Bottle thanks to alwcordell! Pours opaque inky black with a medium dark brown head that dissipates slowly with nice lacing. Aroma is heavy molasses, cocoa, hints of ashtray, anise. Flavor is medium sweet and medium bitter, strong roast, baking chocolate, hints of anise, blackstrap molasses, raisin. Full rich body with a creamy mouthfeel.

Bottle 650ml @ Hoppin Frog, Akron, OH
Pours black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, caramel, alcohol and hint of licorice. Taste is medium sweet and medium bitter with a long warm, roasted, chocolate, coffee, caramel and licorice finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

Smell of coffee, chocolate, roasted malt. Black colour, very dark brown head. Aroma of coffee, licorice, tar. Very soft carbon, oily texture. Heavy body. Awesome.

22 ounce bottle into snifter, bottled in late 2013. Pours dense pitch black color with a 1 finger dense dark brown head with solid retention, that reduces to a spotty lace cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of big dark chocolate, cocoa, dark bread, toast, coffee, light char, oats, light molasses, light raisin, and roasted earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roasted malt notes; with good strength. Taste of big dark chocolate, dark bread, cocoa, toast, roasted malt, biscuit, molasses, coffee, light char, oats, light raisin, and roasted earthiness. Light roasted bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, dark bread, roasted malt, toast, biscuit, molasses, coffee, oats, light raisin, and roasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity of big dark/roasted malt flavors; with nice roast/sweetness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-medium carbonation and fairly full bodied; with a very creamy, slick, and lightly chalky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warming present after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice imperial stout. All around good balance, complexity, and robustness of dark/roasted malt flavors; and very smooth to sip on for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.

On draught at World Of Beer. Brownish-black pour with a medium tan head that diminishes steadily. Partial rings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate and coffee. Medium to full body with flavors of chocolate malt, coffee and some hops. Slight briny character in the background. The finish is roasty with a chocolate aftertaste. Good overall.