Roast and a little oak. Some chocolate. Black oily pour with ok head. Elements don't mesh super well. Bitter finish with a little caramel. Can.

Can from The Gull, North Vancouver
Dark mahogany colour. Dark caramel character, moderately sweet, bold, alcohol; it's a straigh-forward imperial stout, nothing mind-blowing, but quite tasty.

Poured from 473mL can. Clear mahogany brown with small beige head. Iodine, light booze, feint molasses, a bit thin, touch to drink, drain poured.

16oz @ Ryan's. Appearance: brown with a tan head. Aroma: a bit sweet, inky, with some meaty notes on the background. Taste: sweet, inky, quite bitter. Overall: meh.

2021 vintage. Medium. This seems a bit thin, but on the palate it's got a fair bit of molasses/toffee notes. So it's husky, and a bit thin. I'd say needs work.

473mL can sampled at Weathered 2023, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma brings out medium roast and earthy hops. Flavour is rich, with lots of medium roasted malt, plenty of hops, and a touch of earthiness. Balanced well, though a hit jumbled and lacking cohesion. It's good.

355ml can. (2019 vintage) Pours an opaque black with a medium, creamy, short lived, brown head that laces. Sweet aroma of roasted malt, dark chocolate, caramel, earth, coffee and a hint of licorice. Sweet flavour of roasted malt, licorice, dark chocolate, molasses, earth, prune and coffee in a dry, mild bitter, light metallic finish. Medium to full body with a creamy, smooth, oily texture and soft carbonation. Pretty solid, but the light metallic note distracts just enough to keep this beer from being great. Dangerously easy to drink.

pitch black color. Lots of umami, chocolate soy sauce. Low bitterness low roastiness tons of dark chocolate and dark fruit. Austere. Abv well hidden

Glass, 5-ounce, on the premise, trip to the International Population Data Linkage Network conference, savoured on September 15 2018; eye: black, opaque, no effervescence, thin sheet of brown head, no lacing; nose: chocolate, coffee, roasting, vanilla, light bittering hops; mouth: chocolate, coffee, roasting, vanilla, light bittering hops, alcohol, finale in chocolate with presence of bittering hops, full body, lightly below-average carbonation, slightly bitter, mildly sweet, silky texture; overall: quite good

FRANÇAIS
Verre, 5 onces, en fût, bue sur place, voyage pour la conférence International Population Data Linkage Network, savourée le 15 septembre 2018; œil : noire, opaque, pas d’effervescence, mince couverture de mousse brune, pas de dentelle; nez : chocolat, café, torréfaction, vanille, léger houblon amérisant; bouche : chocolat, café, torréfaction, vanille, léger houblon amérisant, alcool, finale en chocolat avec présence de houblon amérisant, corsée, carbonatation légèrement sous la moyenne, très légèrement amère, moyennement sucrée, texture soyeuse; en résumé : bien bon