Appearance: A complete absence of light on the other side of this one. A nice beige head that leaves a fine lacing.
Aroma: Coffee, roasted malt and chocolate.
Palate: Full body. Tad sweet with an ok bitterness. Soft carbonation. Creamy texture.
Taste: Lots off espresso and chocolate. Roasted malt and mild liqorice.
Overall impression: Solid stuff! Do not think I have to say more about that.
Personal stats: Bottle from a trade with OleR.

Bottle courtesy of rlgk. Pours oily pitch black with a rather small creamy dark chocolate brown head that slowly dissipates while leaving a small trace on the glass. Smell is sweet with roasted malts, high quality dark chocolate, moist soil, dark roast coffee, brown sugar, salty liquorice candy, alcohol, charred wood and hints of lemon zest. Taste is sweet, bitter and malty with roasted malts, dark roast coffee, burnt wood, alcohol, bitter chocolate, moist soil, hay, burnt caramel, salty liquorice candy and hints of cookie dough. Mouthfeel is round, oily, creamy, boozy and near full bodied. finish is bitter and malty with roasted malts, dark roast coffee, salty liquorice candy, bitter chocolate, burnt wood, cookie dough and very subtle hints of green peas. Very solid imperial stout.

04.11.2022, 0,5l bottle (batch #349, brewed 15.03.2011) @ home:
Nice light brown bubbly-creamy mediumlasting head, deep dark our. Aroma is slightly sweet roasted, licorice, tar, dark sugar, dark malts, fruit stones, minerals, soy sauce, dried dark fruits, tobacco. Taste is slightly dry sour-ish roasted, dusty licorice, tar, minerals, fruit stones, tobacco, dark malts, dark sugar, cough syrup, dried dark fruits, toast. Medium bitterness, slightly sweet sour-ish roasted mouthfeel. Lovely for the age, smooth as a babys ass.

Old rating, 0,5l bottle (batch #207) @ home:
8-5-7-4-16=4,0
Fyldig sødmerik lukt med preg av mørk malt, humle, mørke bær, mørk sjokolade, kaffi, lakris, alkohol og mørk tørka frukt. Fyldig sødmerik smak med preg av mørk malt, humle, brent kaffi, lakris, mørke bær, alkohol, umoden banan, askebeger, mørkt sukker, gras, mørk sjokolade. God bitterhet som set lenge. Veldig god.

God duft av skokolade, malt, kaffe,lakris og røykt. Sort farge. Kremet skum. God smak av sjokolade, karamell og kaffe.

Bottle from OleR, many thanks, sir. Black color with medium espresso colored head. Aroma of coffee, cocoa, dark fruits, licorice, caramel. Taste, dark roasted malt, coffee, milk chocolate, licorice, caramel, syrup, wood. Strong alcoholic, coffee bitter finish. Very tasty beer.

500 ml bottle. Pours black with brown head similar to dark chocolate milk. Aromas of dark chocolate ice cream, light smoke, and heavily roasted malts. Rich flavors of roasted malts, dark fruit, brownies, and lingering bitter dark chocolate. 2012 vintage seems to be much better than previous year.

Bottled. Black colour with a ten head that quickly diminishes. Aroma has notes of roasted and burnt maalts, red fruits, liquor and strong coffee. Flavor is very similar as aroma with black chocolate notes, strong alcohol with notes wood, ashes and espirituosity drink, perhaps rum. Average dry and strong coffee final with a long duration.