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

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

12 oz bottle. Pours black with a tan head. Aromas of sweet creamy molasses and cocoa, dark fruit. Flavor leans more roasty, but certainly sweet cocoa, molasses, caramel. Quite tasty.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

The Aromas are cocoa, roast and dark malt. For a milk stout it's more bitter than sweet, in fact there's not much sweet at all. A little bit in the Finish out of balance okay drinking if you don't mind those things.

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

Bottle. Black color. Aroma of milk chocolate, malt and coffee. Taste has milk chocolate, creamy coffee, mocha, malt molas and a milky sweet finish. Quite nice.

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

12 ounce bottle from Whole Foods Ann Arbor Eisenhower, 3/26/16. Dark brown, large foamy brown head, good retention. Aroma of coffee, roasted malts, lactose and a bit of dark fruit. The taste is roasted malts, coffee, lactose. Medium bodied, smooth and creamy. Nice.

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

Purchased at Bottles and Cans in Chicago, IL; enjoyed at home on a cloudy Wednesday mid spring evening. Appearance is pitch black, moderately thick, light tan head. Aroma of lactose and chocolate with a little coffee. Taste is decent, chocolate and lactose still dominate, not too boozy for the 8% ABV. Overall decent.

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

12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 1/20/2016. Pours fairly pitch black color with a 1-2 finger dense tan head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toasted dark bread, vanilla, cream, light smoke/char, herbal, light pepper, light dark fruit, and roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt, lactose, moderate earthy hop, and light fruity yeast notes; with great strength. Taste of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toasted dark bread, vanilla, cream, light smoke/char, herbal, light pepper, light dark fruit, and roast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate roast/char and herbal/spicy hop bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toasted dark bread, vanilla, cream, smoke, char, herbal, light pepper, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, lactose, moderate earthy hop, and light fruity yeast flavors; with a great roast/hop bitter/sweet balance and zero astringent flavors after the finish. Light dryness from roast/hop bitterness that increases through the glass. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky, and fairly sticky/chalky balanced mouthfeel that is awesome. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a light warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is an excellent imperial milk stout! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, lactose, moderate earthy hop, and light fruity yeast flavors; and very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV. This felt hoppy for the style, but it wasn’t overdone. A very enjoyable offering.