UPDATED: FEB 11, 2023 On tap at Tørst. Pours black. Raisin, chocolate, toast, liquorice, intense roast, blackcurrant, little funk. Medium body. Decent.

UPDATED: JUN 18, 2021 Bottle. So this is the last bottle from a sixer that I bought ages ago... thought I rated it... didn't. Anyhow, at this age, it has a pretty thin head after pour, but it is a deep, dark brown that is imperial stout-y. It is a little thinner looking than most in this style, and mouthfeel confirms this later. Aromas are of chocolate, cherry, leather, cream. Flavor is all that but the cherry and dark fruit seem to be taking over a bit more with age. This thing is darn good after five years... that much is a certainty!

UPDATED: AUG 13, 2020 Pours a dark, cola-black, with minimal head. Aroma has notes of coffee, chocolate, dark fruit, caramel, roasted grain, and licorice. Flavor is coffee, chocolate, licorice, dark fruit. Smooth and soft mouthfeel.

UPDATED: JAN 18, 2020 12 oz bottle 1/17/20 3,00th Rating (Total Wine Tampa) 40° in Snifter. Pours black with one finger tan head that dissipates into a covering. Aroma of coffee, chocolate, and molasses. Taste of the same with some dark fruit. this full bodied brew is well balanced and hits the spot on a cold night.

UPDATED: AUG 30, 2019 Bottle. Trade. Pours black with a creamy beige head and lacings. Heavy roasted nose and flavor. Sticky and oily, quite soft. Massive charcoal, dark fruit and ashes - quite overwhelming slash heavy. Some coffee. Long bitter roasted finish.

UPDATED: MAR 10, 2019 Couldn’t tell you how different the anniversary version is, but it’s pretty outstanding. Thick and rich and dark. Bold dark chocolate sweetness. Tried with the parents during beer week in 2019 at Casual Pint.

UPDATED: DEC 3, 2018 Big fudgy chocolate with. Small light brown head. Deep black with a nice brown head. Chocolate and sweet molasses and a long finish.

UPDATED: DEC 3, 2018 Courtesy of Sergey
Pich black colour, no head. Aroma of molasses and some booze. Rich chocolate flavour, roasted malt, quite sweet, but not syrupy because the roastiness increases in the final.
Excellent.

UPDATED: DEC 3, 2018 330ml bottle (thx, Eric D.!) at Alex's. Pours a dark brown with a dark beige head. Aroma is some chocolate and roasted malt along with light inky and maybe grainy notes. Taste is similar with light smoky notes. Pretty good.

UPDATED: JUL 14, 2023 The Final Beer (#15) of my #7000 Beer Celebration - 7 on either side of the milestone. Deep pitch black coloured body with a thinnish, single to two centimetre tall off-white head on top. Aroma of roasted malt, light coffee, oats, grain, anise, some smoked meats and a touch of mushrooms on the end with a lot of alcohol perceivable. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong rich malt flavours dominate with a lot of oats and grain showing through with a good anise, coffee, chocolate and some prune sweetness coming through at the end. Aftertaste shows more of the smoked and drier, rich flavours than any of the sweetness or coffee notes and ending with some cream and lactose sweetness that shows a touch of the caramel and earth and little else - no real complexity at the finish. Overall, a nice but relatively underwhelming Imperial Stout that was nice and relatively straight-forward, but missed out on some of the more pungent and complex components that would be nice to have in a celebratory beer. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Whole Foods in Fair Lakes (Fairfax), Virginia on 18-October-2015 for US$3,49 sampled at my house in Washington on 29-August-2018 as the final beer of my #7000 celebration! Bottling Date: 29-August-2015 // Purchased: 18-October-2015 // Sampled: 29-August-2018, exactly three years after bottling. Sampled Again During Rating #10,000 Celebration: s: vanilla oats chocolate a: muddied brown thick tan head 80 per cent opaque t: lactose rich roasted malts smooth creamy vanilla p: alcohol earth rustic nuts o: still good potent but not overpowering roasty, earthy & grainy 12 ounce bottle Whole Foods - Fair Lakes (Fairfax), Virginia US$3,49/single purchased: 18-October-2015 sampled again: 15-June-2023 Rating for this sample: 8,3,8,3,15