5.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

From Rudolf. Pours such a dark red it may be considered black with barely any head. Aroma is stripped down, nothing. Slightly mineral, lightly medicinal, slightly burnt Irish Red-like malts with faint cherry-alcohol but really just empty and not much there. Taste is similarly empty soap-y alcohol cherry with some weird woody wet cardboard thing. The mouthfeel is empty yet weird on the cheeks with a medicinal aftertaste. I would have loved to love this because I like the regular version so much but this was a mess. 12oz bottle with the regular label but "Imp" hand written on the cap (check that Rudolf wrote it, otherwise you can’t tell the difference unless you taste it, then it’s evident), St. Paul snifter/tulip glass.