Liquid Spiritual Delight [7.1%]

Bottle [from trade with heyta] @ weekly tasting shared with Dutchdrebus and Joes. Opaque black color, full sized brown head. Aroma is quite unexpected: malts, dark fruits, dark berries, a hint of roast and coffee. Taste malts, dark fruits, dark berries, roast and coffee lightly, light tart. Average body, way too fizzy carbonation. Overall I’d say it’s interesting but in the end disappointing imo.

Bottle @ home shared by benzai. Black colour with a medium sized beige to light brown head. Smells roasty, sweet, loads of raisins, herbs, slightly pear, coconut. Tastes roasty, applesyrup, sweet, raisins, wood (oak). Too much carbo, full body

Pour is a black with no head. Aroma is a nice roasted malt and not much else but hold on the flavor is way better. Roasted malt to the extreme. The char on this is by far the most intense I’ve had in awhile. Big roasted notes and then a peanut butter is left on the tongue after the swallow. Very tasty and chewy.

Capped 750 at 7.1% from Wine & Cheese in Clayton, MO. Pours pretty black with a decent dark tan head. Aroma is sort of milk chocolate over some smooth burnt malt. Full bodied. Frothy carb. Flavor is smooth burnt malt with sort of darkish chocolate. There is some bitter that might be coffee. This is a bit complex - beyond my power of description - it is much tastier than most of this style. Maybe it goes a bit cacao in the end. Nice drink.

750. Pours a dark brown that lets some light shine through and supports a decent tan head. Aromas of coffee and chocolate with a little peat or something kind of earthy like that. Flavor is a little thin for an imperial (bottle says 7.1% and I believe that’s about right as there isn’t much ABV burn) but has a nice medley of dark and milk chocolate with a hint of dark fruit and a bit of earthiness. This is good stuff, but a little underfunded for the style in my opinion.