Yeti

(355ml bottle from Systembolaget) Pours completely pitch black with a small medium brown head that fades quickly leaving lace. Aroma has semisweet dark chocolate, a little milk chocolate, black coffee, dark malts with fairly strong roast, black licorice, a little bit of orange oil, and hints of pine hops, pretty strong nose. Palate is moderately sweet at first, particularly dark chocolate/cocoa loaded. There is some medium-roast type black coffee as well, and a nice structure of burnt sugar dark malt, but it’s not an overpowering malt bomb. Some orange peel as well. As the sip progresses, roastiness builds and dries the beer, some roast cacao bean character in there, touch of the licorice. Quite roasty by the end, pine hops, orange peel still lingers, nearly dry with lingering malt flavour but not sweetness. Alcohol completely hidden. Fairly full, oily body with light to moderate carb. Very nicely balanced beer that is rich and chocolately but not terribly sweet, with a real drying quality from roast and hops that gives it a nicely American-style character on the finish. Makes it super drinkable white not being a poor "sipper" by any means either, if perhaps lacking the ultimate complexity of some imperials with additions or barrel ageing.

BOTTLE 12 OZ from Cuningham.
Intense, yet balanced. Rich black malt character, black chocolate, quite sweet - hint of dark honey, not acrid roasted flavours. Unlike many other impies, it has a distinct citrus hop accent. Excellent.

Nydelig duft av kaffe, bek, lakris, sjokolade og vanilje. Tykt brunt skum. Mørk brun, tilnærmet sort farge. Nydelig smak av lakris, kaffe og mørk sjokolade. Sier ikke nei takk til en til ved en senere annledning.

330 ml bottle at home. Black color with very nice brown head that lasts. Aroma is roasted malty, chocolate, hoppy at the end. Taste is the same, roasted, light sweet, dark chocolate and coffee, a little bit spicy and then it becomes bitter, coffee bitterness and hoppy bitterness. Almost full body, oily feel, soft carbonation, nice long bitter aftertaste.

Bottle to celebrate my 2nd anniversary at RB. Pours cloudy nearly pitch black with airy but stable dark tan head. Dark aroma of roasted caramel malt, liquorice, coffee and nuts. Sweetish onset of chocolate and coffee, gradually replaced by intense, bitter notes of hops and burnt caramel malt. Lingering, roasty, coffeelike finish. Well-balanced. Delicious. Great.

Bouteille 650ml. Couleur noire opaque, mousse moka laissant une dentelle aérienne éparse. Arôme de malt torréfié, cendre, chocolat noir, grains de café, léger côté boisé, cacao. Goût de fumée, beaucoup de malt torréfié, chocolat noir. Carbonatation moyenne, corps moyen-dense.

Bottle from Bottledog, Kings Cross. Just about black. Minimal, light brown head. Chocolate brownie. Roasted coffee beans. Thick, brown sugar. Light, dried fruit. Taste is dark chocolate sweet. Boozy, fruity dryness. A bit of a Christmas cake thing going on. Palate is syrup sweet, thick. Soft carbonation adds to the indulgent feel. Big, coffee roast, chewy, bitter finish. Lovely.

Bottle, into a snifter. Appearance- jet black, oily pour, no light coming through at all. One finger brown/mocha head. Aroma- really nice- lots of chocolate, rich chocolate cake, cocoa, liquorice, dark fruit hints, coffee, big roasty malt, hints of caramel. Taste- full and creamy mouthfeel, thick- almost like fudge syrup. Roasty malts, dark fruit and liquorice undertones, creamy chocolate, loads of bitter coffee, long finish. This is delicious, with one of the best mouthfeels I’ve come across. Exceptional.