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Bottle 330ml. @ [ (PBF XI) by oh6gdx - Petalax ]. [ As Elav Dark Chocolate ].Clear dark brown color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, dark malt, roasted, chocolate, dark chocolate. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, dark chocolate, roasted, dark malt. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20160709] 7-4-8-3-15

Imperial chocolate stout from this Italian craft brewer, bottle from Saveur Bière. Tightly lacing, very moussy, creamy, pale beige, well-retaining head over a black beer with hazy mahogany-bronze edges. Aroma of a lot of bitter and ’fondant’ chocolate, even old chocolate bars, black peppercorns, cold black coffee, soggy rye bread (though no rye has been used), wet leather, vague hint of fermenting tree leaves and moldy acorn shells on a damp forest floor, old dusty raisins, dried blueberries, beef stock, faint hints of blue cheese, bayleaf, baked banana, leather, dry sage, cigar tobacco. Dry from the start, sharpish dried berries, nut shells but very low - if at all - sweetness, more sourish, umami and bitter at the same time, hints of dried mushrooms and black olive, softish carbo, smooth and thick mouthfeel but perhaps a tad less oily and viscous than usual for the style; deeply nutty malt middle, walnut shells even, lots of toasted brown bread, with a souring undercurrent of roasted barley; slight caramelly malt sweetishness as well. Develops a full-fledged coffeeish roasted bitterness in the end, where the presence of bitter cocoa is clearly noticeable - I even get the feeling I am drinking a bar of ’fondant’ chocolate in liquid form - along with peppery hop bitterness tickling the back of the tongue and a well-positioned ’afterglow’ of warming, gin-like alcohol. Coffee grounds-like roasted bitterness, a tad ashy even, goes down deep into the throat. Pleasant enough chocolate stout, not that far away from classics like Young’s Double Chocolate stout; on the lower end of the scale in terms of ABV for an ’imperial’ stout and in this particular case, I am wondering if an ABV of, say, 10% would not enhance the experience aromatically and flavor-wise. Yet, for what it is, this is a very good stout, doubtlessly suitable for extended cellaring as well. Enjoyed it a lot. Salute!

Bottled@PBF XI. Black colour, mediumsized brown head. Aroma is nutty, some floral, toffeeish and herbal notes along with mild alcohol sweetness. Flavour is nutty, wooden, herbal and some slight wooden and chocolaty notes.

(Bottle, 0.33 l - BB 24/11/20, 20160710)The beer poured black. Its head was medium sized and lightly brown. Aroma had burnt malts, cocoa and dark chocolate. Palate was full bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were burnt malts, dark chocolate, sweetness, ash and bitterness. Aftertaste had burnt malts and bitterness. A quite burnt imperial stout and the chocolate was too hidden.

33cl bottle @PBF XI. Poured almost black with a thin brown head. Roasted malty, hint of dark berries, licorice. Flavor has roastedness, licorice, sweetness, chocolate. Ok but lacks something.

33cl bottle. Pours very dark orange brown colour with a huge most good lasting tan head. Aroma of dark roasted malt, coffee, mild metallic hops. Taste of sweet dark malt, dark red fruits, chocolate, soft metallic hops.