6

Better be worth it. Took me twenty minutes to open the damn thing....

Oh. Nope. It isnt. It tastes like lip numbing gasoline coffee.

6.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Shared 375ml bottle. Pours jet black with almost no head. Aroma of roasted malt, cocoa, alcohol. Taste is roasty, chocolate, alcohol, molasses, vinous notes. Finish is sweet but also has a substantial roasted malt bitterness. Intense.

8.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Corked and caged 375 ml bottle.

It pours a pitch black with, initially, a 1" head of tan foam. The foam shrinks quickly leaving no lacing behind.

Roasted malt and cocoa dominate the initial smell. Deeper whiffs reveal some coffee and a fruity aspect.

The top 3 in the taste: cocoa, roasted malt, and light coffee notes. I don’t get any of the fruit I noticed in the smell. Getting a bit of toffee now. And plenty of booze. Not to worry, it still comes across as smooth to my palate.

Full bodied with medium carbonation.

Excellent Imperial Stout! I will buy again.

6.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Pours an oily black with a dark brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has bitter dark grain and bitter roasted malts with some bitter dark chocolate. Flavor has some sweet dark grains up front with strong bitter chocolate and bitter roasted malts.

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

375 ml corked and caged bottle. Pours a inky black color topped by a small creamy tan head. Big roasted malt aroma has prune and chocolate notes. Thick viscous mouthfeel. Flavor is intense bittersweet chocolate and licorice. Warming alcohol in midtaste. Cloying sweet roasted malt and resiny hops in finish.

8.2

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

37.5cl bottle pours with an inky black body that supports a tiny mocha head. The aroma offers up inviting chocolate, burnt sugars, thin burnt malts and molasses. The taste starts pretty smooth with rich chocolate malts, molasses and then dark roasted malts to burnt maltiness. To midway the chocolate grows to meet a modest level of booziness. Nice sipper.

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

375 ml bottle into snifter, bottled in 2/2014. Pours dense pitch black color with a minimal lacing cap for a head. Slight spotty lacing clings around the glass, not much carbonation here. Aromas of huge dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, molasses, dark bread, toast, toffee, raisin, herbal, light tobacco, light char, and roasted earthiness. Incredible aromas with awesome complexity and balance and dark/roasted malt, cocoa, and moderate dark fruit notes; with great strength. Taste of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, molasses, dark bread, toast, toffee, light raisin, herbal, light tobacco, light char and roasted earthiness. Fair amount of roast/char bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, molasses, dark bread, toast, toffee, light tobacco/char, and roasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity and robustness of dark/roasted malt, cocoa, and light-moderate dark fruit notes; with a great roasted bitterness/sweetness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Minimal carbonation and fairly full bodied; with a very smooth, creamy, fairly slick, and lightly chalky/bready mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a light warming present after the finish. Overall this is an awesome imperial stout. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roasted malt, cocoa, and light-moderate dark fruit notes; and very smooth to sip on for the big ABV despite lacking carbonation. A highly enjoyable offering.