28th February 2009
Sherry Barrel Aged. Bottle 40/40. Opened after a night out with the missus and her work mates at one of their weddings! Phew what a relief, peace and quiet and a craft beer! Beautiful nose of chocolate and sherry. Smooth silky palate. Opaque black in colour. A sweet sherryish start and then there is a little carbonation providing a brief bite and then some minerals. The main body is a complex medley of chocolate, sherry and mildly spicy licorice which is the type of licorice you normally only get in a proper Vintage Port from the 1970s! Rich dark finish with a some good cherry and red fruit coming to the fore and a parting note of yeast and coffee. Quite stunning! Depite it being a 750 at 15% I could barely restrain myself from bolting it. Very easy to be praiseworthy about such a rare (and expensive!) beer but this is honestly the best beer I have ever had!

2011 Note - still the best! If anyone has a 2006 version then I have one more of this one we can share or possibly trade!

2014 Note. Found some of this in the back of the fridge, I’d kept an inch and a bit in a jar. Still tastes amazing. Rich malts, chocolate, light coffee, big sherry - madeira - port. Light warming finish. Amazing beer.

Bottle. Great session and great beer. We have waited to years to gather the seven (8?) people for sharing this great beer. Thanks to Mikkeller for this project. And the rating is not for the rarity of the beer, just the experience of the beer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Frothy lightbrown fair mostly deminishing head. Black colour. Almost a 3 but it got the 4! Heavy malty and moderate hoppy aroma. Powerfull rasin, plumb and vanilla notes. Moderate bitter fantastic complex flavor. Long great finish. Creamy palate. I truly love an imperial stout with this power where coffee is hidden and vanilla is dominating. I am in Ore!

Bottle #35. Small head with short duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are vanilla, raisin, wood, chocolate, roast malt, licorice and notes of coffee.

Big thanks to madmitch76 for scoring me this taste from bottle #40. What an amazing treat. It pours lightless void with tiny loose dark chocolate bubbles futilely trying to pull together to form a ring. The aroma is simply utterly huge with dark roastiness, molasses, dark chocolate, booze, sherry, rich dark fruity goodness, a touch of charred wood and oak. Wow! This aroma goes on and on and I can easily smell sherry and chocolate from a couple of feet away. It gets a tad hot on the nose with a big draw. OK, I can’t wait any longer. The first impression of the taste is rich, luscious, liqueur, sweet nectar and YUM! I get smooth rich malts becoming molasses and chocolate by the initial first moment or two. Then it turns toward rich sherry liqueur sweet nectar like dark fruitiness and smooth oak. By midway and to the finish vanilla joins in to further enhance the experience. Into the after taste fading notes of sherry drop out to reveal burnt molasses, vanilla and a touch of oak lingering . . . well, I could still taste it the next morning after brushing my teeth. The beer exhibits smooth barrel notes just mellow enough to allow the rich imperial stout flavors to shine through for this barrel heavy brew.

Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of Ungstrup. Pours completely opaque black with basically no head. Distinct and intense aroma of wood and sherry and loads of sweet, dried fruits while the burned malts are surprisingly downplayed. Very full-bodied, vanilla accents and plenty of prunes and raisins - has a distinct sweetness. Sweetish sherry accents. Somewhat low in carbonation, thick and syrupy. Subdued bitterness. 130109

Entered to celebrate my 12,000th rating. Bottled. A pitch black beer with a brown shine under a fast disappearing brown head. The aroma is fantastic with notes of dessert wine - Madiera and Sherry, as well as notes of over ripe fruits, wood and alcohol. The falvor is sweet and with strong notes of roasted malt as well as notes of wood, vanilla, and Sherry. The alcohol tickles the tongue. An insane beer - and insanely great.

Bottle 38/40. This is an awesome beer. Sweet plums in the aroma, with Belgian yeast and malt. Smooth and sweet flavor that includes oak, vanilla, some brandy, and just a hint of sourness. The high abv is entirely hidden. Very thick and heavy, and nearly still like an English imperial stout.

Bottle 75cl @ [ Tasting in Ulfborg ].[ Bottle #25 of 40 ]. Clear dark black color with a average, creamy - frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting - diminishing, light brown head. Aroma is heavy malty, burnt, caramel, dark chocolate, coffee, dark berrys - fig, pruns and raisins marinaded in port or cherry, wood - oak, moderate alcohol. Flavor is heavy sweet and bitter with a long long long duration. Body is full, texture is oily - creamy - syrupy, carbonation is soft to flat, finish feel is moderate alcoholic. so nice and very very good .. well done Mikkelle a master piece again from you ! Lucky me that I did make it to taste this very complex beer .. ;o)) (110708)

Thank you yespr for sharing this at the RBESG! Black with a small light brown head. head. Overwhelming, intense aroma with vanilla, oak, some caramel, and complex roast malt notes. Rather sweet, with burned and charcoal notes balancing, toffee malty sweetness, aqnd a lingering warm alcohol. I love how wild and powerful it is.