3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle, 2008. Very dark, can imagine it being very nice on a cold winter day. But a bit too dark a flavour for me at the moment
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
33cl bottle @ home shared by Joes. Opaque very dark brown colored beer with a very small off-white to beige head. Smell malts, sweetness, red and dark fruits, hints of coffee, alcohol, raisin, grapes. Taste is not like an imperial stout, to me it’s more like a barleywine: sweetness, grapes, raisin, some alcohol, overripe fruits. Very complex, very good, but not an imperial stout at all imo. Something in between an old ale and a barleywine. [rating based on this bottle]
After this bottle we tried a December 2005 vintage bottle: dark brown color with a dark red glow coming through, small beige to light brown head. Smell is also overripe fruits, some roasted / burned malts, little bit alcohol and some hints of mocca. Full body, medium carbo. Still very good!
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a nice black. Coffee/chocolate and little tobacco aroma. Flavor is awesome, rich and smooth, like roasted espresso loaded with dark bitter chocolate and kinda sweet. The alcohol is well hidden among the massive flavors.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle.
Dark brown with a small slightly tan head. Aroma of dark chocolate, yeast, wood, grain, something sour and licorice. The taste reminded more of a Belgian Strong Ale than of an Imperial Stout. I was not that impressed about this beer, it was a little to weak.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Lame. Beer poured everywhere! Stupid stupid beer. Brown beer poured out with a light brown head. Only about half left to try. Booo. Smells and tastes pretty malty and chocolate. Pretty tasty actually. Except it spilled all over. Boo.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
13/07/2011 33cl bottle @ home - BB: 1/2015 (2011-324)
Very dark brown beer, light beige creamy head, unstable. Aroma: sweet malts, caramel, chocolate, dried fruits, mocha. MF: almost no carbon, medium body. Taste: start is a bit tart (and that rhymes), citrus notes, sour berries, milk chocolate, mocha, raisins. Aftertaste: sour & citrus, mocha and dark chocolate, pretty dry finish. A very mild and surprisingly citric stout. Alcohol is noticeable in the mouth.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Malzig-alkoholischer, etwas säuerlicher Geruch, in dem auch noch der Hopfen Platz findet. CO2 ist hier nicht vorhanden. Süßer Antrunk, etwas alkoholisch, dabei malzig-süß werdend, um den Alkohol zu vertuschen. Dabei wird mir das Bier etwas zu süß, der Hopfen zu kratzig. Der Nachgeschmack ist wunderbar schokoladig.
Test vom 4.3.2007, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 8,8,8,12,-,8 - 8,63
3.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Aroma of Belgian yeast with a little cherry cordial. Pours thick and frothy with chunks in it. Tastes of figs and alcohol. closer to a German triplebock than a stout. Tasty.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
head: tiny, bubbly, off white
colour: dark brown
smell: smokey malts, hazelnuts, bit of cocoa , candy sirup
taste: sirupy malty based anis / licquorice start , herbs, alcohol !! , jaegermeister, dark chocolat, smokey malts, dry bitter end , spices in aftertaste / earthy / grassy , a nice one but truely a BELGIAN imperial stout , since most of people wouldn’t rate this as a stout when they don’t know it’s one it hink ...
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