 General_Gao (2575), Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Nov 25, 2007
12 oz bottle. January 2006 vintage. Batch 1. It’s a bit chilly today, so I finally busted this one out. Thick oily pour. Opaque black when held up to the light. Head was thick and cocoa brown with decent retention and lacing. Boozy aroma with lots of dried fruit (raisin, fig, cherries) and malty molasses. Massively sweet with plenty of warming alcohol that soaked deeply into the mucous membranes. Full bodied. Tasted of alcohol-infused chocolate-cherry bonbons, raisin wine, fruit cake, and molasses. Some raosty malts peeked out at the end, but were ruthlessly suppressed by the dominant sugars. Great beer. A sipper for sure. Seemed like a combination of an imperial stout and a barleywine. At 15-16% AbV I’d say a 12 oz bottle could easily be shared by three or four people. Fortunately, I had mine all to myself.
0o9i (262), Reno, Nevada, USA
Oct 10, 2008 Bottled 11/2007. Black, thick liquid topped by a creamy tan head of half a finger that does not diminish, despite lacing beautifully. It’s a beautiful beer. The mouth is fairly thick with creamy carbonation. I smell viciously burned malts, chocolate, pleasant booze, lots of dark fruits. I taste lots of fruits, like stewed cherries and prunes, chocolate, bitter and burned malts, and an undertone of booze. The fact that it’s an undertone in a 16% beer is impressive. Deep, rich, fruity, and rather balanced. Not as complex as some other big IStouts. Very winy as it warms up, in both aroma and flavor, resembling a carbernet sauvignon in mouth feel and flavor, although it is still clearly beer with definite hops and heavily roasted malts.
basewars (37), New York, USA
Oct 9, 2008 Pours deep black and viscous. Probably the thickest beer I’ve seen. Thin brown head, but much more than expected. Aroma of chocolate and slight fruitiness. Flavor is chocolatey and coffee. Fairly alcoholic flavor which got stronger as it warmed.
Overall just awesome, especially with that ABV.
nbutler11 (218), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Oct 9, 2008 Pours jet black from the bottle with a toasted brown head of foam. Loaded with dark fruits and zinfandel on the nose with flavors of bakers cocoa, cherries, black licorice, and faint coffee. Mops your palate with alcohol on the finish. Very aggressive, almost as if the beer is staring at you and daring you to drink it.
FrankJohansen (2807), Sabro, Denmark
Oct 3, 2008 Bottle. Black colour with a light brown head. Lots of taste, lots of different aromas. Slightly alcholic finish. Strong, but very good.
CaryTheDude (282), Ripon, Wisconsin, USA
Oct 1, 2008 Jakebra crush. Black like death. Feel the alcohol burn all the way down. One intense mofo of a beer. Flavor hides the alcohol, lots of dark fruits. One hell of a kick. Awesome brew.
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