offwhite head. Roasted malts and coffee aroma and taste.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

12 ounce bottle from Readington Wine & Spirits. 2013 Vintage. Dense midnight black colorSmall creamy tan head. Roasted malt nose is restrained, with hints of dark chocolate. Thick, oily, roasted malt flavor. Notes of bittersweet dark chocolate, espresso and resiny hops. Smooth, silky mouthfeel. Sublimely magnificent. The 10.5% ABV is well hidden. Finish is full of flavor. Sultanas, plums, dates and espresso. Just amazing!

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Score: 9 / 5 / 8 / 4 / 17

355 ml bottle, vintage 2015, bb 24/09/16.
Pitch black, oily body, with a medium, stable, dense, creamy, lacing, dark coffee-colored head.
Lovely, dense aroma of melting dark chocolate, soy sauce, nuts, coffee, dark fruits, some vanilla, some liquorice, some tobacco.
Tastes similar, with some more spicy notes like dark bread, some wooden dryness.
Full, creamy mouthfeel, with an average carbonation.
Finishes roasty, medium bitter, medium dry, moderate sweet, warm, wooden, with bitter chocolate, coffee, liquorice, some soy sauce, subtle hops.

Delicious! Complex and rich, while straight and robust at the same time. Perfectly balanced, with enough dark sweet notes, like a lovely chocolate throughout, for the strong roastiness. Alcohol is greatly hidden. Perfect old-school Imperial Stout, without gimmicks, but with a lot of character.

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

On tap at Leeds International Beer Festival, 2017. Pours black with large, dense, long lasting brown head. Roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, some licorice, sweet, bitter finish. Full bodied. Very nice.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle pour sampler at ChurchKey, 3-31-17