Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Tap @ source. Dear reader, I am not an expert beer rater so if you are looking for a real connoisseur’s opinion, ignore this. I always hate being the first to rate a new brewery’s brew. Especially since I rate by personal taste rather than style. BTW, I’m not much of an imperial stout liker. Look is big and black, large and in-charge. Traditional imperial stout aromas; sweet and roasty. Big impy stout first impressions, on target for the style. Roasty toasty fer sure with some of that damp old partially burned campfire wood effects. Likewise on the finish. In the end this stuff is perhaps a little more civilized than most local impy stouts. Comes across more like a very good dry stout, yes, and more acceptable than most impy stouts. Not quite as good as Voodoo ManBearPig Mad Brewer Black Storm Spring House Big Gruesome (Peanut Butter Cup Coffee) or Southern Tier Blackwater Series: Choklat, but pretty good non-the less.