 nhorween (643), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 8, 2007
Bottle. Much better than I expected. A well done imperial stout with all the components you’d expect. A little unbalanced as far as sweetness goes, but solid none the less.
mcberko (313), British Columbia, Canada
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Mar 14, 2010 22 oz. bottle, pours deep black with a thin tan head. Aroma of dark, rich roasted malt, cacao and oatmeal. Flavour is unusually sweet for an oatmeal stout, perhaps a tad too sweet, but still bold and complex - dark chocolate and coffee. Most excellent.
MrManning (1723), London, Ontario, Canada
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Mar 11, 2010 Sample thanks to my friend Adil, at Chancey Smith’s in London ON- Very dark opaque black, lets no light in, and pours a creamy and thick mocha froth. I like the aroma here, you can actually smell the oats. Lots of coffee and dark chocolate with pungent hops meet a sort of lactic porridge aroma that is somehow inviting. Tastes of sweet dark chocolate, vanilla, dark rum, some burnt sugar, and a wholesome oatiness that is quite present. Full body, creamy as hell, dangerously drinkable.
CapFlu (3528), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Feb 27, 2010 (22oz bottle) Purs a pitch-black body with a thin, dissipated beige head. Nose of heavily malted - deep soya sauce, sugar cane and toasted malt. Good.
allendodd (86), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Feb 22, 2010 Pours a dark, dark brown under the slightest hint of carbonation. The nowe is roasty and malty with a hint of burned grain. Mouth feel has a bit of bite and a bit of an alcohol burn, but is smooth enough and a big, fat malt modulated with hops. Initial taste is molasses running quickly to hop bitter, then quickly back to a sugary sweetness. The finish is all about the roasted malts and the roasted coffee finish. This is a truly good beer and will be given a couple of bottles’ space in the cellar.
Nena (336), Seattle, Washington, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Feb 21, 2010 Draft at Brouwer’s. Black with a small beige head. Aroma is quite nice, roasty and full of chocolate, caramel, and coffee. Flavor was mostly good, but something felt wrong. It hits a lot of good points: more big toasty coffee and chocolate notes, molasses, oats, and raisiny dried fruit characteristics. Has a nice, thick body. There’s a certain quality I can best describe as rancid nuts hiding in it that brings it down a notch for me. It wasn’t enough to ruin it, but it knocked it down a notch. It was subtle enough that I intend to revisit it to make sure it wasn’t a one time issue.
jfm (1698), Holbæk, Denmark
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Feb 21, 2010 Bottle. Fruit, chocolate and light coffee aroma. Sweet fruit and chocolate body. Warm alcohol and coffee palate. Very nice.
wilderthanyou (436), Guelph, Ontario, Canada
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Feb 20, 2010 No surprise here, pours a oil black with a thin beige head. The aroma is on the roasty side, but with sweet, maybe lactose sugar sort of notes, chocolate, coffee, alcohol aswell is very prominent but I don’t knock it because I happen to like alcohol. The flavour pretty much delivers what is promised in the aroma, roasty, malty, goodness, little touches of sweetness here and there, some chocolate and coffee dance together for a while before giving way to some delicious notes of licorice which last well into the finish. As the aroma suggests, the alcohol is rather prominent in this beer, causing a bit of a problem with the mouthfeel, and maybe making the licorice finish almost a little salty tasting, but in a strange way, I find it kind of appealing. Probably not going to be everyones favorite Imperial Stout, but I’d certainly drink this anytime I could get it. Cheers!
scoobysnak (265), Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 2/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Feb 20, 2010 Lactose smell with a weird sort of sour, sweet note. Taste is sweet and a bit tingly on the tongue with a nice warmth as it goes down. Very flat, absolutely no head when I poured it which is kind of surprising.
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