Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

330ml bottle. Jet black colour with late awakening, small, thick, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, tan head. Chocolately, dark malty aroma, notes of dark chocolate, couverture, a touch of treacle and caramel, coffee and liquorice overtones. Taste is chocolately dark malty, minimally spicy, slightlly bitter hoppy, notes of dark chocolate, couverture, some liquorice, treacle, caramel, bitter hoppy counterweight; well hidden alcohol. Oily to viscous texture, smooth and soft, minimally sticky palate. Well balanced, highly drinkable - not much complexity, though.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Dark brown colour, moderate sized creamy beige head; aroma of roasted grains and nuts, some cocoa and coffee; taste is more intensive than the aroma with the same notes and some licorice and spicy aftertaste; not bad at all, though obviously not among the best brews of the category

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled. A red beer with a huge brown head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt, and chocolate, leading to a bitter finish.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle@Jespers - Black pour with beige head. Sweet and roasted malty with some notes of chocolate, caramel, some fudge, umami, treacle, hoppy backing, sweet malty finish.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

33 cl bottle. Pours hazy brown to black, small brown head. Aroma is mild wineous, roasted malty. Sweet, roasted, slight liqourice. Bitter and roasted malty. Dry and bitter. Roasted and breadish malty.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

The imperial stout from this craft brewery in Madrid, tasted from tap at Craft & Draft, Amsterdam. Cobweb-lacing, yellowish beige, densely moussy head; blackish robe but still a bit translucent on the edges, burgundy with ruby red tinge. Aroma of liquorish and butterscotch candy, ’Haagse hopjes’, pear syrup, treacle, smoked prunes, Cuban cigars, ’Limburgse vla’, pipe tobacco, dried bladderwort, chocolate, raisins, vague vanilla touch. Sweetish dried fig, raisins and candied banana in the onset, lots of butterscotch and ’hard caramel’ maltiness drenched in a beefy umami influence, touch of black olive; soft carbo, thick and oily mouthfeel, nutty with a toasted and ’black’ chocolatey bitterness to it but not becoming deeply roasted, sweetness remains strong (treacle) but balanced by the toastedness, a peppery hop finish and warming, rum-like alcohol. Very well-made, but I would not call this an imperial stout, for which it lacks a bit of depth, thickness and black roastedness; more a kind of export stout, actually, but a good one at that.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Caña en el señor lupulo Gijón 20..01..2017 (r00). Color negro intenso brillante con buena espuma oscura y buena retención. Aromas y sabores intensos maltosos tostados y algo carbonizados al final con dosis de cacaos y ligeras especias, algo de lactosa suave y todo ello combinado con una muy buena sensación alcohólica, que se nota desde el principio y va mejorando según calienta. Cuerpo medio a intenso denso y con buena espuma. 9 vol que eso....una maravilla para beber despacio. Bastante buena, para repetir sin duda.
Earlier Rating: 10/8/2016 Total Score: 3.4
Caña en el Lupulo 06..10..2016 (r04). Color negro intenso con espuma beige Aromas y sabores maltosos tostados con buenos toques de carbonizados y cafés y achicoria tostados. Ligeros cacaos y algo especiada. Cuerpo ligero a medio algo espumoso y denso. No está mal.

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On tap @Señor Lúpulo. Despacho de cervezas, Gijón 24/01/2017 Color negro, espuma beige, sabor torrefacto, café, dulce, cuerpo sedoso.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

On tap @ Brewery. Black color with beige head, good retention with nice lacework. Aroma is roasty, notes of coffee beans, slightly licorice and ripe black fruits. Flavor with light sweetness at the beginning, roasty, coffee, some ashes and alcoholic notes are present as well. Mild bitterness in the final with roasty mouthfeel. Creamy and smooth on palate.

Malo ciala ale fajnie porterowy w odbiorze, owoce ciemne suszone, likier wisniowy, kawa, czekolada, bardzo smaczny i pijalny