7.5

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Shared with Urbansprawl. Brownish black with a caramel tan head. Aroma of chocolate malt. Flavour is sweet creamy roast malt. Sweet licorice, sugary roast finish, bitter base.

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can shared with Dad, morning of 26th May 2025. Pours black and thick. Aroma is roasted malts, coffee, chocolate. Taste is rich, sweet, coffee, chocolate and light liquorice, roasted malts and molasses

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

can at home ...dark black ..thin tan lacing ...soft sweet caramel toffee fruit nose ..juicy sweet malts ..long soft sweet fruit ..big big sweet fruity malts

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

8.3

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can split 3 ways with Seanus and Mark. Picked up at Penistone Tap and consumed on the train back to Sheffield. Looks good even in a plastic pint pot. Very deep chocolate brown with a good shiny lasting tan swede. Leggy and viscous. Bitter chocolate and semi bitter coffee roast malt. Little earthy spicy with gentle steeped fruit boozy notes. Slick but not rich or sticky which sat well. Absolutely didn’t need it but absolutely enjoyed it.

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

440ml can. Pours black with a thin tan head. Aroma of dark chocolate, dark malts, brown sugar, molasses, liquorice. Taste is rich, dark chocolate, dark malts, liquorice, molasses, brown sugar, caramel, some roast malts, bitter coffee. Full bodied, some booze.

8.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Cask at the Southampton Arms, London on 21st April 2025. Almost impenetrably black with deep brown foam and scant lacing. Rich and intense treacle, Christmas cake, fruits and spices in aroma. Cherry fruits, salted caramel and hints of smoke in-mouth and a long, luscious finish. Full bodied with a dense, viscous oily finish. What an adventure!

8.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, liquorice, meaty, roasted, taste is similar, rich, roasty, hint of sweetness. 8/8/9/8/8

8.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can thanks to allmyvinyl.
Appearance - jet black with a creamy tan head.
Nose - smoke, treacle, liquorice, coconut and wood.
Taste - raisin, treacle and prunes. Still wood and coconut from the barrel with a little booze this time.
Palate - full bodied, boozy and rich.
Overall - thanks James!

7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

16th July 2025
Panda thanks to Cloin. Near clear deep brown beer, tidy bubbly tan head. Fairly light palate for the style, a mild dryness and a good fine minerally crispness. Smooth if thin feeling dark malts, some dark malt cream and chocolate along with some tangy espresso. Brown sugar and modest licorice show up just before some alcohol spice. Nice flavour profile here, a smooth and richer mouthfeel would have made this feel like a proper Impy to me.