4.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20 Beeronaut (169) - - MAY 31, 2009
I’m not quite sure that any hyperboley I use is quite fitting enough. This is a king of beers. Firstly before any other remark I make I must emphasize how well controlled/hidden the alcohol is. This tastes no stronger in abv. than Mikkellers Beer Geek Breakfast which is around 7% On with the comment: Lovely almost oak like-vanilla aromas greet you from the glass, enticing and sensual. Definite coffee, bitter/sweet on the nose. Looks fantastic in the glass. Total black hole. Keeps a nice off white-grey-brown head. Palate is soft and smooth, but not at all sickly for an impy stout. Slight carbonation keeps it crisp with every sip you take. Flavour is almost rum-like, touch of sugar cane, dense roasted barley, sweet malt, more coffee (espresso) some ultra bitter dark choc. Quite an asertive hop pressence underneath all the roasted coffee notes. This beer is quite mind altering in it’s effects! Basically I love Mikkeller, and this beer basically hits perfectly a balance between the BG Breakfast and BG brunch at quite an affordable price. My first ever Amager beer and certainly not my last. Fantastic! Quite simply one of the best beers I have had the pleasure of tasting.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 Ron (1688) - Rochester, New York, USA - MAY 20, 2012
Bottle. Pitch black pour with a small help and minimal lacing. Aroma boozy, chocolate, coffee, espresso, some dark fruit, caramel, licorice cocoa. Taste roasty, espresso, coffee, bakers/dark chocolate, oats, bitterness. Surprised this was rated so high. ABV not hidden as well as American counterparts. The warming affect does help by the end of the bottle.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 CitizenMeow (5) - Linköping, SWEDEN - MAY 10, 2012 does not count
Pours black/heavy dark-brown, nice tan thick head. Big coffee notes in the aroma, along with dark chocolate, some dark fruit, roasted malt. Thick mouthfeel, mild carbonation. Tastes a bit like wort, pretty sweet. Not a lot of coffee in the taste, more chocolate and roasted malt. Some mild vanilla/bourbonish notes towards the end, rounds it off well. The alcohol is there, not disturbing. Good beer
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20 banii (49) - Trondheim, NORWAY - APR 28, 2012
Batch 333. Bottle from Barleywine. Spent 1 year in my cellar. Pours black with an awesome tan/brown head. Aroma is quite mild, tones of roasted malts and heavy roasted coffee. Taste of bitter chokolate, sweet wort and coffee. Ends bitter, but is still smooth. This is truly great stuff, and shows what you can get from just malts.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 NordicV (396) - 21213, SWEDEN - APR 26, 2012
50cl flaska. Svart öl med ett härligt brunt skum. Ser ut som en efterrätt. Doft av framförallt rostade toner, malt och kaffe. Även lite bitter choklad och viss sötma. Lika komplex i smaken med en avslutande ganska stor bitterhet. En gräddig känsla i munnen. Tror den blir ännu bättre efter lite lagring. Portvinstonerna kommer att växa och humlebeskan att harmoniera mer. Men mycket bra redan som färsk.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20 drjay44 (1729) - Salida, Colorado, USA - APR 16, 2012
500ml. bottle. Pours a thick, long duration, mocha head, with attractive lacing, over a black (SRM 40) body....nose is coffee, chocolate, toffee/caramel, hint of vanilla...taste is light coffee, bits of chocolate, cocoa, dried fruit including raisin, fig, toffee/caramel hints, finishing with light bitterness...mouth feel thick, chewy, alcohol hidden, carbonation makes a creamy sensation. This is a well balanced, thoroughly nourishing, pleasant drinking Imperial Stout. It does not have all of the subtle characteristics of aroma and flavor of the very, very best, but it comes close. BJCP 8/3/15/5/7
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20 Strykzone (3132) - Wood River, Illinois, USA - MAR 27, 2012
Sampled at an esbls tasting. Black with red and a nice tan head. A dark fruit and chocolate nose. The flavor has those with some hop high notes. Outstanding.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20 blafa (505) - Helsingborg, SWEDEN - MAR 11, 2012
Bottle at Green Lion Inn, BSF Event - Blind tasting. Malmö, October 2011.
Pours black with a dark brown head. Aromas of chocolate, port wine, coffee and liquorice. Roasted notes of malt and some sweet toffee. Well balanced! Smooth and rich taste with more malts and rich chocolate, prominent flavours of red berries and coffee. Slightly spicy with a well balanced sweetness. Nice!
4.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20 magdalar (475) - Zurich, SWITZERLAND - MAR 11, 2012
50cl bottle.
Pours black, with a brown head.
Smells sweet, of roasted malt, coffee, caramel and other goodness.
Tastes rich of dark chocolate, coffee, and malts. A heavy sweetness with a medium-strong bitterness.
The texture is oily, with some active carbonation, and a very full body, overall feeling quite thick and creamy with an oily slickness to it. Finishes quite bitter, and subtly hits you with the alcohol.
A very nice beer.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 Yorker (94) - Århus, DENMARK - MAR 10, 2012
500 ml (Batch 402) bottle @ home. Pours pitch black (some debris floating around) with a khaki coloured head that slowly dies down leaving a lot of lace. Aroma is very peppery and also dark chocolate, roasted malts, coffee. Taste is roasted with plenty of coffee and bitter chocolate. ABV is quite well hidden.
1.8 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 7/20 sliqjonz (20) - Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA - MAR 9, 2012
Big, crisp taste, a lot hopper than expected, doesn't really taste like a Russian Imperial.
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