5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
UPDATED: FEB 20, 2012 One of a kind Imperial Stout masterpiece. Rich roasted dark bitter chocolate, hint of cherries, molasses, canned brown bread/ burnt toast, old leather, licorice, dates, figs, rum/raisin, black coffee, brown sugar, currants, graham cracker, toffee,Kahlua/creme brulee, and a hefty dose of char. Some heat, but even that works as a catalyst to marry the disparate flavors. One of my all time favorite impys.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Doesn’t taste as strong as the % implies. Nice hint of cherries and may’ve plum? Very smooth and complex in taste
Glad u have some on bottles
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Black, medium brown head, fades. Aroma is a blast of sweet chocolate, some hops (refreshing sap) flavor is sweet malt, chocolate, evergreen hops, booze, some coffee and roast. Having now read other reviews, I have to steal hazlenuts and irish cream, it does in fact have those lovely flavored coffee attributes. Huge, not overly sweet. Lingering chocolate. Better than the wwstouts that I’ve had. Nov 2008 batch. Awesome!
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
A little sweet, but still had a pretty clean finish. Didn’t really taste any of the fruit flavors
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Mephistopheles pours black. Pitch black. It’s thick. Huge crater filled head. Great retention and lacing. As soon as you pour this baby your nose is blasted with alcohol. It’s hot. In the aroma you can still pick up some other stuff. Like raisins, roasted malt, molasses, chocolate, and a shot of hops but it’s in the taste where everything for me just fell apart. The alcohol was just to big. It covered everything else. Sometimes I would pick up the other ingredients. Mainly the roasted malt and chocolate but then they would get covered up again by the alcohol. This beer is the perfect beer to have if you are stuck outside in 10 below weather. It’s sure to warm your body. The mouthfeel is thick and creamy.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours black as night with a couple fingers tan head. Smell is roasty, caramel, coffee, chocolate. No alcohol detected in the smell. The taste has a bit of booze. Lot’s of chocolate. Malty, deep, rich, and almost creamy flavors. This is a delicious stout that is highly drinkable for how alcoholic it is. Dangerous.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Served on draft at Timberwood Grille Charlottesville, VA. Pours a very dark brown color with a thin creamy dark brown head. Good head retention. Aroma of roasted malts, grapes, berries and an ashy note. The taste is big roasted malts, big booze, chocolate and grapes. Full bodied, very hot and very astringent. Really not very good at all.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
jet black, very thick pour. all the characteristics one would want in a stout, coffee, chocolate some licorice and fruityness. amazing that the alcohol is above 15%, you do get a bit of burn but it just adds to the complexity. thanks to Andrew for this one.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
What can i say about this beer other then it’s what really got me into crafts hardcore! He pours a deep dark menacing black. He smells of caramel, chocolate, malts and booze. He tastes fantastic after warming. Thanks you for coming up from the depths of hell for this great beer!
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from 2009, pours a really nice dark thick motor oil like beer. Aroma of chocolate and coffee, the taste as lots of coffee and chocolate and there was some black licorice and it was nice, really good offering
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