7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22 ounce bottle into snifter, bottled on 1/10/2015. Pours slightly hazy deep ruby red color with a 2 finger dense light khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of raisin, plum, fig, pear, apple, caramel, brown sugar, honey, toffee, toast, herbal, light pine, and yeast earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity yeast, dark/bready malt, and earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of raisin, plum, fig, pear, apple, caramel, brown sugar, honey, toffee, toast, herbal, light pine, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Fair amount of herbal/pine bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of raisin, plum, fig, pear, apple, caramel, brown sugar, honey, toffee, toast, and herbal/yeast earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice balance and complexity of fruity yeast, dark/bready malt, and earthy hop flavors; with a good malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with smooth, fairly creamy, and lightly sticky/bready mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is fairly well hidden with a light-moderate warming that lingers after the finish. Overall this is a very nice English barelywine style. All around good complexity, balance, and robustness of fruity yeast, dark/bready malt, and earthy hop flavors; and quite smooth to sip on for the big ABV. A bit hot right now, but not overwhelming. I will definitely grab some more for aging. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2015
at 22:13
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22 ounce bottle into snifter, bottled on 11/28/2014. Pours pitch black color with a 2 finger dense dark tan head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of huge dark roasted coffee, dark chocolate, cocoa, toast, toffee, light molasses, light smoke/char, light vanilla, and roasted earthiness. Outstanding aromas with great balance and complexity of big coffee and dark/roasted malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big dark roasted coffee, dark chocolate, cocoa, toast, toffee, light molasses, light smoke/char, light vanilla, and roasted earthiness. Good amount of dark roasted coffee bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of coffee, dark chocolate, cocoa, toast, toffee, light molasses/vanilla and roast/char earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity, robustness, and balance of big coffee and dark/roasted malt flavors; with a good roasted bitterness/sweetness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with very smooth, moderately creamy, and lightly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with only a light warming present after the finish. Overall this is an awesome imperial coffee stout. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of big coffee and dark/roasted malt flavors; and very smooth to sip on for the ABV. A highly enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2015
at 22:01
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours black tan head. Nose/taste of coffee, pig skin, smoke, roast chocolate. medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2015
at 01:11
7/10
Mild mint
Tried
on 19 Dec 2014
at 16:13
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
16oz can via the Mystery Box BIF. Pours a murky, opaque black with some creamy, brown head. Nose is a mix of molasses, licorice, roasted grains, mild coffee bean, some brown sugar, quite a bit of bread crust, even a little wet earth. Flavor is a bit more straight forward, malty, mild brown sugar, molasses, coffee, burnt toast, bread crust. Dry finish. Very drinkable, but I would like a bit more coffee.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Nov 2014
at 14:22
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample at GABF 10/03/2014, thanks to my sis for assistance with note-taking. Hazy amber color with a medium thin off-white head. Spotty lacing. Malt, caramel and slight hops in the nose. Medium body with flavors of grainy malt, caramel and mild hops. The finish is sweet with a malty aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
on 23 Oct 2014
at 14:58
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bomber that I picked up in July, drove around all summer with and finally opened tonight. I stored it well, but it’s got some miles on it. Pour is a decent cola brown with active carbonation and a fizzy head. Aromas are further indication that nothing has gone bad here - some mild chocolate and a little bit of earthy scent. Flavor is simple but good for the style. Mild chocolate and autumn leaves with some nuts and earth. A bit muted and washed out, but good enough to make me glad I picked this one up when I was up in God’s country this summer.
Tried
on 30 Sep 2014
at 18:54
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
16 oz can. Pours dark brown to black with a light tan head. Milk cocoa and coffee aroma. Similar flavors, with a lighter palate. Pretty nice.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Sep 2014
at 22:57
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Musty lemon-banana, wheat malt and hay aroma. Golden yellow with moderate head. Sweet-musty orange-banana wheat malt and dry grass flavor. Very tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2014
at 17:39
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Smoked ham and light chocolate malt aroma. Dark brown with moderate head. Sweet brown sugar smoked ham, malt and mild hay flavor. Nicely blended - light body. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2014
at 17:16