7

Holy shit. Super smooth, sweet.

8.6

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

No wreszcie styl ktory niezbyt jest w tym kraju popularny, a jak juz robia to z fatalnym skutkiem, w tej czarnej jak noc edycji Imperial putin Stout wszystko tu gra jak nalezy. Syknal kapselek, zadymilo sie bardziej niz z elektrycznego auta, zapachnialo gesta deserowa czekolada, mocno ciemne nie przejrzyste, geste, powstaje rowniez gesta piana, sniadej barwy, pod koniec brazowa maz. kukulki, nieco drzewny wegiel, spora palonosc i kawowosc, chmielowe mocne zakonczenie. Ciezkie mimo jak na styl ma malo alkoholu. pyszka czekoladowo-kawowa uczta.

8.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

French imperial stout from a swingtop bottle, at GIST in Brussels. Very frothy and thick, paper-lacing, mocha-beige, stable head on a jet black beer, only revealing its burgundy edges in the end. Aroma of Belgian chocolates, old liquorish candy, toffee, sweet red apples, calvados even, caramel, walnut liqueur, candi sugar, coffee filters, some damp earth. Sweet onset, fig compote- and blackberry jam-like notes, fizzy carbonation (bit too sharply so for the intended style), full and smooth body; deeply toffeeish-caramelly malt sweetness with a soft ‘fondant’ chocolate edge and medium roasty, coffeeish bitterness in the tail, enhanced by calvados-like alcohol and spicy hops; fruitiness and caramelly malt sweetness remain very prominent though, almost like in a quadrupel. Sweetish, accessible, very rounded imperial stout with clear ‘Belgian’ tendencies, but with a lovely roasty bitter aspect and deliciously malty character. I liked this a lot, especially considering how France is still generally underachieving as a craft beer country (due to the dominance of their wine culture, I assume). Nice surprise from a to me hitherto unknown brewer.

7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

swing top bottle 330ml. -courtesy of hrabren, shared with him and Marko. Deep black coloured, small brownish head that went away fast, dried fruits and alcohol in the nose. Roasted malt, dried fruits, light chocolate and alcohol with light licorice in the finish.

7.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Swing top Bottle. Black. Malt, roast and licorice in the aroma. Full bodied. Malty sweet caramelly roasty flavor with laurel and licorice. Warming alcohol.

7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

0.33 l bottle from Bìeres des Halles, Lille. Shared with Marko and Ogi. Black, oily, minimal head. Aroma is chocolate, licorice, wood, dried fruit, brown sugar. Smooth, sticky. Sweet. Chocolate. Nutella. Brown sugary. Slightly tart finish. Alcohol hidden. Not as rich.

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle, thanks Hrabren! Pitch black, almost no head.. Sweetish, oily aroma, caramel, some light raisin, yoghurt. Sweet taste, fruity, plum black currant, smooth, different, elegant.

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

(bottle 0,33l from online beershop.cz) Overall: Nice chocolate. I expected it more complex. Aroma: Roasty, chocolate, light dark fruits, light alcohol. Appearance: Black color. Minimal, light brown head. Taste: Chocolate, medium sweet, light spicy alcohol. Palate: Medium body. Sticky texture. Light warm finish.

8.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Imported from my RateBeer account as Saint Germain Page 24 Black Edition Imperial Russian Stout (by Brasserie Saint Germain (Page 24)):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 18/20, MyTotalScore: 4.2/5

19/XII/18 - 33cl swing-top bottle from Abbaye des Saveurs (Lille), shared @ home, BBE: 2019 - (2018-1998)

Clear dark brown to black beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: soft roast, sourish impression, some caramel, malty, lots of grains. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body, creamy texture. Taste: nice roast, soft sweetness, lots of chocolate, bit of mocha, bitter touch, cocoa powder. Aftertaste: little watery, lots of dark chocolate ice cream, alcohol noticeable, soft acidity, malty touch.