The stout has very limited foam. Good aroma of coffee notes and a little licorice. The flavor also have coffee, English licorice lesser degree and a burned malty flavor with slightly smoky aftertaste. In addition there is good bitter dark chocolate in the finish, which is long lasting and comfortable.

Bottle thanks to BrewtopiaofPJ. Pours oily black with razor thin brown head. Nose and taste of roast chocolate, milk chocolate, fudge brownie, old Baker’s chocolate, old coffee, sherry, port wine and cocoa. Medium bodied. Smooth.

Bottled (received in a trade with Faroeviking, old backlog). More or less thick pitch black colour with a small brown head. Aroma is chocolate, coffee, liquorice, toffee, mild ashes and roast with some slight alcohol as well. Flavour is liquorice, mild alcohol, some chocolate, coffee, mild ashes and some toffeeish notes. Surprisingly thin palate for being 10 %, but still a very lovely beer.

12th December 2009
Opaque black beer, Unsweet chocolate and marmite nose. Softish palate, surprisingly light and airy for a big Impy. Rich unsweet dark chocolate with a large marmite streak. Finishes soft and semi dry. The marmite lives on in the aftertaste. Decent but doesn’t match it’s reputation.

Intensiver, cremig malziger Beginn. Deutlich oxidiert, was den Malznoten leider schadet. Süß, rund, weich. Kaffee, weiche Alkoholnoten. Langer, röstig schokoladiger Nachhall. /9/11/11/11/11

#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