From the July 2014 3R6P gathering. +++ Sampled from a 750 ml brown bottle this beer poured a black color with a medium sized foamy beige head that faded quickly and left no lacing. The aroma was toasty malts, black licorice, wood, chocolate and coconut. The flavor was bitter dark chocolate, toasty malts, red wine, wood and coconut. Long finish of chocolate, red wine and coconut. Thick and smooth though undercarbonated. Excellent.

Sampled at Boise’s Imperial Stout get together, over 120 bottles to choose from. Going with the flow on this rating. This one was one of my contributions.

2013 vintage bottle, sampled 3/15/14
Dark brown, mahogany pour with magenta highlights on the edges and tons of beige head that is thick and well-retained.
Prunes, light cigar and plentiful, sweet milk chocolate notes crowd around in this rich, nicely aromatic aroma. Dries out on the end, predictably, due to the alcohol, but dosent get sharp or solvent-like. A touch of wood dryness as well, and maybe a little bit of buttercream from said barrel, but nothing crazy, which is nice. Hoppiness is quite low, perhaps a touch of acidity but hops seems to be mainly for bittering, here.
Sweet, rich, rather roasty flavor has tons of natural carbonation lending a delightfully creamy, tight texture to the beer. Full bodied due to all the sugars but they are certainly dextrinous and not worty or underattenuated-like. Furthermore there’s a good dose of raisin/prune vinousness and some buttery oak to help balance. Has a decidedly vintage feel to it, perhaps from the lack of hoppiness and the fair amount of ashiness that emerges, along with the smooth, slick, creamy palate. Really nice. Certainly on the sweeter side, maybe a bit too much so, but enjoyable nonetheless.

2013 750ML

A - Pours pitch black. Oily very minimal head.

S - Huge Oak presence, loads of vanilla some toffee

T - Very ashy, insanely burnt and crisp with lots of toffee and caramel

M - Very oily. sweet finish. Incredibly rich and smooth

O - I could drink this often.

Location: 750 ml bottle from Central Market, 1/15/14

Aroma: The nose is full of roasted malts, with a little smoke, black coffee, and licorice
Appearance: Pours a dark brown color with a creamy light brown head and plenty of lace
Flavor: The taste is dry and roasty, lots of unsweet, dark malt flavors, black coffee, and licorice
Palate: The body is medium-full, thick and creamy on the mouth, with a long, heavy dry finish
Overall Impression: This is a pretty interesting one. There's some nice depth of malt to the aroma which leads to a very roasty, very dry flavor. I found this interesting, though I feel like it could have used just a touch of sweetness to balance it out. Still, quite nice overall.

On tap. A more or less black one, topped by a small, dense, tan head. Roasted nose with coffee, caramel, dark chocolate and a little touch of barrel. Raisins too. It’s full bodied and warning, with roasted malts, coffee grit, rum raisin and some molasses. Alcohol and hoppy bitterness too. Really long finish with a good bitterness and lots of dark flavors. Overall, a bit rough and unrefined, but well worth a glass or two. 130821

Draught @ Public House -Venetian, Las Vegas, NV
Pours pitch black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, alcohol, molasses and licorice. Taste is medium to heavy sweet and light to medium bitter with a long warm, roasted, chocolate and licorice finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.