Draft. Dark brown maroon color, beige head. Aroma of bitterseet chocolate, dark coffee, vanilla. Taste is very roasty cocoa, coffee. Nice.

Bottle sample at a tasting at the Beer & Beyond shop. Thanks zvikar. Black-colored, not completely opaque. Aroma of chocolate, a bit of dark fruits, some licorice notes and a bit of alcohol notes. Sweetish flavor with chocolate, some roastiness and a pretty dry finish. Medium-bodied. Quite light for an Imperial Stout, but still a decent one.

355 cl. bottle @ home. Procured online. Not the biggest fan of the rather tacky label, didn’t care to much either about the cap which I didn’t even bother keeping. Pours not the darkest of black but black never the less black, little vanish mocha head. Nose is alcohol and bitter coffee grounds, light chocolate and chocolate milk, touch paint thinner. Taste is chocolate truffles, cacao powder, light bitterness, grainy, light chocolate milk, light bitter grounds and touch roast bitterness, cheap powdery espresso, strong bakers fare, something odd, almonds, uneatable berries? Bit lighter, almost touch fizzy. Some mixed feelings here, bit odd, not sure if this is supposed to be like this, bit off but not entirely bad either but than again it seems to be hard to make a bad RIS.

Bouteille 12oz, courtoisie de Hogtownharry ou Blankboy. De couleur noire et opaque. Nez malté de chocolat noir et au lait (notes lactiques), de malt rôti (notes brûlées et fumées), légèrement fruité (figues, raisins aux notes vineuses, notes de cerises noires), léger de réglisse noire et avec des notes de café et de houblon herbeux. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture moyennement crémeuse. Goût légèrement fruité (cerises noires, léger de raisins, notes de cassis et de prunes) avec un goût de chocolat au lait (légèrement lactique) ainsi que des notes de réglisse noire et de vanille lors de l’entrée en bouche suivi d’un goût de malt rôti (faibles notes brûlées), moyen de chocolat noir et avec des notes de fumées (présente en arrière-goût jusqu’en fin de gorgée) auquel se rajoute progressivement un goût de houblon herbeux avec des notes d’alcool doux réchauffant et de café. Post-goût long et un peu sec, moyennement amer de rôti, moyen de chocolat noir, moyen-léger de houblon herbeux avec des notes d’alcool doux et de café.

Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, chocolate, coffee, notes of caramel, nuts and hops. Oily palate.

Bottle from Barleywine shop, Copenhagen, Denmark. A black coloured pour with a medium beige head on top. Roastty, malty, dark fruit aroma. Tastes similar, roasty, malty, dark fruit, slight chocolate, almost port like. This bottle may be a few years old. Still pretty pleasant though.

Dark pour with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malts, licorice, dark fruits, chocolate. Medium bodied. Flavor follows the aroma with light coffee and smoke. Was not wowed by this one and thought it to be fairly non-descript. Not bad by any means, but not memorable, either.

chocolate, coffee, herbs, herbs, earthy, black, minimal head, heavy cloying sweetness, medium bitterness, medium sourness, full body, thick feel, flat, bitter, long finish,