Keg at CPK - London. Pours oily black-brown with a creamy brown head. Nice mix of bourbon and chocolate in the aroma, some burnt wood, caramel, vanilla, aged dark fruit. Medium sweet flavor with wonderfully layered cocoa character, baking cocoa, strong roast, raisins, raspberry, some burnt toffee, woody dryness. Full bodied, somewhat chewy, with fine carbonation. Warming finish with more bittersweet cocoa, burnt grass, charred earth and wood, dried dark fruits, raisins. Excellent beer. Definitely a bit drier and roastier than a lot of US impy stouts.

Bottle from Foley’s, Sligo [240815]
Pitch black, dirty tan head that dissipates to thin layer
Aroma - Rich dark malts, dark chocolate gateaux, dab of soy, complex, soft alcohol - booze well hidden on the nose, sweet dark malts, hint of the barrel aging
Taste of rich deep dark malts, soft barrel whisky notes (good it’s not over done), dark chocolate, hint of soy, mellow roast, alcohol noticeable now, complex
Palate - Soft carb, full body, bit oily, rich texture, quite sweet, warming alcohol, smooth. Finish of rich lingering malts, a bit boozy.
Overall - Complex flavour, rich dark malts, cask aging is well done and not harsh, great flavour, but no hiding of the 10% alc - maybe aging will mellow it out more

Bottle at Craig’s. Pours jet black with a thin dark brown head. Oily looking. Aromas of coffee, light wood and whisky. Taste is more coffee and whisky, some dark chocolate. Long finish. Nice.
12th July Garvie tasting

bottle at home ... steve tasting .. dark black .. thin tan head ... soft fruity ... raspberry fruit .. odd meaty nose ... soft sweet chocolate roast ... dark chcolate .. soft rich roast ,, dark malt fruits ... Bottle at bow... Dark black... Thin tan lacing.. Soft soya.. Dark chocolate roast malts nose... Rich malts dark chocolate.. Mellow malts 4.2

Bottle at craig’s. Pours black, nose is chocolate, toffee, coffee, fruity, taste is rich chocolate, oak, dark fruit, dry, sweet whisky.