Sample at Arizona Strong Beer Festival 2019. Black with a small tan head. A bit on the sweet side with chocolate, coffee, dark malt and light vanilla. The finish with notes of warming alcohol.

Dobre, smaczne, sympatyczne

Botella. @Cimmeria, Oviedo 16/09/2018
Color negro corona de espuma beige escasa, aromas tostados, ligeros regaliz y dulce, sabor regaliz torrefacto, cuerpo medio.

Enormous imperial stout, viscous and stiff, with a chocolate liqueur warmth and tons of char to add depth. Anise, date, molasses, and espresso round out the profile, while the finish brings smoke, bitter chocolate, and booze. Verges on growing too sweet, but pulls back just enough to allow for a smoky, bourbon-ish fade. Pours pitch black with a beige head and thin layers of lace. Sludgy and thick, the way an imperial stout should be. Nice pint.

Brown bottle, 1 pint 6 ounces, savoured on July 20 2017; eye: dark brown, opaque, no head, no lacing; nose: roasted malt, molasses, light alcohol, light coffee, chocolate; mouth: roasted malt, molasses, light alcohol, light coffee, bittering hops, finale in roasted barley with presence of chocolate, full body, average carbonation, lightly bitter, mildly sweet, slick texture; overall: fine

FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 1 pinte 6 onces, savourée le 20 juillet 2017; œil : brun foncé, opaque, pas de mousse, pas de dentelle; nez : malt torréfié, mélasse, léger alcool, léger café, chocolat; bouche : malt torréfié, mélasse, léger alcool, léger café, chocolat, houblon amérisant, finale en orge torréfiée avec présence de chocolat, corsée, carbonatation moyenne, légèrement amère, moyennement sucrée, texture coulante; en résumé : bien

Pour is a motor oil black with a large tan head. Aroma is roasted and charred malt with a ever so slight smoke. Flavor is a huge roasted malt with some char and again the smoke is lingering in the backround. No alcohol is detected. As this warms there is a bigger smoke to the malt. This was a nice Impy stout, plenty of roast and char and the minor smoke flavor just adds that extra bit of umooph that was needed to put this over the top.

From a 440ml can on 2/5/2018 (ABV listed as 10.5%). Pours near black with a huge tan head. The nose features chocolate and a hint of caramel. Big and flavoursome in the mouth. Lots of sweet and dark chocolate, nuts, and tart berries, with a bit of soy in the mix. The bitterness is firm, dry, roasty and a touch smokey. The texture is slightly creamy and the carbonation moderate. A really solid, enjoyable impy.

Can, 10.5% ABV. Almost black with a small brown head. Roasty aroma with sweet mocha. Oily. Rich sweet mocha but hard roast, some acrid notes and strongish bitterness dry it out very effectively. Some dark berries. The flavours are good and I like the balance but I kept waiting for more complex things to emerge as it warmed, but no.