Bottle at home 08/13...deep black... Deep fruits ... Dark Roast... Soft chocolate... Soft. Chocolate roast... Dark malrs.. Roch sweet malts 4.4Bottle at toms 10/07 ... THANKS ronnie ... Deep black ... sweet fruit toasted malts ... lots of chocolate ... good body ... sweet fruity chocolate malts ... lots of chocolate character and great depth. Great beer. TK 2 Early 09 Bottle at home ... Deep black ... light roast little smoke ... light sweet nutty molasis... Wonderfully complex but at the same time subtle and not as in your face as other Imperial Stouts In what was meant to be my Christams day GKH - GKHR taste off but i was feeling so terrible its was postponed till today (080110) ... So here we go ... lot 205 ... deep black ... thin lacing ... soft chocolate nose ... roast malt ... big chocolate ... light coffee ... very soft but very deep little bitter in the roast ... not thin but lighter than the GKHR and smother than the 2007 version ... some cherry ... todays score 4.5 bottle at home ... 29-05-11 bbf 01.09.11 lot number 265... deep dark roast ... loads of blackcurrant ... big chocolate ... dark roast malts nose... soft light carbonation ... soft sweet malts toffee ... big chocolate ... cherry and plums ... nice roast... 4.3 bottle at home lot 265 bbb 09/2011 vintage ... drunk 09/2011 ... deep black ... thin tan lacing ... sweet chocolate ... plum roast malt nose ... light fizz ... youd swear this had some oak aging ... dark roast ... big big chocolate ... dark vine fruits ... some pigs ... hint of red grape ... warming ... lovely 4.5bottles at home bbf 032014 and 022011... new ... deep black .. thin tan head ... old ... deep black no head ... new ... soft chocolate malt nose ...old ... much more berry fruits ... juicy fruits ... new ... light malt nose .. soft chocolate ... meaty malts ... soft choclate ... rich malts ... big big chocolate ... big full body ... oiult roast body ... wow ... old ... almost oaky ... woody malts ... soft roast ... ligth fruits ... ligth alcohol ... soft roast ... lacks some of the body ... nice roast ... new 4.7 ... old ...4.4bottle at home ... deep brown .. thin tan head ... soft dark roast malt ... soft roast ... light alcohol ... quite oaky and this is not reserve ... soft toffee roast ... light malts ... Christmas day 2012 Bottle at home 2012 i think bbf 2014 ... dark black ... nice soft tan head ... mellow chocolate roast ...soft light meatyness nose...sweet roast .... big meaty malts ... dark chocolate .. light bitterness ... sweet dark fruits ... plums and cherries ... mellow carbonations ... oh this is tip top delightfull ... full rounded body ... mellow silky smooth ... this is the perfect palate for me ... this is the beer at its best 4.6 Christmas day 2012 bottle at home bbf 09 2012, think 2010 vintage ... Dark black ... fizzy pour with lovly dark tan head that vanishes ... nothing left where as 2012 vintage(above) still has a small tan head and it was poured 10 minutes ago ... deep vine fruits ... soft dark roast nose ... fizzy thinner body ... very fruity .. much more fruity than 2012 ... very cherry and soft roast malts ... no real sign of chocolate ... maybe a little alcohol showing ... nice but not stunning 4.1------------------------bottle at home ... deep black ...thin tan lacing ... soft sweet blackcurrant sweet roast nose ... light fizz ... soft sweet malt ... light juicy malts ...light bettery fruits ...l soft roast ... 4.4----------Deep black... Small tan head... Batch 514 bbe 0314 drunk oct 13...deep meaty chocolate roast malt... Big chocolate node... Soft silky roast... Dark chocolate... Heavy sweet malts... Massive chocolate... Deep plums... Dark berried... Cherry chocolate... Mrllow roast... Tiny coffee hints... Superb 4.6Bottle at home... Drunk march 2014...bbf 2012... Deep black... Thin tan head...Soft sweet chocolate roast malt nose... Soft chocolate roast... Dark roast big berryfruits... Plums... Light bitterness... Mellow chocolate roast 4.3bottle at home... Drunk oct 14...bbf 05m2015...deep black... Small tan head... Very blackberry fruits... Soft chocolate malts nose... Little fizzy... Dark malts... Dark chocolate... Light ovaltine... Dark fruits ok 3.9

(Bottle 27,5 cl) Courtesy of madsberg/Chris o. Vintage 2002. Pours completely opaque black with a light brown head. Aroma of raisins and bourbon - or oak rather. Quite full-bodied with loads and loads of roasted malt, dried and overripe fruit accents. Again some oak and vanilla appears in the flavour. The bitterness is very subdued. A very satisfying brew. 270607

Thanks to Chris_O for bringing one of the highlights of RBSG 07. This is an excellent beer. This is a thick and heavy beer. It pours like syrup from the bottle, black and nearly still. The aroma is complex and has port, wine, soysauce, and lightly roasted malt as well as chocolate. Flavor is sweet malt, very light smoke. More wine, sugar, cherry. It could hardly be better on the palate. One of the world’s best beers. Comparable to Harvey’s, but better.

RBSG07. From 33 cL bottle (2002 version). Aroma with barrel notes and dried raisins. Very dry and slight acidic going very dark roasted malty into the finish.

Bottle from Phil_L, cheers mate! Lovely roasted aroma yet with a slight burning alcohol note. Solid roasted malt flavour with a nice smoothness of chocolate. Lovely liqourice bite. Ends warming alcohol flavoured and acidic roasted malt. Lovely

275ml 2002 bottle at Pig’s Ear. Black in colour with thin tan head. Impy stout aroma, raisins, liquorice, very raisiny, bit like a fortified Muscat. Brown sugar. Dryish finish. Pretty good, but a bit cloying.

A pitch black beer with a brown head. The aroma is smoked and roasted with hints of sourness. The flavor is very rounded sweet with notes of coffee and roasted malt and it has a good palate.