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

Bottle bought at Tokyu Food Show around Valentines Day. Dark brown colour with thick golden bubbly head. Aroma is roasty malt and not as much chocolate as I expected. Taste is similar. Nice burnt malty taste at the start. Just a murmur of chocolate again. Finish is burnt, spicy and lingering. Bit of bitterness too. Pretty nice and surprisingly not so much chocolate. Maybe just a touch left behind with the burnt and spicy finish. Will definitely drink again. Satisfyingly different from a lot of imperial stouts.

3.6

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

7 3 8 3 15Bottle shared for Floris’s Leaving Beers at Gekke Geit. Dark brown with a dark tan head. Aroma of malt, toffee, fudge, chocolate and caramel. Flavour is above moderate sweet and light moderate bitter.

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

Bottle shared at Floris’s leaving tasting. Black with light tan head. Roasted chocolate malts. Caramel, toffee. Moderate sweet and moderate bitter. Medium body and soft carbonation.

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

Bottle sample at a tasting at Tom L’s place. Thanks Shmupi. Black. Aroma of roast, cocoa, a bit of dark fruits, coffee, caramel, a bit of licorice. Bittersweetish flavor with roast, bitter cocoa, dark fruits, caramel, some coffee, a bit of licorice, very bitter finish. Medium-bodied.

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

2016 Bottle. More or less the same as before. A little too roasty and one-dimensional. Not bad though. 330ml bottle 2015 edition (9% ABV) from Ito Yokado in Asagaya. Poured into a tulip glass. Dark brownish black color with a huge soapy brown head. Big aromas of burnt coffee, coriander, roasted malts, bitter chocolate, alcohol and hops on the nose. Tastes strongly of bitter dark cacao, burnt coffee, cardamom with slight hints of corrainder and arugula. Can’t really taste the alcohol on the palate. Well-hidden. Oily mouthfeel with medium carbonation. Mostly bitter and peppery finish.

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

Bottle 2012 vintage. Black colour with a tan head. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, coffee. Flavour is dry, roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, licorice, brett, citrus. full body. Nice beer.

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

Bottle 12fl.oz. [ As Sankt Gallen Imperial Chocolate Stout ]. [ Vintage 2012 ]. ABV: 8.5%. Clear dark brown color with a average to large, frothy - creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, funky, brett - leather. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, chocolate, leather, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20140118]