Black color with small head. Aroma of roasted malt, also cardboard. Overattenuated, the body is quite thin, hence let it warm up a bit for better mouthfeel; roasted malt flavor with some chocolate and a touch of salty liquorice, and some alcohol perception.
Good beer, but simplistic Imperial Stout. --- Beer merged from original tick of Ivan the Terrible Imperial Stout - Bourbon Barrel on 18 Mar 2017 at 04:37 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7. Original review text: Courtesy of Brian; vintage 2014, 11.5%, corked bottle 0005 of 3600
Black color, generous head, short retention. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, bourbon, mild. Boozy body, light residual sweetness, some dark malts, light earthy touch in the final.
Good , nothing special, very boozy.

750 ml bottle into tulip glass, 2012 vintage bottling. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy deep reddish brown color with a 1-2 finger dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of plum, pear, apple, fig, raisin, caramel, toast, brown sugar, light pepper, herbal, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good complexity and solid balance of fruity/earthy yeast and dark/bready malt notes; with solid strength. A bit too fruity in the aromas and lacking much malt depth and complexity. Taste of big raisin, plum, fig, date, apricot, caramel, toffee, toast, brown sugar, brown bread, light chocolate, light nuttiness, pepper, herbal, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Light earthy yeast spicy finish; with lingering notes of raisin, plum, fig, date, apricot, caramel, toast, toffee, brown sugar, brown bread, light chocolate/nuttiness, herbal, and yeast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity and robustness of fruity/earthy yeast and dark/bready malt flavors; with a great malt/yeast balance and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a very smooth, creamy, and lightly slick mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with only a small warming present after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice Belgian strong dark ale. All around great balance, robustness, and complexity of fruity/earthy yeast and dark/bready malt flavors; and very smooth to sip on for the big ABV. The aromas were a bit unbalanced, but the flavors were spot on with great complexity. A very enjoyable offering.

Bottle at the DC Tasting. Clear dark amber with off-white head. Aromas of caramel, dark fruit. Tastes of dark fruit, spice, caramel. Medium body with a dry finish.

Some raisin and light florals but this doesn’t come together super well. High on the boozy side. Pours amber with OK head and lacing. Sweet finish. Bottle.

Poured from a bottle it is a clear light amber color no head the aroma is acitrus and the taste is a strong boozey taste that emerges sweeter on the palate

From a 75 cl bottle at the Brony bottle share at Travlrs place. Pours clear dark copper with a thin ecru head. Caramel nose. Flavors of toffee and light fruitcake spice. Smooth rich finish.

Bottle courtesy of Iphonephan, thank you! Clear amber brown color. Aroma of lightly burned caramel. Taste is herbal, spiced, malty, with some hops at the finish. Decent.

Pours rather unclear , dark amber . Smell is unintense, bit sweet, some caramel . Taste is sweet , dark fruits . Bit boozy . Sticky mouthfeel , thnx to the sweetness , yet feels a bit thin at the same time . Not bad .

Pours gold with a white head.Nose shows sweet clean malt and piny, resinous hops.Similar flavours, some bready note though. Reasonable hop bitterness.