Pitch black coloured body at 90% opacity, some brown getting through on the sides. Odd brown head that sounds exactly like a coke when poured, but fades fast...interesting - never seen a beer of quality do that. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, meat, mushrooms and a bit of chocolate. Medium-bodied; Strong assertive roasted malt flavour with coffee and chocolate coming out most with more meat and mushrooms soon afterwards. Oak, vanilla and whiskey come in as well. Aftertaste shows some of the odd pungent flavours with alcohol and malt too noticeable. Overall, a bit too sharp on the edges, add in some of the ’meaty’ qualities and then top it off for a 13+% abv beer in a 65 cL bottle - and I think it’s way too much. I’d rather have this in a twelve ounce bottle for half the price...but it’s a stupid tactic that brewers got themselves into to make more money. Overall, not really worth trying, but chances are you are probably going to buy it anyways. I’d be more happy trying another imperial stout in a smaller bottle, or an actual Belgian Stout (non-imperial) in a 25 or at most 33 cL bottle. I sampled this 65 cL massive bottle purchased at Ramsey Liquors in Ramsey, New Jersey on 19-January-2009, sampled at home in Washington on 08-March-2009.