9

Going out in style. Another class stout by the masters of imperial.

9

Woof! So good.

7

Dark sweet roasted malty with lots of chocolate and heavy coffee roast, full bodied, dark malty lingering finish.

7

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Tap at Billie’s, on Friday. It grabbed my attention immediately, cause I believe smoke does have a place in places where it might not on the first glance, for instance in a pastry stout. It was but of a letdown tho, that it was fairly subdued in the beer, just like most of the adjuncts, the coffee perhaps being the exception. The beer’s fairly dry and roasty and ends on a crazy dry/tannic finish.

6.4

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Tap at Billie’s. Thin, tangy, painfully artificial and sugary. Not the greatest combo

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, nutty, maple, taste is similar, sweet, chocolate cake.

7.5

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Tap at Winter Affair '25. Notes are brief. This one is all about the fruitiness, which is all over the place. Chocolate and roast malt are present, but kinda secondary. No problem with that. Overall quite good.

8.4

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8

Tap at Winter Affair '25. Notes are brief. Quite intense roast, as expected in a IS, also barrel assertively coming through. Rewarding sipper, excellent.

8

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 7.5

Tap at Winter Affair '25, brief notes. Excellent beer, with all of the special flavourings distinctly present - sour cherries, butter toffee and barrel (frederiksdal cherry wine BA). Well done!

8.3

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Can at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, coffee, meaty, coconut, taste is sweet toffee, chocolate, coconut, little thin. 9/9/8/7/8