From a 22 oz bottle shared in Tucson AZ. Pours black with a tan head. Toasted malt aroma. Flavors of plums, dark cherries and hints of chocolate and coffee. A wonderfully;y complex range of flavors. This is a good one.

Got in a trade with swingracex. 25 ounce bottle into snifter, bottled on 3/27/2012. Pours dense pitch black color with a 1 finger dense dark tan head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, char, roasted malt, raisin, molasses, caramel, licorice, toast, floral, clove, oak, and roasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with good balance and complexity of roasted and dark malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, roasted malt, char, toast, molasses, caramel, raisin, licorice, floral, oak, clove, and roasted earthiness. Good amount of roasted coffee bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, roasted malt, char, raisin, molasses, toast, caramel, oak, and roasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity and balance of deep roast with dark malt flavors and a fair amount of oak presence; with huge robustness and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and very full bodied; with a very creamy, slick, and lightly chalky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is extremely well hidden with hardly any warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a fantastic Russian imperial stout! Huge complexity of roasted and dark malt flavors with moderate oak presence; and very smooth to sip on for the ABV. A highly enjoyable offering.

Bottle @ joes thx to benzai. Pitch black with a brown head. Smells coffee, roasty, dark chocolate, deep, coffeegrind. Tastes roasty, ash, liquorice, dark chocolate, coffee. Great beer! Full body, silky, fitting soft carbo, warming.

Bottle from Whole Foods Henderson, NV
Black color with small brown head, creamy. Mild aroma of roasted malts, light chocolate, light rind of mountain cheese, very light smoke, elegant and complex. Full bodied, with very good chocolate flavor, smooth, rich, with nice compendium of roasted malts; very light vanilla; balanced bitterness.
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Bottle courtesy of rlgk. Pours pitch black with a creamy dark chocolate brown head that leaves some thick lacing on the glass while dissipating. Smell is sweet and malty with roasted malts, dark roast coffee, high quality dark chocolate, roasted caramelized almonds, burnt sugar, molasses, vanilla fudge, liquorice root, alcohol, pumpernickel, banana bread, brandy and pumpernickel. Taste is tiny sweet, bitter and malty with heavily roasted malts, dark roast coffee, green chili, pumpernickel, vanilla fudge, alcohol, burnt cookies, liquorice fudge, banana fudge, charred wood, oat flakes, charred wood and quality dark chocolate. Mouthfeel is round, smooth and medium to full bodied. Finish is tiny sweet, bitter and malty with roasted malts, high quality dark chocolate, dark roast coffee, dark bread, charred wood, vanilla fudge and hints of alcohol. Good stuff. 

bottle at home ... deep black ... thin tan head ... deep toffee roast ... light toffee nose ... sweet toffee roast ...dark chocolate ... big big chocolate ... light bitterness ... rich dark malts ... soft heavy roast ... sweet dark malts ...