8

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

s: licorice | oatmeal | bourbon
a: dark oily black body | very thin, fast-dying brown head
t: caramelised sugars | rustic nuts | brewed coffee
p: dark chocolate | warming alcohol | anise throughout
o: complex | deep sugars everywhere | smooth vanilla & rounded edges

75 cL wax-sealed capped bottle | Smith's Liqour Gallery: Rapid City, South Dakota | 25-June-2020 | US$18,99 | bottled: 28-September-2016 | sampled: 04 & 05 July 2025, a bit less than nine years after bottling

8

Oops almost made it to 10 years, oh well, the cellar must get cleaned out! Hints of chocolate and coffee but notes of cherries and raisins dominate now. Nose of licorice and chicory. Pretty nice still!

8

Dark black body large foamy tan head. Roast ash chocolate vanilla aroma. Roast ash chocolate flavor. Full body mod carb. 8/5/9/4/17 4.3

Past its prime, rating redacted

8

Dry, roasty and heavy with licorice, bitterness and earthiness.

7

Melanoidynowe. Palone. No takie tam, w sumie smaczniutknie. Podobnie do wielunkrafcikow z nad wisly

9

a toast to darkness day. and a toast to my American friends. this is just amezing. totally not sharing this one ;)

9

Dark, heavy, roasty, bitter, rough around the edges. My kind of imperial stout.