8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Pours a jet black color with a medium white head. A big sweet cocoa nose. The flavor is big sweet cocoa, roast, hot, vanilla and bourbon. Very good. Huge.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2016
at 00:34
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
750 ml bottle. Pours a jet black color with a small beige head. A big healthy stout nose with dark fruit, leather and vanilla. The flavor is wonderful; huge dark fruit, prunes, vanilla, bourbon sweetness in the middle. The drinkability is very high. Sweet but not cloying. Lovely big beast. I wonder if the base beer is made (non BA), it is damn good. One of the best Impys I’ve had in a while.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2016
at 01:01
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle - pours dark brown tan head - nose and taste of caramel, burnt toffee, toasted malt and burnt grass - med body
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2016
at 20:47
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle. Pours a murky brown copper color with a large white head. A big fruity nose, toffee, brown sugar. The flavor is toast, big sweet malts, pine and citrus hops, bitterness from the hops, a sweet sugary toffee and earthy malt base. Very smooth, awesome BW.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2016
at 01:42
7/10
A strange one. The sweetness makes it feel thin but the oily cacao makes for a huge mouthfeel. Unbalanced but quite tasty...
Tried
on 11 Mar 2016
at 23:48
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught at EBF, 2016.
Deep black body is topped by a well-retained tan head. Low clarity.
Obvious coconut in the nose but it’s not overdone and seems to go hand-in-hand with the bourbon character, as dark fruits, spice and strong roast add to the aroma as well. Not terribly boozey for 12.4%, though there certainly is some notable. Lots of vanilla, dry toffee and plum/raisin. Very powerful nose, for sure.
Quite chocolatey up front, with strongly bitter roast, tons of bourbon flavor and a vanilla-coconut-caramel finish that is quite sweet. Soft, hugely malty texture with low, but ample carbonation and a bit of heat on the end that mixes with moderate barrel tannin. Rich and hugely flavorful but lacks a bit in the finesse category, that’s for sure.
Deep black body is topped by a well-retained tan head. Low clarity.
Obvious coconut in the nose but it’s not overdone and seems to go hand-in-hand with the bourbon character, as dark fruits, spice and strong roast add to the aroma as well. Not terribly boozey for 12.4%, though there certainly is some notable. Lots of vanilla, dry toffee and plum/raisin. Very powerful nose, for sure.
Quite chocolatey up front, with strongly bitter roast, tons of bourbon flavor and a vanilla-coconut-caramel finish that is quite sweet. Soft, hugely malty texture with low, but ample carbonation and a bit of heat on the end that mixes with moderate barrel tannin. Rich and hugely flavorful but lacks a bit in the finesse category, that’s for sure.
Tried
on 14 Feb 2016
at 17:56
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft Extreme Beer Fest 2016. Pitch black color, thin tan head. Aroma shows big bourbon, brownie batter, and coconut.
Flavor is rich. Bourbon gives a great balance to the coconut flakes, chocolate and roast. The body is full brownie character with a lasting mellow bourbon finish. Coconut flakes linger after the sip. Very well crafted imperial stout. After sampling this I need to make a trip to New Jersey!
Flavor is rich. Bourbon gives a great balance to the coconut flakes, chocolate and roast. The body is full brownie character with a lasting mellow bourbon finish. Coconut flakes linger after the sip. Very well crafted imperial stout. After sampling this I need to make a trip to New Jersey!
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Feb 2016
at 09:14
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle - pours black tan head - nose and taste of resin, chocolate, bourbon, vanilla - med body
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Feb 2016
at 21:30
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
750ml bottle pours black topped with a tan head. nose is vanilla roast malts fruit maybe creamy strawberries bourbon barrel. Taste is more of the vanilla some coffee notes roast some ash.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2016
at 16:45
6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft at Barcade, 1/11/16. Murky, dirty put, almost yoohoo like color and consistency. Sweet aroma of apple juice, Belgian yeast and some spice. Tastes much the same with a sweeter start leading to spice and a bit of booziness on the close. Alcohol is fairly well hidden. Decent, ugly, but decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Jan 2016
at 16:07