3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a pitch black beer with a chocolate head. The aroma is malt, liquorice, coffee and roasted. The flavor follows the nose. The palate is thin with sweetness. Overall an average beer.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask gravity @ Battersea BF 2012. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate and licorice aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and licorice flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish with hints of licorice in the aftertaste.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: FEB 9, 2012 Cask. Deep brown with a small tan head. Light nose, hoppy, some light roasted malts and coffee beans. The taste is of tangy port, cherries, light espresso. Some leather and roasted malts in support. Dry finish. Subtle carbonation. Overall, this seemed lacking for me. A beer that felt less than the sum of its parts.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at home in London. Pours opaque black with a moderate, tan head. I had to pour with quite a bit of vigor to coax some life into this fella. Nice, very dark malt aroma, some filter coffee, roasted cocoa, peat, liqueur. Interesting flavor. Not nearly as intense as I had expected. Some dry, roasty malts, leathery fruits, light grass, fire-kissed wood, burnt bread. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. There’s a bit more bitterness in the finish, a lightly grassy, peaty, roasty bitterness, with moderate sweetness, some dark berries, faint warmth but very little alcohol presence. A surprisingly quick finish, very little lingering around here. Some light peat and tobacco, faint grass - that’s about it. A very drinkable imperial stout. Not bad at all.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned, gravity dispensed at The Gunmakers Arms, Clerkenwell, London. Black with no head. Big, alcohol note right away at the start, licorice, coffee, burnt and slightly smoky malts, heavy on the palate. A bit of a headbanger.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask. Black colour, small beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, liquorice, alcohol and some slight notes of marzipan and dark dry fruits. Flavour is very similar and also has some mild coffeeish and roasted notes. A bit burning as for the alcohol.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Black coloured. Has a light brown head, medium duration. Aroma is heavy malty, red wine, port, sweet. Flavor is moderate sweet, finish light bitter. Long duration. Syrupy texture and flat carbonation. Light alcohol too.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
cognac, alcoholic aroma,black, light brown foam, light sweetness, lightly bitter, medium body, creamy, soft carbonation, alcoholic finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Frothy off-white fair mostly deminishing head. Black colour. moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Plumb notes. Moderate bitter finish. No roast, no choccolate, some coffee and light licorice. Creamy palate. Not a great Impy.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours black with a small brown head. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, coffee and liquorish. Flavour is roasted malt, coffee and chocolate.
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