Dec. ’16. A 0.5 l bottle at Brasserie 4:20, huge, enormous thanks to the Roman ratebeer crew (ippopotamo36 and Mortlach) for pulling it out! Bottle #444/1650, by their words, one of the few last conditioned bottles in existence! So, it poured a pitch black body with medium sized head. Beautiful, strong aroma of dried and cooked fruits, coffee, chocolate and licorice. And more. Flavor was lightly sweet, with notable roasty bitterness. Dried fruits dominated, like raisins, which even seemed a bit oxidated, but drown in chocolate, licorice, coffee and cooked plum perfection it wasn’t bothering. Secondary flavors pronounced plum jam and even added some cinnamon, pepper and some unidentified aromatic herbs to it as the finish was smoothly built up. I missed to write down a lot of things for sure. Full bodied, with warming alcohol all the way through, but extremely drinkable for 14%. Not the best I’ve had for sure, but an excellent imperial stout, very complex, well balanced and tasty. My kind of thing. Silo mi ka budali pleska.

Bottle - Lots of dark fruit, light booze and molasses sweetness. Deep jet brown with a light brown head. Sweet, dark fruit and a touch of sweet alcohol heat. Complex and quite nice.

2011 vintage. 500mL bottle, pours inky black with a small tan head. Aroma brings out decadent chocolate, a touch of roast, alcohol and some sherry oxidation. Flavour is decadent and complex as hell, with liqueur, booze and chocolate. Boozy, but in a pleasant way. Liqueury on the finish. Really a wonderful beer.

At the multi-national tasting held in Rome-Italy on 29/08/2015 (Jow, Mortlach, ippopotamo36 and Marco). Last beer of a great tasting, bottle. Pours deep black with a minimal brownish foam. Nose: molasses, dry fruit, vanilla, dry figs. Uh! Mouth: sweet and balanced cherries notes, burnt malts, rich-sweet balanced character, vanilla, dry fruit.

The last beer at the Rome tasting and its only fitting to go with a highly rated Italian brew to finish after previously drinking brews only from Albania, Croatia, Tunisia, Malta, Estonia, Denmark, Serbia, Kosovo, New Zealand, Belgium and the US. Pours thick oil can black. Nose of over ripe fruits, espresso, and booze. Tastes of molasses, blackberry, tobacco, cherry, brandy, espresso, chocolate, plums, and some earthy bitters to finish. rich and thick and delicious. Thanks again Alberto for hosting the excellent tasting.

400th imperial stout, thnx to a trade with a cool italian guy! 2011 version , 1349 / 1650 . Pours black, no head. Smell is thick, rich maltyness . Very dark, coffee notes as well as oats and bitterness. Taste is very rich dark malts. Super intense chocolate. Nicely roasted charater.

Bottle @ koelschtrinker Tasting: Sehr dunkelbraunes/schwarzes Bier mit geringer beiger Schaumkrone. Geruch schokoladig, holzig, Vanille, leicht alkoholisch. Geschmack sehr schokoladig, Vanille, Kaffee, süß, lecker.

Bottle. Creamy White good mostly deminishing head. Black colour. Heavy malty and moderate hoppy aroma. Loads of chocolate and coffee. Powerfull heavy bitter complex flavior. Long fantastic finish. Creamy palate. World Class brew.