12 fl oz bottle. Pours pitch black with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted, dark chocolate and solid hoppy. Mild smoked, dark malty and roasted. Bitter and dense dark malty finish.

Bottle at GBBF 2014. It pours near black with a small tan head. The nose is rich roast, cocoa, vanilla, dried fruits, candy, mild spice and toffee. The taste is rich roast, earth, cocoa, wood, decent bitterness, fudge, dark chocolate, warming alcohol and dirt with a dry, woody finish. Fullish body and fine carbonation. Decent impy.

Total Wine, Delaware 12ounce: Pours black with a light brown head. Aroma is coffee, dark chocolate, booze, and plenty of roast. Taste is not all that bitter, nor is it particularly sweet. It is rather very roasty and full of coffee flavors. Rich chocolate taste abounds. Alcohol well covered, but it is certainly noticeable. Body is pretty heavy.

22 ounce bottle into snifter, no bottle dating. Pours fairly pitch black color with a 2 finger dense tan head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with some a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, roasted malt, toast, dark bread, molasses, light char/smoke, raisin, plum, herbal, grass, light pine, and herbal/roasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good complexity and balance of dark/roasted/bready malt, earthy hops, and light-moderate fruity yeast notes; with solid strength. Taste of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, roasted malt, toast, dark bread, molasses, light char/smoke, raisin, plum, herbal, grass, light pine, and herbal/roasted earthiness. Fair amount of pine/roasted bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, roast, toast, dark bread, molasses, light smoke, raisin, plum, herbal, light pine, and herbal/roasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity and robustness of dark/roasted/bready malt, earthy hops, and light-moderate yeast fruitiness; with a great roasted malt bitterness/sweetness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth and moderately creamy/chalky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with only a slight warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very nice imperial stout. All around good balance, robustness, and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt, earthy hops, and light yeast fruitiness; and very smooth to sip on for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.

On Tap at the Boise PreFunk Deep muddy dark brown in the tulip Thin but creamy light tan head. Soft coffee and mostly chocloately light roast flavors. Some ABV notes in there as well. Smooth feel, soft carbonation and a mild roasted flavor. Maybe under bittered but it is an easy stout overall and not a harsh bitter monster like others. Sneaky 9.5%

12oz bottle pours with a nice dark colored body that supports a dark tan head. The aroma offers up a nice load of dark roasted malts and chocolate malts as well as thin slivers of spicy hops. The taste has a pleasing mix of pine hops to slightly citrus hops before it quickly rolls into dark roasted malts, a bit of burnt malts and then a tasty dose of chocolatey goodness. Dang, this is nice.

Bottle thanks to Nathan. Pours a dark brown with beige head that lasts. The aroma is roast, chocolate, and licorice. Slick mouthfeel with dark chooclate, bitter finish. Good.

Bottle. Chocolate malt, wood, and alcohol aroma. Dark brown with small head. Sweet dark chocolate malt, wood, bitter herb and alcohol flavor. Very good.

Smells nice with a nice start. Hoppy with some poignant espresso. Some sweetness. Some licorice here with herby anise flavour. Lots of roast, light bitter finish. Tap at DC Beer festival.