Wax-dipped bottle - pours nearly black, fairly slick - deep chocolate, coffee, and smoke - sweet without being cloying - warm without being boozy - the oak and cognac add depth and complexity without overpowering - dark fruit, light spice, lingering smoke - delicious.

Pour at Dark Fields of Winter. Pours black with tan head. Aroma chocolate, coffee, and roasted malts. Flavour has coffee, dark chocolate, roasted malts, and a slight lingering bitterness. Flavours very well-balanced. Fantastic.

Tap at Taphouse, Copenhagen 09/08/2023 Dark sweet and roasted malty with opulent chocolate, some dried fruit, cherry accents, coffee roast, cognac soaked lingering dark malty finish. Gorgeous.

When you get a stout like this. You realize how big difference there is between a solid nice and an average impy Solid power evening sipper. Dangerously easy to drink Complete black pour and a fine beige head Pleasant intensity in the aroma Very balanced sweetness for a beer like this Tad to rich carbonation level. But it can be fixed Dark malt, kind of fruity, chocolate, some roast, toffee and some espresso in the flavor [Bottle from Vinmonopolet Amfi Borg in Sarpsborg, Norway]

Beer #9 of my 10,00th Beer Milestone Celebration! Super deep, basically pitch black coloured body with a bright oily glow and a super thin, single centimetre tall rich deep brown head that fades fast and leaves not much of a sign at all that there is movement here in the slightest - pretty rich and deep, but no carbonation evident (although it is there). Aroma of super strong vanilla, lactose, roasted oats, chocolate, oak, alcohol, metal and a huge hit (for the better) of actual cognac and deeper brandy notes with a big boozy scent. Full-bodied; Super rich of course with a ton of alcohol, roasted malts, oatmeal and graininess here along with a big kick of oak, cedar, wood, fudge, marshmallow and yes - more cognac - this is strong. Aftertaste shows a great rich, oily body of roasted malts and oatmeal with a ton of earthiness here along with a pungent bite of the oak and cognac with the boozy, strong finishes quite noticeable here along with a light sweetness of caramelised sugars, toffee and yes, more marshmallows and fudge. Overall, this is quite a strong beer, as expected and while it goes down pretty easily, it still shows a good deal of pungency, alcohol astringency and richness with the oak and cognac front and centre. I liked this a lot and perhaps from looking at the ratings while trying to align the beers against my 10k beer celebration, I was hoping too much for this one. It's great, but not amazing nor worthy of trying to go all in on a single beer. Great to have in general, but don't save it for THE beer of the celebration (i'm glad I didn't). I sampled this 33 cL bottle as Beer #9 [of 21 - 10 (for 10,000) of Each side of the 10,000 Beer Milestone and the 10,000th itself!] of my 10,000th Beer Milestone, purchased from Knightly Spirits in Orlando (Orange Blossom Trail), Florida on 05-May-2018 for US$7,49, with a 'best by' date of 14-March-2020 (bottle/batch???) #405 and sampled at my house here in Washington on 09-May-2023, just over five years after purchase.

0.33l bottle thanks to Lore. Jet black body with a lacing brown head. Aroma and taste of nutmeg, cocoa, cognac, burnt sugar and some cinnamon. I like this beer a lot. Smooth, warming, complex. Yummy.

The fifth of twenty beers for our 10th wedding anniversary. Mifarí's. Bottle 0.33l, two and half year aged. Black, opaque. AROMA- cognac, alcohol, chocolate, cocoa nibs, coffee, hazelnuts, nougat, touch of black currant and licorice. FLAVOR- smooth, a bit sweet, lightly bitter, lightly warming, dark sugar, prunes, plums, cherries, cognac, dark grapes, alcohol, caramel. Fuller bodied. Really good.