(Bottle, Monk’s Café, Stockholm, 29 Aug 2008) Black colour with frothy, pale brown head. Roasted, malty nose with dark chocolate, roasted oats and dark bread. Roasted, malty taste with notes of dark chocolate, caffe latte and fairly dry finish with balanced cocoa bitterness. Creamy and smooth mouthfeel. Very nice one.

Bottled at Monk’s Café, Stockholm. Very black with firm creamy head. Tarry aluminium aroma. Medium sweet with rounded mouthfeel and medium body. Dense and highly roasted malt gives flavour of tar and smoke as well as dusty asphalt. Long dusty bitterness.

Dark brown with a tan head. Roasted malts, coffee, cocoa, lightly sour, mocha, and light oats in the aroma. Extremely smooth body. The oats come on a little stronger in the flavor, though not htat much. Toasty, malty, coffee, chocolate, as well. I wish the oatmeal was a little stronger, but very tasty anyhow.

Bottle. Dark roasted malt aroma. Near opaque black color with a decent tan head. Rather thin in body with mild carbonation. Flavor is smooth toasted, lightly burnt malt, with coffee and chocolate notes. Seems to be a little hop, but the finish is mildly sweet. Finally some burnt toast comes forth. A good drink.

12 oz brown twist off bottle from Vintage Estate for $1.50. Even before I open it I’m thinken this stuff has some good competition. Also, Goose Island really makes a lot of beers! Chicago must be full of beer drinkers. This is my first goose. Twist off the cap and you get roast chocolate smells. It’s like very desirable sweet chocolate milk. The look is dark brownish black but I do see some rootbeerish colored hints around the edge of the glass. Not truly opaque. There is no head but I do see a couple of fine bubbles gathering on the top, this is even less than a tea froth. Taste comes on like a burned piece of wood in the back of your throat but it is not overwhelmingly bitter like an imp stout. Nice taste and texture that is chewy to an extent. Roasty milky texture. Very little carbonation but I do detect a slight tingle when I press the liquid between the tongue and the roof of my mouth. Overall, I really like this beer and this style, one of my favorites. Not quite as good as Mackeson xxx because it lacks that thickness. Almost as chocolately smelling as Wild Goose. As a matter of record, I almost didn’t buy this because I got it confused with Wild Goose. Not quite as smooth as Sammy Smith’s stuff. Much more enjoyable than Bell’s cherry but here again I think the Bell’s cherry should be under the fruit beer style. The finish of this brew is rasty and smooth, no offensive bitterness on the back of your throat. An easy to enjoy brew that is a good representation of this style. Likeable and friendly.

Bottle. Pour is deep black, restaurant served straight from fridge in a chilled glass - shame! After letting it warm, aroma is roasted malt and a little bit of light sweetness. Taste is coffee, faint cocoa and roasted malt. I really didn’t get mush of an oatmeal feel with this one, but a nice stout nevertheless.

Samll, almost non existant head of light brown over a solidly dark body. Nutty light malt aroma. Some roasted malts and caramel as well. Light malt sweetness carries into the finish. Somewhat dry, but a bit watery.

Pour is an almost black with a small tan head. Aroma is a very roasty and toasty. Flavor is a little weaker than the aroma but you stil get some chocolate sweetness followed by some coffee. Not overpoweringly tasty but it will satisfy your stout craving.