Bouteille 33cl. Brune foncée légèrement toruble, col épais crémeux moka laissant un léger doré au verre. Arôme est agréablement bien BA surtout avec le côté tourbe qui ressort sans pour cela être trop dérangeant. Le tout garde un côté presque de rhum, rétro chocolaté généreux avec un léger caramel. Palais est tourbé avec un bon profil chocolaté le tout restant assez doux et tirant sur un caractère presque café au lait et toffee. Le tout est légèrement poudreux cacao, chocolat, café ponctué par ce fini résiduel doux. Amertume reste discrète et perce péniblement.

Bottle, 0.33l. Murky almost black color with thin creamy light brown head and many body particles floating. Aroma of roasted malt, dark chocolate, cocoa, oatmeal, coffee and liquorice. Taste starts with rich roasted malt and sweet chocolate, follows by liquorice and woody note with warming alcoholic mouthfeel and mild bitter finish. Full body, creamy texture and average carbonation in palate. Couldn’t have aged it for 5 years, I think 5 weeks is a success story...

Bottle. Black beer, almost no head. Did not age for five years, I’m not going to wait that long. Aroma of smooth whiskey and malt. Taste of salty dry licorice, coffee, some anise and boozy red fruit of the lagavulin. Note of cherry, bit port like. Malty and whiskey finish. The Spanish are doing quite well lately.

Bottle at home, 30th November 14. Pours black, some white head. Aroma is molasses, black treacle. Taste is molasses, slight sticky black toffee, some faint peat, and a little smokey leather, very balanced and integrated Islay. Not harsh at all really mellow and smooth. Drinks really well and the ABV is completely hidden. Very pleasant Imperial Stout.

330 ml. bottle from Bierhalle Deconinck. Very dark blackish brown, thick chocolate mouse head. Nose is thick warming whisky, peat is very light, almost doesn’t feel like Islay, there is a faint blackberry & peat note here, rich but not overwhelming, excellent quality spirit quality with light roast, very black chocolate, lots of cacao nibs, rich warming very high quality spirit. Taste is warming Black Forest cake, cacao nibs, lots of same pleasantly warming spirit, extremely balanced, high quality oak, Sherry oak, thick liquorish coffee, there is some very light peat in the back once you get accustomed to it, Black Forest Ham & light smoke, faint peat. Extremely mellow, complimentary & highly impressive use of an Islay barrel. Body is thick, substantial but not overly thick. Bottom of the glass had chunks of what looked like chocolate, chocolate wasn’t listed amongst ingredients, maybe yeast coloured by the beer itself? Very classy beer. Impressive work. I have wanted to try this one for a long time & I am glad that I finally did. Awesome label.

Bottle from Bierhalle Deconinck, Vichte. Dark brown/black colour, brown foam. Medium carbonation. Medium body. Aroma of roasted malts, coffee, caramel, light smoke. Hints of peated whisky. Easy drinkable. Well balanced. Good stout!