4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Incredibly thick dessert beer. Loaded with rich dark chocolate, nut and roasted flavors, along with some sweet caramel and moderate hop bitterness. Very smooth and enjoyable, but one is enough for the night.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours Über black with a nice khaki head about two and half fingers in length. Immediately I smell cocoa powder, booze, pine needles, walnut, roast, and rubber. Tastes predominately of cocoa beans, pine resin, black liquorice, milk sugar and heat. Viscous yet undeniably chewy and smooth.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Backlog december 2012
Black color, some foam
Full bodied & high complexity
Good intensity
Very enjoyable
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours pitch black with a tan head. Aroma of coffee, booze and some caramel.
Rich, oily viscous mouth feel, unashamedly full bodied. Some coffee, caramel on the palate continuing with full on dark malts, intense all round experience and the hop bitterness is also present. Perfect dessert beer
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
can
aroma, chocolate,coffee, very intense maltness
color, black as night, creamy tan brown head
taste, intense chocolate sourly paired with hops, backend malt shake
overall, great brew, one of my fav stouts!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Can shared at Haket, Goteberg. Black pour with a big beige head. Aroma of dark chocolate and roasted malts. Same in flavour with coffee, caramel and a medium bitterness. Full bodied and oily, it’s most certainly the best beer i’ve had from a can.
4.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Pours pitch black with a beautiful thin creamy brown head. Leaves a little light brown lacing around the glass as you drink. Chocolate, heavy roasted malty notes, and hints of sweet caramel dominate both the aroma and flavor. Even at 10.5% ABV, the alcohol is really well hidden. Heavy body and balanced carbonation make for a really drinkable imperial stout. This is a phenomenal beer... easily one of my new favorite stouts!
4.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours jet black with zero head. Real nice bitter chocolate flavor, and lots of carbonation. Very good.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Originally reviewed: 7/8/09. Poured into my snifter a very thick black with a thin light brown head on top. Retention is weak, and there is little lacing. Smells of roasted malts and nuts, cocoa beans, and soy sauce.
The mouth is smooth and creamy. I think I started drinking this too chilled as I was getting a wallop of soy sauce and this weird sour note. As the beer warmed more to room temp, I could sense more of the roasted characteristics as well as the deep chocolate. Aftertaste was of Tootsie Rolls. Pretty heavy brew that took awhile to consume. Drinkability was hindered for sure. Not bad, but fell short of the hype.
5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
I still remember the first time I had this beer, I loved it. However, when I finally got a growler the draft version was even better. My favorite beer.
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