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C: opaque dark cola black
N: tad closed, dark chocolate
P: fuller body, red fruit, roasted malt, light coffee, alcohol slowly pierces through, dry, slightly tannic.

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From can @ tasting Black Night 2025. Head is medium, tanned, good retention. Colour is black, opaque. Aroma is roasted tones, dark fruits, cocoa, bit vanilla, dark chocolate. Taste is full malty base, dark fruits, dark malts, chocolate cocoa, bit berries, smooth mouthfeel, soft carbonation, very good, fully enjoyed.

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0.473l can. Pours like engine oil, but still leaves a sizable and lasting brown head. Roasted malts come first in the aroma, but there is a nice fruityness to it too (think about plums and raisins). It also shows a generous amount of spicy and earty hops. Subtle smoky notes can be felt too. Taste of dark chocolate and roasted malts with a plums, raisins and a lot of spicy and earthy hops. Full bodied with moderate carbonation and oily texture. OG RIS and a great example of it.

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From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Aroma is roasty with chocolate, mocha, cocoa, light liquorice, fudge, with a touch of vanilla. Flavour is medium sweet with a roasty bitterness. Body is full. Lovely roasty chocolate Stout, easy drinkable. Great, lots of flavours that I like in my Imperial Stout.

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Can from lowcostbeer, consumed 2 months past BBE. Pours black with moderate sized tanned head. Aroma is full on roasty with coffee, hint of treacle and berries. Taste is rich with roast, coffee, charred caramel, dark chocy, vanilla, some liquorice. Bittersweet throughout. Smooth full bodied. Good stuff.

Magus, mõru, suitsune, tuhatoosine, röstine, linnaseline, karamelline. Ok.

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Canned. Black colour with a mediumsized foamy brown head. Aroma is chocolate, roasted malts and some toffee tones. Flavour is coffee, roast, some chocolate and mild toffee. Long roasted aftertaste. Simplistic and quite one-dimensional, but still clean.

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473ml can: BB 16th December 2021. Drank at home on 3rd April 2022, so 3 and a half months out of date. Deep, dark black body, tanned collar and wisp. Huge coffee aroma and taste, some sweetness in there too. Don't think the age of the can make any real difference to the brew, it's a sturdy and robust beer and I really enjoyed it.

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Can from Smiling Grape, St Neots, Cambs. A black coloured pour with a very thin beige head which vanishes quickly. Roasty, malty, chocolate, caramel, dark fruit taste/aroma. Quite sweet but it's fine.