Ultra thick black pour from bottle. Almost no head. Dark chocolate, malts, not much hazelnuts but damned good

650ml Bomber. Possibly the blackest, thickest pour, I’ve ever seen. Dark brown, sticky head. Loads of chocolate in the nose. Immense amounts of roast, and dark, bitter espresso, with a big dank dose of soy. The mouth feel is oily, and incredibly thick, and satisfying. The carb is incredibly soft, and silky. The finish is quite nutty, and he hazelnut comes through. Hints of sweet vanilla with some intense, strong roasty coffee, and roasted malt notes. High bitterness, cocoa, coffee, light nuttiness, hints of sweet vanilla. This is one intense, big beer.. Not for the faint of heart, not for a craft beer noob. Take your time, this one kicks back, wow.

Bottle shared with ShivanDragon. Big roasted malt aroma with tobacco, nuts, chocolate, and some vanilla. Nicely bittersweet flavour, roasty, lovely balance. Solid bitterness, bit chalky, body is full and thick. Quite amazing, right up my alley.

Deep, dark and brown coloured body with a thinnish, single to perhaps two centimetre tall tan head that fades fairly quickly. Aroma of deep and pungent sugars with icing sugar, molasses and of course vanilla all here, with a lot of richness from the malt, but seemingly more from the alcohol and the vanilla. Full-bodied; Almost cloyingly sweet with a lot of vanilla and nuttiness here that shows a rich quality and a lot of depth with smooth, sweet flavours and a nuance of cake. Aftertaste is deep and robust with a lot of malts, more sugars and a smooth, very easy-drinking finish that has a lot of vanilla and hazlenut qualities that is robust and rich throughout. Overall, this was easily the best of the bunch, and while I didn't really want it to be, this one was nice across the board and while I'm curious if a few extra years in the bottle would make this even better, it was the only one I had and it was better with two different vintages of the 'normal' beer. I sampled this 65 cL, bomber sized bottle, purchased from Carmine Street Beers in New York (Greenwich Village), New York on 22-January-2017 for US$25,00 sampled as part of three separate bottles as a vertical and horizontal taste testing of the beer on 25-28 February-2022 at my house here in Washington, in order for me to get them down without being knocked out.

Naast de gewone Marshal Zhukov smaak heeft deze ook een beetje die rinse appelstroop smaak die je wel vaker hebt bij die Amerikanen. Fan van. Hazelnoot ver te zoeken, maar dat is nog altijd beter dan hazelnootextract. Beter dan de gewone voor mij.