Cookies and Cream Imperial Stout

Tastes like cocoa more than the chocolate, great balance

16 ounce can into snifter, canned on 8/23/2019. Pours opaque dark brown/black color with a small fairly dense tan head with solid retention, that reduces to a minimal spotty lace cap that lingers. Minimal spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, vanilla frosting, cream, oreo cookies, fudge, brownie batter, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and dark bread/crust; with light notes of dark fruit, toffee, smoke, char, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Minimal booze in the aromas as it warms. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malts, vanilla, lactose, flavorings, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop notes; with big strength. Taste of huge milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, vanilla frosting, cream, oreo cookies, fudge, brownie batter, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and dark bread/crust; with light notes of dark fruit, toffee, smoke, char, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Very mild herbal, grassy, peppery, roast, charred bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, vanilla frosting, cream, oreo cookies, fudge, brownie batter, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, dark bread/crust; light dark fruit, toffee, smoke, char, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, vanilla, lactose, flavorings, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with a nice roast/hop bitter/sweet balance, and no cloying sweetness after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering hop/roast bitterness. Light-medium carbonation and very full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/velvety/bready, and lightly slick/sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is fantastic. Minimal warming alcohol for 12%. Overall this is an amazing flavored imperial stout! All around incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, vanilla, lactose, flavorings, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to drink for the ABV, with the mildly bitter/drying finish; amazingly silky/soft feel for the ABV. Perfectly balanced super rich malts, lactose, and flavorings. Not overly sweet/heavy from lingering dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and top tier dessert stout style example as expected of both breweries.