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33cl bottle. A black beer with a tan head. Aroma of roasted strong dark malt, some honey, chocolate. Taste of sweet strong dark malt, honey, chocolate, burned malt. Not too boozy.

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330 ml bottle. Pours black with light fizzy head. Aromas of chocolate syrup, honey, vanilla, and roasted malts with just a bit of red berries. Flavors of dark chocolate, vanilla, honey, and bitter roasted malts. Warm finish. Excellent.

Taster. Tasty!

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33cl bottle from Abeervinum, Rimini, Italy. Pours black, with fine brown foam. Aroma is rich, of cocoa, vanilla, coconut, molasses, some oxidation. Body is smooth, fairly dense, with nice ticking carbonation. Taste is intense, with a mix of sweetness and quite a chili feeling. There must be also a good dose of bitterness, but it's overpowered by the above chilliness.

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Bottled 330ml. -from Ambasada Zagreb. Pitch black coloured, small brownish head, honey and alcohol in the nose. Roasted malt, honey, chocolate, alcohol, light cheesy notes and sweet alco finish.

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33cl bottle. Poured pitch black, almost no head. Licorice, smoothness, some coffee notes, molasses. Thick, warming. Sipper.

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

An apparently potent imperial stout delivered to me by one of my Belgian retailers, always appreciated. A snifter arrayed, let us go. Assuredly dark, just this side of totally black and a no mas head. A smell of farmland sweetness and grain. But the taste, geez, it is enlightening. Dark whole grain bread, toffee, chocolate, vanilla, red licorice, honey I assume and sorghum. Low anticipation is significantly exceeded.

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

Bottle at Craig's. Pours black, nose is chocolate, liquorice, cacao, some blackcurrant, taste is chewy, chocolate, berries, sweet honey but a dry finish.