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

440ml can. Jet black colour with small, creamy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, tan head. Sweet-ish, chocolately, dark malty aroma with biscuity and doughy yeasty touch, notes of toffee, chocolate, couverture, chocolate sauce, a touch of dark caramel, chocolate cookies. Taste is dry and bitter, sweet-ish, roasty and chocolately, dark malty, notes of toffee, chocolate, dark caramel, some liquorice; superbly hidden alcohol. Creamy, viscous texture, smooth, soft, silky, minimally cloying palate, very fine, soft, minimally prickly carbonation. Liquid dark toffee in a can.

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

Can 440ml @ Sommerhuset
Pours black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, licorice and alcohol. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long warm, chocolate, coffee, roasted and licorice finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

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

Sample, can, gift from a stranger, during Dark Lord Day, trip to Dark Lord Day with Luc Bourbonnière, savoured on May 18, 2019; eye: black, opaque, tiny ring of dark brown head, no lacing; nose: cannabis, roasted malt, coffee, slight ashy, alcohol; mouth: cannabis, roasted malt, coffee, slight ashy, alcohol, bitter hops, finale in coffee with good presence of malt, full-bodied, below average carbonation, mildly bitter, mildly sweet, alcoholic texture; overall: fine

FRANÇAIS
Échantillon, canette, cadeau d'un étranger, durant Dark Lord Day, voyage à Dark Lord Day avec Luc Bourbonnière, savourée le 18 mai 2019; œil : noire, opaque, minuscule anneau de mousse brun foncé, pas de dentelle; nez : cannabis, malt torréfié, café, très léger cendré, alcool; bouche : cannabis, malt torréfié, café, très léger cendré, alcool, houblon amérisant, finale en café avec bonne présence de malt, corsée, carbonatation sous la moyenne, moyennement amère, moyennement sucrée, texture alcoolique; en résumé : bien

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9.5

Black as true night, bit of light brown foam. Smells roasty. Smooth mouthfeel. Taste is roasty coffee up front, with a bit of sweet chocolate. Aftertaste is tons of licorice, more coffee, a hint of christmas fruit. Lingers for days. Gorgeous classical.

Smaczny, normalny, chlalny dosc i nieco zbyt na-CO-dwany rysik. Ma nieco goryczki. Ciala niezawiele a slodycz obecna. Troche zbozowy. Troche kawowy. Troche cocacolowy. Najsik, ale bez zadnych peanow

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

Can. Black. Caramel and soft roast in the aroma. Malty sweet flavor with coffee, caramel. Smooth, slightly alcoholic. Almond spice, raisin. Very nice and balanced.

Lekker zoet, karamel fudge

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

Imperial stout by this modern craft brewery in Leeds; at Bar Beenhouwer, Ghent. Thin, pale greyish beige, open head lacing in dots over a black beer with a thin burgundy edge, not more than a millimetre or so. Aroma of hot chocolate sauce made with cognac, melting toffee, coffee liqueur, cold Irish coffee, wet leather, bayleaf, toasted walnuts, brownies, gin. Sweet onset in a condensed way, candied cherries, figs, light gravy-like umami touch, medium carb, slick and oily, thick mouthfeel; toffeeish and caramelly malt sweet body with a bitter-chocolatey edge, but refraining from going into full-fledged roasted bitterness. Herbal tea-ish and spicy hop accents and the expected warming glow of whisky-like alcohol round off the finish. Your textbook U.S. style imperial stout in the year 2019 – no complaints here, but every once in a while, I’d love to see this genre in a less sweet effectuation and with more roasted bitterness, like in the old days…