Brown bottle, 750 ml, via Sébastien Bertrand (merci!) on May 29, 2019, savoured on January 10, 2020; eye: black, opaque, no effervescence, half ring of dark brown head, slight lacing; nose: malt, ashy, roasting, chocolate, vanilla, coffee, intense; mouth: malt, ashy, roasting, chocolate, vanilla, coffee, intense, alcohol, alcohol warmth, bittering hops, lightly salty, lightly woody (?), semi-dry finish is ashy with presence of chocolate, full body, lightly below-average carbonation, mild bitterness, mildly sweet, lightly alcoholic and lightly oily texture; overall: quite good

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Bouteille brune, 750 ml, via Sébastien Bertrand (merci!) le 29 mai 2019, savourée le 10 janvier 2020; œil : noire, opaque, pas d’effervescence, demi-anneau de mousse brun foncé, très légère dentelle; nez : malt, cendré, torréfaction, chocolat, vanille, café, intense; bouche : malt, cendré, torréfaction, chocolat, vanille, café, intense, alcool, chaleur d’alcool, houblon amérisant, léger salé, léger boisé (?), finale semi-sèche cendrée avec présence de chocolat, corsée, carbonatation légèrement sous la moyenne, moyennement amère, moyennement sucrée, texture légèrement alcoolique et légèrement huileuse; en résumé : bien bon

Dark brown, with a lot of vanilla and coffee on the nose, maybe with some chocolate. Big rich body, lots of coffee, burnt and roasty, and this is tempered by quite a bit of vanilla. Really nice, and has a nice bit of vanilla in the finish.

750mL bottle, pours jet black with a small tan head. Aroma brings out bright cocoa and vanilla upfront, with a touch of espresso, and light roast. Flavour is intense, decadent, and dessert-like, with lots of vanilla, cocoa and dark fruits, accentuated by light coffee and light roast. Very fruity, balanced beautifully, with deep complexity. Beautiful stuff.

Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color ale with a large dark brown foamy head with good retention and light lacing. Aroma of intense coffee and cocoa notes with some chocolate notes also clearly identifiable. Taste is also an interesting mix between some floral coffee notes with light bitter trace, some huge chocolate notes and light vanilla notes. Body is pretty full with good level of carbonation with faint alcohol notes. Enjoyable and barrel-aging of this beer would be wonderful and probably remove some minor rough edges.

2020-07-25, tasting at Ash's, bottle, 8-4-8-4-16=40
Black colour with brown head. The aroma is nice, chocolate, cacao, burnt wood. The mouthfeel is robust, with lip smacking sweetness, and the coffee dominates, with the cocoa nibs.

2019-06-19, bottle, courtesy of Sergey, 8-4-8-4-17=41
Pitch black colour. Strong aroma of dark chocolate and cocoa nibs (8+). It's not very sweet, but it has a strong body and smooth mouthfeel, oily, with strong flavour of pure black chocolate, a bit salty, mild coffee, maybe the vanilla. Gentle alcohol warmth as a reminder that this can be a vicious sipper.
Excellent.

750ml bottle shared at Teekay. Appearance: almost black with a weak beige head. Aroma: lots of coffee, some grassy notes. Taste: lots of coconut, vanilla, coffee, dark chocolate, tastes like a candy, thick. Overall: this is awesome.

Almost black colour with no highlights, a milky head that is chocolate-coloured with good retention and ghostly lace. Bitter cocoa powder nose with the roasted malt and some burnt coffee hints. The taste is full chocolate. Well-balanced between the bitterness and sweetness, all with the coffee. Hints of vanilla lingers. The mouthfeel has a little tart, but some creaminess and eventually, some building dryness. This is quite the Imperial Stout that goes down smoothly with very well-blended cocoa, coffee and vanilla.