 grandet (477), Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
Jan 19, 2008 Bottle. thanks Zinister. Almost black pour with a small brown head. Aroma is of chocolate and coffee along with some roasted malt. Flavor is chocolate and alcohol. Very complex with some coffee and roasted malt in the background. Very very good.
wnp22 (682), Toronto (Roncesvalles Village), Ontario, Canada
Jan 17, 2008 Rated in Los Angeles while at the SCTE ET 2008 conference. Tasted in typical hotel bar glass. 750ml bottle. Obtained from Westwood Whole foods. Pours deep dark black with absolutely no head, syrupy consistency. Aroma is syrupy sweet, some hints of alcohol. Flavor is incredibly sweet but has a slight bitter finish, alcohol is present in the flavor. You need to like big beers to be into this bad boy.
kosko20 (302), Bemidji, Minnesota, USA
Jan 17, 2008 This beer got me drunk it was so strong. Great flavor but almost too strong. When they say huge, they literally mean HUGE! Aroma and flavor are overpowering with coffee.
ukoolaid (572), Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
Jan 16, 2008 Bottle. Had this again last night. I’ve downed several bottles of this fantastic beer over the last couple years, but somehow didn’t realize I hadn’t rated it. Pouts a dark black with very thin brown head. Aroma is sweet malt, roastiness, caramel, and dark chocolate. Very thick and oily, sweet, roasted malts, coffee, caramel, and liquorice. That’s one hell of a beer. Likely the best stout I’ve ever had.
Maria (6056), Thisted, Denmark
Jan 14, 2008 Updated: Jan 15, 2008We shared this beer on January 11 2008, where our dear friend and my husbands best friend, Jeppe Ebdrup was buried. We miss you SO much, cheers Jeppe!
It’s a pitch black beer with a huge nougat colored, creamy head.The aroma has notes of roasted malt, dark fruits and filled chocolates (a bit vinous) and coffee. The mouthfeel is oily. The flavour is smooth like velvet, harmonic and complex. It has notes of roasted malt, dark fruits, bitterness, licorice and the finish has both sweet coffee and a light grapefruit-like bitterness. A big beer!
Thank you Tom/After4ever for this treat, that I hae had in my cellar for a year now - form my (and our) very first trade. Thanks for being such a wonderful friend, and isn’t it fantastic that passion for good beer can give you such precious friends through the internet?
garthicus (1216), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jan 13, 2008 Harry brought this along to the tasting and managed to wipe it from my want list! Deep dark black, I shone a desk lamp through the glass and not one ray of light permeated through. Coffee-vanilla-chocolate-cream aroma. An amazingly smooth, sweet, sticky toffee flavour, truly great. *Oh oh oh it’s magic*
DenverLogan (421), MileHi, Colorado, USA
Jan 13, 2008 Dark brown; small brown head. Lovely, rich dark roasted malts and bitter chocolate. Overall smooth, but big, full bodied, powerful with flavors of molassas, carob, powder sugar, raisins, prunes, bitter hops. Had in the bottle and tap many times; always a favorite.
AmazonMatt (284), Panama
Jan 13, 2008 This beer is just way too off balanced. After a couple weeks of my brother’s around the world with stouts, I’ve come to realize that these over the top imperial stouts are really too much, and quite frankly too juvenile. I think that we are in this stage like the wine people where US beer (like US wine) has to go more, more, more over the top, especially with the alcohol level. More isn’t always better, OK? That kind of thinking leaves us with a nation of people that weigh over 3 bills. Come on. We had tons of other stouts that were so much better. Grow up.
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