8.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Arômes intenses de Bourbon, mélasse, chocolat, café avec des accents de boisé, de vanille et de fruits noirs. Olfactif superbement complexe et balancé. Une petite mousse moka se dépose et s’efface rapidement du liquide noir et opaque. En bouche, c’est onctueux, complexe, équilibré. Des notes de chocolat au lait, de léger café, de mélasse bien présente, de subtiles amandes et de vanille étalée. Les fruits noirs sont très bien représentés par des notes de figues et de dates. L’amertume est présente mais plutôt retenue, laissant place à la totalité de la palette gustative. L’équilibre des saveurs est parfait. Le corps est ample. La texture onctueuse et velouté. L’alcool bien intégré. Quelle belle surprise. Pourrait facilement se classer parmi les grandes Stout Impériales de calibre mondial.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2020
at 21:48
8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Canette 473ml. Couleur brune foncée opaque, mousse moka foncée fugace. Arôme de framboise, gâteau forêt-noire, boisé, sucre légèrement caramélisé. Goût de chocolat noir, framboise, boisé, faible acidité bien dosée, légère amertume. Carbonatation faible, corps moyen-dense.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Feb 2020
at 15:27
8/10
Tried
from Can
on 20 Feb 2020
at 21:23
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
(355ml can from L'Axe du Malt, Quebec City) Pours . Notes of dark chocolate, caramel, moderately roasted grains, hazelnuts, minerals, soft wood, hits of bourbon vanilla, rather sweet up front and semi-dry on the finish, soft alcohol, finish is chocolate and nutella with some woody, roasted accents and a little booze warmth, moderate bitterness. Medium bodied, semi-slick with soft carbonation. Lacks some of the malt heft of their non-adjunct BBA impy, not too heavy on the pastry vibes either, quite drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Feb 2020
at 18:57
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(355ml can from L'Axe du Malt, Quebec City) Pours murky near-black with a small tan head that leaves some lace. Notes of deep dark malts with a lot of caramel and toffee, molasses hints, burnt grains, char and smoke, some nice wood, semi-sweet dark chocolate, nuts, very soft bourbon character with some vanilla accents but mostly in support of the malt, the semi-sweet sip finishes slightly drying with roasted and burnt grains and wood, light hint of alcohol. Medium bodied and oily with quite soft carbonation. Impressive non-adjunct BA stout that is built around malt more than barrel.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Feb 2020
at 18:51
7/10
I should like this but something about it puts me off.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Feb 2020
at 21:12
8/10
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jan 2020
at 22:28
8/10
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jan 2020
at 22:29
10/10
Tried
on 27 Nov 2019
at 14:03
10/10
Tried
on 27 Nov 2019
at 14:02