7.8

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

Black with a medium sized foamy brown head. Sweet and malty with strong molasses and ginger. Long finish. Moderately full bodied

7

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

16 oz can poured, picked up clearly off season at The Cave, Kirkland. Poured blind in the locals only tasting, while watching the game. Wish you were here, Tcon! We are stuck trading off blind pours over here. Dark ruby brown pour, a patchy fizz head. Tons of gingerbread. A dessert stout for sure. I can't tell if I would pick it out right away in a blind, but since I know what this is, it's obvious. A good amount of spice. A very fun Christmas like brew to be enjoying here on June eve. Not bad.

6.5

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

Can. Blackish beer with a dark cream head. Ginger aroma. Ginger and light molasses flavor. Medium bodied. Ginger and light molasses linger with light malt.

7.6

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

16 ounce can. Barely translucent dark brown color. Small creamy tan head. Bold ginger nose with a hint of molasses. Flavor follows nose. Notes of ginger, molasses, graham crackers, dried fruit and Jamiriquia. Thank you.

7

Last night.

7.6

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

16 ounce can into snifter, canned on 9/28/2016. Pours nearly opaque dark brown/black color with a 1 finger fairly dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of huge ginger, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, anise, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, chocolate, cocoa, toasted brown bread, light coffee/molasses, and herbal/roast/toasted earthiness. Nice aromas with good complexity and solid balance of dark/roast/bready malt and spice notes; with great strength. Pretty strong on the spices in the aromas, but not too overwhelming. Taste of huge ginger, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, anise, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, chocolate, cocoa, toasted brown bread, light coffee/molasses, and herbal/roast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal/spice and roast bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of ginger, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, anise, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, chocolate, cocoa, toasted brown bread, and herbal/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and spice flavors; with a great malt/bitter/spiciness balance; and zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Light dryness from bitter/spiciness, lightly increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready, lightly sticky, and slightly chalky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol for 8.5%. Overall this is a very good spiced imperial stout. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and spice flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV. Powerful spice aromas, but more balanced in the taste. This is still very perfumey/vibrant on spices either way. A very unique, but very enjoyable offering.

6.5

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

Can. Very strong ginger, chocolate malt, and hay aroma. Black with moderate brown head. Very sweet strong gingerbread, light chocolate malt, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Good body. A ginger bomb - not quite overwhelming but close.

6.5

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5

Can: Rubied, deep brown-black with a creamy tan head. Ginger, chocolate aroma. Semi-tangy ginger, chocolate malt, caramel taste. Gets slightly peppery and warming after a while..... A hefty dose of ginger in this one.....but not really "gingerbread"... A decent body, and a lot of flavour, but not a great balance.

6.9

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

16oz can thanks to rich. Pours out dark brown almost black topped with a sand head. Nose is big cinnamon ginger bread sweetness. Taste is more of the nice ginger bread man cookies nice sweet and spice.

8

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

Rich dark brown coloured body with a nice, three centimetre tall deep tan head. Aroma of pure ginger, mixed with a good dose of roasted malt, canella, sugars, toffee and bunches of lactose - very nice and strong, especially with the ginger. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong malty and earthy flavourings show up at first then give way to a ton of ginger, sugar, lactose and earthy notes - very nice and incredibly flavourful in a good way. Aftertaste shows some alcohol, but a fairly muted and covered bite that shows much more ginger, spice, malt and especially lactose. Overall, a very nice and incredibly well-crafted beer with the milk and ginger flavours the most pungent, but the malt, spice and alcohol shows well, too. Great to sample and well worth trying if you like ginger at all or any other spices in a holiday beer. I sampled this sixteen ounce can purchased yesterday at Merchant’s in Dearborn, Michigan on 10-December-2016 for US$3,29 sampled at home in Dearborn, Michigan on 11-December-2016.