7.8

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

Can from BiervanEijk, Steenwijk. Aroma is dark chocolate, roasted malt, cocoa, soft whisky, alcohol, nutty notes, caramel. Flavour is medium sweet and mild bitter with some warming booze in the finish. Full body. Strong, very nice.

7.6

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

8th October 2024
Can. Near opaque dark brown black beer, small tan head. Palate is remarkably light for its hefty 14.5%, it's mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Fairly mellow dark malts, pretty modest dark chocolate and coffee. The Welsh whiskey is the star with a rich and well rounded ripe fruitiness. No heat, no spice and that's the other impressive thing about this brew, it wears it's abv very lightly indeed.

8.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

440ml can. Pitch black, with a small tan head. Aroma of dark chocolate, roast malt, a little oak. Taste is very rich, roast malts, dark chocolate, caramel, molasses, oaky, whisky, big bitterness to finish with a good kick of alcohol warmth. Full bodied, smooth. Excellent impy stout.

7.8

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

Can from Beerdome. Black with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, chocolate, cocoa and light whisky. Flavor is quite sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. Oily and soft. 280924

8.1

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

Tap at Taphouse, Copenhagen 31/07/2024 dark roasted and sweet malty with smooth opulent chocolate, some caramel and toffee fudge malty sweetness, full bodied, whisky bourbon infused dark malty lingering finish. Lovely.

7.8

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

Black with creamy head. Aroma and flavour have strong alcohol esters and some roasted malt. Brown sugar. Some vanilla. Intense.

7.6

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

Whisky barrel aged imperial stout by this Welsh craft brewery, sampled from tap at Bar Beenhouwer. Membrane-lacing, creamy, medium sized, yellowish beige head on a black robe with very thin ruddy-bronze edges. Aroma of dark chocolate and chocolate liqueur, clear (non-peated) whisky indeed, walnut oil, coffee grounds, hard caramel, ground hazelnuts, vanilla-scenting oak wood, bayleaf, figs soaked in cognac. Dense onset, raisin- and candied fig-like sweet with a dash of black olive-like umami, medium fizz with full, oily body; bitter black-chocolatey core with dry-caramelly and hazelnutty edges, background touches of bayleaf and salmiak plus of course a retronasal vanilla effect from oak wood; roasty coffeeish bitterness grows in the end, propelled forward by leafy hops and tannic woodiness, but in the end also by boozy whisky, accentuating the pepperiness a bit – while a sweeter, rounder ‘chocolateyness’ continues well into the finish. Rich and tasty, a typical postmodern barrel aged ‘impy’ in U.S. style, but perhaps just a tad too whisky-forward and boozy for its own good.

8

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

Lukt: Kaffe, lakris, sjokolade. Utseende: Sort. Skum/kullsyre: Tynt skum. Smak: Kaffe, karamell, lakris, sjokolade, vanilje. Medium: Rating:4-848416, Tapp@100ml, ABV@14.5%, Når@08.06.2024. Hvor: DGB Invitational 2024 Polly's Brew Black Brook Stout - Imperial

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