Bottle shared at Brewver Belgian Winter Gathering. Opaque black color, small beige head. Aroma and flavor are malts, coffee notes, very nicely bitter. Quite good. I like this one! 8-8-8-8-8,5

Got in a BIF from MacMalt. 750 ml bottle into snifter, no bottle dating. Pours dense pitch black color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky tan head with amazing retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of huge milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, nuttiness, and toasted dark/brown bread; with light notes of vanilla, molasses, wood smoke, charcoal, raisin, plum, fig, leather, tobacco, herbal, pepper, and roast/toasted earthiness. Amazing aromas with fantastic complexity and balance of dark/roast/bready malts and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast notes; with big strength. Taste of huge milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, nuttiness, and toasted dark/brown bread; with light notes of vanilla, molasses, wood smoke, charcoal, raisin, plum, fig, leather, tobacco, herbal, pepper, and roast/toasted earthiness. Very mild roast/char and herbal/spicy hop bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, nuttiness, toasted dark/brown bread, light molasses/smoke, dark fruit, leather, tobacco, herbal, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; with an amazing roasted bitter/sweet balance, and zero cloying/acrid/astringent flavors after the finish. Slightly increasing dryness from lingering hop/roast bitterness. Light-medium carbonation and very full body; with a very creamy, silky, velvety, and rich mouthfeel that is insane. Slight sticky hops and chalky roast. Minimal warming alcohol for 10.9%. Overall this is an insane imperial stout! All around amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to drink for the big ABV, with the mildly bitter/drying finish. Extremely rich and complex, and not overly bitter/charred on hops or black/roast malts. The mouthfeel was pretty much perfect. Easily one of the best standard no frills American imperial stouts I have ever had. A really mind blowing offering.

Bottle - pours very dark brown tan head - nose and taste of very roasted chocolate, coffee, light dark fruit - medium body