Ølfabrikken ØL (Russian Imperial Chocolate Stout)

Formerly brewed at Bryggeriet Ølfabrikken (Gourmetbryggeriet - Harboe)
Style: Imperial Stout
Roskilde, Denmark

Serve in Snifter

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#1456 bottle; nose is chocolate, port, oak, velvet alcohol, sweet licorice, decent dried fruit, cream, coffee, feel is quite broad, carb is low, taste is cork, stale coffee, cram, weak red apple, old oak, late roasted malt, cola note

Bottle thanks Julie! Pours pitch black, with a small light beige head, beautiful laceworks, Aroma: very woody, a bit boozy, heaps of dried fruits, cherry pits, roasted malts, caramel, molasses, liquorice, chocolate, coffee notes, toffee, dusty, even ammonia notes, browned butter, salty, some acidic notes, slight acetone, nailpolish remover notes, Taste: low carbonation, full mouth feel, oily, smooth, loads of chocolate, coffee, dried fruits, a tingly sensation on the palate, slight alcohol burn, dusty, chalky, loads of roasted malty notes, liquorice, salt liquorice, earthy, almost a bit musty, then vanilla and grassy notes,

Dark brown with a small tan head. Malty with chocolate tones. Malt, fruit, licorice and chocolate. Full body with a nice balanced after taste.

(swing top bottle, courtesy of Papsoe) Black coloured hue with a brown and short foamy head. Sweet and strong roast-malty aroma with caramel, liquorice, fruity notes of dried berries, raisins, as well as a tinge of woody hops. Sweet and moderately bitter flavour, full bodied with a smooth carbonation. Aromatic roast-malty base with burnt notes, caramel, coffee and liquorice; long lasting roasty malty finish with a cornucopia of flavours and rounded hoppy and warming alcoholic notes. Very enjoyable indeed. 29.XII.08

500 ml swingtop; thanks Alex!! Pours dense black with trace tan head; big aromas of rich chocolate; drinks quite very thin and ashy; flavors of dry, bitter chocolate and dry malt; some chocolate candies, ashy roast; crazy dry and chalky finish; mild oxidation mixed with the burnt malts and creamy chocolate; pretty nice overall

50 cl bottle at the Laland tasting (12.12.09). Black color, almost no head. Aroma is lovely roasted malt, with coffee and chokolate. Flavor is roasted malt and chokolate, with fine hops. A bit salty. Very long aftertaste.

Bottle thanks to marsiblursi. Pour is very turbid dark brown with very minimal head. This had some light sweetness and some faint chocolate, but the peat and the smokiness of it kind off dominated the flavor. Also a bit gritty. Not sure if this bottle was quite up to par. Not offensive, but not quite right either.

Bottle, at the brew day, May 2006. Dark and full bodied, bit smooth and silky too. Fairly dry with lots of chocolate throughout. Doesn’t taste too boozy, a common problem with high ABV beers. Also had this on draught at Olbaren. Delicious

Bottle shared by beernbourbon at ratebeer chicagoland gathering. Thanks Vince! Swingtop came off with a big pop. Pours a deep brown with a tiny tan head. Notes of smoke, chocolate, earth. A little grainy and a touch of soy sauce. sticky mouthfeel. Mouthfeel was a bit thin. A neat beer, but maybe past its prime. who knows. Although Vince can’t be blamed as he had to wait years for this chicago ratebeer gathering where he could finally share the bottle. Thanks Vince!