UPDATED: MAY 2, 2024 Pours clear, dark mahogany with a thin, light tan head. Aroma is dried fruit, roast and peat. Taste is chocolate and light raisin, moving to roast and peat. Finish is chocolate and peat.

UPDATED: DEC 27, 2023 0,33l bottle N°1666, Vintage 2012, Pours clear dark brown liquid, small soapy tan head, fell down quickly, Aroma: vinous, candied fruits, raisins, cherries, liquor, dark chocolate, Taste: medium heavy sweet, medium bitter, light sour, vinous, griotte cherries, candied fruits, dark chocolate, roasted malt, milk sugar, Palate: full body, soft to flat carbonation, oily mouthfeel, long chocolate cherry aftertaste, Overall: very good, enjoyed very well.

UPDATED: SEP 15, 2022 All bottles 33 cl. Tasted simultaneously 14.09.22: Vintage 2012 (№ 8289): very dark brown with garnet and chestnut, foam weaker, creamy with an ashy tint. Aroma seems old, a lot of stale bitter chocolate, moderate sweetness, a crust of black bread, black coffee, a hint of sourness and old red wine, caramel a little, a little spices and walnuts, nutty and cocoa-chocolate shades. Taste: sweet, caramel, caramel liqueur or balm, a little spicy herbs, mild carbonation, a little bitter chocolate and coffee, warms well, mild hop bitterness at the finish, nobly aged, woody-spicy shades and a drop of old whisky. 8/4-/8/5/14=3.9 Vintage 2018 (№ 00693): very dark brown with garnet, good cappuccino foam. Aroma: a little sweeter, honey, caramel, light sourness like from yeast and roasted malt (or barley), dessert chocolate, a little wine, bread and coffee, dried fruits, prunes. Taste: sweetish, more lively carbonation, strong dessert wine with tones of black muscatel, chocolate, coffee, a bit sour, quite elegant and easy to drink, warming effect, dried fruits (prunes and dried dates), bitter finish, good balance. 8/4+/8/5/15=4.0 Vintage 2018 (№ 00685). Tasted 02.10.20: dark brown, brownish foam. Aroma: esters, caramel, wine, honey, fruity, slightly smoky, still good. Taste: caramel, honey, malty, winey, sweet, so British. 7/5/7/4/13=3.6.

UPDATED: APR 15, 2022 From the Bottle at Chris O's Pre-GBBF Shindig 10/08/2013 Chocolaty aroma. Dark coloured a little rich on the palate and strong in alcohol with a dry and very bitter roast finish. (2012 version)

UPDATED: JAN 18, 2022 Bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours a dark brown with small beige head with good retention. Aroma of roasted malt, golden syrup, dried fruit, caramel, ginger. Taste of roasted malts, liquorice, dark chocolate, dried fruit and spice. Medium to full bodied, slick. Very nice indeed.

UPDATED: JAN 1, 2022 Bottle. Pours dark chocolate brown with pale beige head. Light barrel feel on nose, roasted malts, dark chocolate. Taste of dark chocolate, cocoa, maybe bit of plum. Okay, not really impressed though.

UPDATED: JUL 22, 2021 Jeden z nejhorší RISů, který jsem kdy měl. On... to snad vlastně RIS ani není. Za mě prostě imperiální anglický stout či porter.

UPDATED: FEB 2, 2021 Bottle, dated 2018. Black and thick, very little head. Aroma toasted barley, malt, coffee, toast, dried stone fruit. Taste malt, coffee and chocolate, toast, with just a hint of cola, and a nicely bitter finish. Palate medium rich, carbonation moderate. Really excellent.

UPDATED: DEC 24, 2020 Look: opaque deep brown with a one finger tall ivory-coloured head of medium retention. Aroma: roast and toast, esters honey, meadow flowers, prune, vinous. Taste: light to medium sweet, roasted, estery, dried fruit, spicy and floral hop. Medium bitterness. Palate: medium body, average carbonation. Overall: surprisingly good.

UPDATED: DEC 16, 2020 The dark brown foam goes away quickly. Nose. and Taste it. Red Wine, dark malts in chocolate and coffee, a little barrel, pleasant strong bitterness. Well balanced mperial Russian Stout with a bias towards red wine