Dark brown body with reddish highlights, medium tight tan head. Nose of dry, roasted malts and chocolate. Dry, woody roast dominated the body, in addition to dark chocolate and hints of coffee. Nothing too out of the ordinary, but tasty.

Deep brown body, thick, clumping tan head. Rich roasted malt aroma with hints of molasses and chocolate. Very dry, roasty body, with light prickly heat and charred, burnt notes, tannic, with a woody, bitter finish. Chocolate and a hint of molasses lend complexity, but are overwhelmed by the roasted notes. Not a compelling Imperial Stout.

Another from Skyview. This is really good and it reminds me of Chouffe Houblon, with similar flavors, even though they are not as intense in this beer. Lots of hops in the aroma and the flavor. The flavor also has considerable sugar and light spice including citrus, with the result being something like sweet hop juice with Belgian yeast, and the combination works quite well.

Shared by beastiefan2k (thanks, Eugene) - turbid reddish brown pour, with a foamy, though short-lived head - aroma of brown sugar, dried cherries, tobacco, notes of burnt rubber (phenolic? not quite - hard to place - perhaps this is the smoked malt? - well, I stand by the burnt rubber comment) - fairly sweet, with brown sugar and toffee farily present - the dried fruits are there, and that burnt quality from the aroma (although I can’t say I taste any rubber, just a kind of over-cooked, vegetal quality) - the body is a bit too thin - this stuff just didn’t sit right on my palate.

RBSG07. From 33 cL bottle. Aroma is grassy and malty. Flavour is dry malty. Finish is malty too, middle sweet and dry.

Deep clear garnet red body, thin off-white head. Aroma of thick toasts, chocolate, and roasted malt. Bready, toasty body, with light chocolate and roasted malt. Fairly simple but well-made. No diacetyl as noted in several recent ratings.

2006 12oz bottle drunk on 8/27/06.
Very light in color, babbling with carbonation and a small, white head that is fairly well-retained, though creates little/no lacing. Thick sediment on the bottom, is impressive, this being obviously unfiltered/bottle conditioned. A very light, rosy-peach with strong golden hues and a gentle haziness, leaving the sediment behind. The head could certainly be more bountiful and dense, and create more lace, but it’s borderline 4 for appearance.
Soft, easygoing nose shows light fruit skins (pear, apple, nectarine, apricot) with a slight jolt of spicy yeast phenols and what later is determined as ginger. Definitely a fairly true-to-style yeast presence, not exactly funky or terribly farmy by any means, but zesty enough, with the appropriate phenol/ester production and no bubble gum/banana. Hops are dry, with a medium to medium-low apparency, but do add some crispness on the end. Medium strength of aroma, with no alcohol noted.
I really think the hops and malt work the best here, being at once soft from the malt, but yet dry and quenching, while the herbal hops provide a dainty bitterness and clean, crisp finish to match the spicy phenols and dry esters. Some sweetening, a bit of cotton candy and honey from the malt, as it warms, but it adds a little heft to it, keeping it from going too thin/watery. What must be ginger is apparent throughout, though never assertive or bothersome. Not sure if it helps the beer, but it dosent seem to hurt it. Natural carbonation is quite spritzy, moderately tight and keeps it sessionable, as it should, for a 5% abv summer quencher. Reminds me, somewhat, of Dupont Bio, though without the deeper complexity of that one, and certainly not quite as distinctly Belgian. But the flavorful, quenching, and hoppy character is certainly preserved and so is the low alcohol that is such a key to Dupont Bio’s success.