 dmac (842), Toms River, New Jersey, USA
Mar 1, 2008
12 oz bottle purchased at Oak Tree. Pours a thick solid black with a slight film of mocha colored head. Musty aroma of dark fruit, coffee and dry chocolate powder. Full bodied with soft carbonation and hardly any noticable alcohol. Flavor is sweet like an alcoholic dark cherry in a chocolate shell. The hop bitterness melds with the malts to make this one seem burnt. The only thing I can say about this beer is meh....
msante79 (228), Illinois, USA
Aug 27, 2008 12 oz bottle. Pours black with no head. Aroma is very sweet like candied sugar, roasted malts, coffee and a touch of chocolate. Flavor is sweet with roasted malt, expresso and chocolate. A bit watery but does have a creamy texure that saves this beer. Would not buy again due to amount of great stouts out there.
thegreenrooster (1487), St.louis, Missouri, USA
Aug 23, 2008 Pour is a thick black with no head. Aroma is super sweet with some light coffee and malts. Flavor is again sweet but light all around. Some coffee and chocolate are present but again everthing is on the light side. The finish is syurpy and bitter. I did not like this one too much.
radiomgb (1749), Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Aug 23, 2008 Deep black in colour with a lingering but thin tan coloured head, light lacing. The aroma is lightly sweet, roasty and burnt malts, coffee, cream with some smoke. The flavour is lightly roasty, moderately sweet, espresso coffee, very malty and burnt. Roasted mouthfeel, medium/large body, medium carbonation. Finishes lingering, sweet and roasty.
This one started off really slow. Its not like it was to cold as this never saw the fridge. The flavours really started to come out near the end. Maybe this just needs time to breath.
355ml bottle obtained in a trade with OhioDad, thanks Scott.
Opened on March 21, 2008
No date.
EithCubes (1802), Indiana, USA
Aug 20, 2008 Bottle. Big chocolate malt and a very prominent role given to black currants. A bit too sweet! Rum raisin. and subtle roast round out the nose. Pitch pour with a creamy dark brown head. Taste is, again, smothered with black currant and raisin, perhaps just a touch of woody bourbon. Dark, smooth French roast coffee in second place, definitely toned down from espresso, with a brush of citric hops in the back and a good deal of alcohol showing. Lightish, oily body, dry creamy after. Inky. Very light and very smooth (save the excessive warming on the back end), a different kind of imperial stout.
Hank1980 (347), Athens, Georgia, USA
Aug 18, 2008 Bottle, 2007. Pourd black with a small tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, light coffee, alcohol. Overall pretty nice, though typical impy stout. Taste is a little watery with some malt and hop bitterness. Malts dominate, though the brew is a little lighter in flavor than the nose indicates. FInish is bitter, and mouth is thinner than expected.
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