Bottle number 15, drunk 6/10/17.
Dark ebony body of undetermined clarity, topped by a small, tan head showing moderate-to-low retention.
Nose is full of sherry and moderate oxidation, creating soy, peanut brittle but also the more refined tea, hazelnut and dry toffee character of a very old sherry. Smells surprisingly good, much better than most 10 year-old Imperial stouts. No metal or dirt, nor any autolytic character. Booze is controlled, despite it not seeming fudgey or cakey. Plentiful dark fruit with breathing/warming. No doubt a very well-brewed beer and if it was a sugar bomb, it’s certainly benefited from aging, as there’s little/no sign of it here.
Sticky, rich and chocolatey in the mouth with peanut, soy and cardboard showing through a bit more than in the nose. Still, it’s lightly carbonated and controlled on the alcohol, with big fig, raisin, plum and tobacco notes and moderate sherry on the finish. Quite a good one, and glad I got to try it even if it’s past its prime.

Bottle - Grana Padano 2.0: 15/40 - pours dark brown tan head - nose and taste of sherry, dark roasty chocolate, dirty earthen dark fruit, black licorice, oak and tinge of molasses - full bodied

Bottle #16/40. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate licorice woody vanilla aroma. Roasted malty chocolate woody licorice and vanilla flavor. Has a roasted malty woody chocolate licorice and vanilla finish.

Bottle shared at the Kenny 20K mega monster tasting. 14/01/2016. Huge thanks to Kenny for this one. Viscous oily opaque black coloured pour with a lasting very dark tan head. Aroma is big rough, slightly farmyard, soy, some jammy fruits, solvent alcohol,. Flavour is composed of oily dark chocolate, fruit jammy, umami, bitter black malts, some coconut. Thick and chewy palate, low carbonation, oily, chewy. Some cough syrup and liquorice in the finish. Covonia cough syrup. Good flavour but tough going.

Bottle shared at Kenny’s 20K tasting - London. Big thanks to Ken himself for this one. Pours oily black with a bubbly brown head. The aroma holds well roasted malts, chocolate, earth, dried dark fruits. Heavy sweet flavour, with oily and syrupy chocolate, baking cocoa, rich roast, scorched earth bitterness. Full bodied, thick and chewy, with fine carbonation. Sits quite heavy on the palate. Hot finish, very sugary, with bitter charred wood, brown sugar, chocolate sauce, ripe fruits, berries. Good stuff overall. Very, very rich.

Bottle #31/40 at Kenny’s 20K tasting, thanks to the main dude himself. It pours jet black with a tiny tan head. The nose is rich, umami, dark chocolate, chewy malts, light soy sauce ,some Marmite, vinous and jammy fruits. The taste is rich, vinous, jammy, fruit compote, oily, slick, chocolate, warming alcohol, charred wood, fruit cake, umami, light soy sauce vibe, liquorice, salted chocolate and sherry. Full body, fine carbonation and chewy mouth-feel. Very rich, but I can’t help but enjoy it. Intense stuff!

Bottle split at Madmitch76 20K tasting, big thanks to Mitch himself, 16/01/16 bottle#31/40. Massive deScription or wat ? Pitch black with a dirty tan covering that dissipates to a swirl and edgeing. Nose is soy sauce, chocolate fondue, icing sugar, Terrys chocolate orange, light spice, dark malts, light roast. Taste comprises toffee fudge, sweet licks, molasses, chocolate maltesers, no soy notes in the taste, black forest gateaux, chocolate and jam spread. Full bodied, fine carbonation, subtle sherry whisper at the last post. Solid BA impy, has aged well, subtle barrel ... very quaffable.