Vlad The Impaler

Can at home, Espoo. Colour is Very dark brown with small slightly brownish head. Aromas and flavors: Coffee, sugary sweetness...

(Can, 0.355l, thanks tiong, at VastActiv, 20230518) The beer poured oily and black. Its head was small and lightly brown. Aroma had burnt malts, dark chocolate and creamy coffee. Palate was full bodied and warming with medium carbonation. Flavours were burnt malts, coffee, dark chocolate, sweetness and bitterness. Aftertaste had burnt malts, coffee and bitterness. A delicious burnt brew with pleasant coffee notes.

Vladimir, der derzeitige Diktator Russlands (Stand Anfang 2023) ist nicht der einzige brutale Durchgeknallte mit diesem Namen. Es gibt nich den mittelalterlichen Vlad, den Pfähler, der gerne seine Feinde pfählen ließ um dann daneben zu jausnen. Es stand Pate für Bram Stokers Dracula. Es ist mein erstes und vermutlich sehr lange einziges Bier aus der Hailstorm Brewery, das ich mir zu einem saftigen Preis bei einem ukrainischen Online-Bierhändler bestellt hatte. Es ist ein tiefes, pechschwarzes Imperial Stout, das trotz anderer Angabe auf der Dose verdammt trocken und Kakao-ig wirkt. Daszu ordentlich sehr schwarze Schokolade. Einzig der versprochene Kokoston kommt erst, wenn es warm wird im Abgang raus. Durchaus aromatisch und fein, aber vollkommen kann es mich nicht überzeugen.

Received in trade from josh, thanks for the opportunity, Inky black without much of a head. Big roasty licorice and sweet caramel and brown sugar. Not the hop onslaught I was expecting but the can is more than a year old. Thick and sweet and barely carbonated. Nice sipper.

Glass, 13-ounce, draught, on the premise, trip to Dark Lord Day, savoured on May 12 2017; eye: black, opaque, sheet of beige head that turns into a ring, average lacing; nose: roosted barley, burnt barley, coffee, roasting; mouth: roasted barley, burnt barley, coffee, roasting, bittering hops, semi-dry finale in roasting with good presence of hops, full body, average carbonation, more bitter than expected, lightly harsh texture; overall: fine

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Verre, 13 onces, en fût, bue sur place, voyage à Dark Lord Day, savourée le 12 mai 2017; œil : noire, opaque, couverture de mousse beige qui se transforme en un anneau, dentelle moyenne; nez : orge torréfiée, orge brûlée, café, torréfaction; bouche : orge torréfiée, orge brûlée, café, torréfaction, houblon amérisant, finale semi-sèche en torréfaction avec bonne présence de houblon, corsée, carbonatation moyenne, beaucoup plus amère que prévu, texture légèrement râpeuse; en résumé : bien

Bottle pours out black topped with a small tan head. Had this side by side with some barrel treatment aswell. Nose is nice chocolate roast malts coffee and some ash. Taste is more of the roast coffee chocolate notes and some light fruit notes.

Bottle at the 10th Boise Imperial Stout Tasting. Very dark brown pour with a sturdy cap of tan head. Heavy aroma of bittersweet cocoa, roast, and coffee. Sturdy malt base and lots of roast, a little chocolate and light bits of pit fruit, a nice hop presence too.

Bottle, thanks for sharing. Pours near black with an earthy brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has notes of earthy dark grains with light roasted malts and some bitter chocolate. Flavor has dark grains, roasted malts and a bit of earthy bread backing.

Bottle. Black. Malt, and a moderate roast. Flavor is a littlensweer and blends well with theriasted malt flagors which I really enjoy. There is also an anise flavor and some dried fruit.

Bottle thanks to Andrew. Pours black tan head. Nose/taste of coffee, roast chocolate, malt balls and earthy piney citrus - medium body. Almost more of an imperial black IPA.