4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
A pitch black beer with a dark brown head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, vanilla, alcohol, and coffee. The flavor is sweet with notes alcohol, malt - both sweet and roasted, vanilla, and alcohol, leading to a dry alcoholic finish.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
18 cL handbottle, courtesy of Papsoe. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is solid coffee herbal, dark roasted malt and slight chocolate. Sweet, chocolate, liqourice, coffee and thick dark malt. Bitter and lingering dark sweet flavoured. Ends roasted malty and coffee flavoured.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Handbottle 18 cl. Courtesy of Doodler. Pours an opaque pitch black with a thick and creamy brown head. Intense aroma of hard roast malt, coffee, dark dried fruit and booze. Solid body, sweet heavy roast, again pruney dark fruits and a warming alcohol finish. Very delicious actually. 180611
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
(Draught) Pours an oily, opaque black body with a medium creamy tan head. Aroma of coffee, caramel, toffee, anise, butterscotch, vinous, plum, and roasted malt. Flavor of coffee, roasted malt, vanilla, marshmallow, caramel, toffee, rum raisins, coconut, wood, and light bourbon qualities with a dry, bitter, warming finish. Lots of layers of complexity in this imperial stout.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: MAR 27, 2010
Date: February 27, 2010
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, Brewvival
Appearance: black, frothy tan head, drippy lace
Aroma: big roasted coffee aroma mixed with bitter black chocolate
Flavor: rich roasted flavor, lots of coffee, black chocolate, sweet dark fruits
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.8/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *** /4
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
23rd April 2011
Opaque black beer, no real head. Light palate, fairly smooth. Sweet black coffee. A little sweet lactose. Underneath are sweet red berry fruits. Nicely joined up and smooth. Hides the abv very well. Tasty treat!
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Draft courtesy of the Churchkey crew, thank you gentlemen! Very dark brown color, small brown edge head. Aroma of a coffee shooter. Taste is coffee!!! and booze, and some other word I can’t read in my notes. Good stuff anyway.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 20/20
UPDATED: DEC 4, 2008 On tap at Avery Tasting Room poured an opaque black with a small lingering brown head. Aromas of coffee, bitter chocolate and light vanilla. Palate was medium to full bodied and smooth. Flavors of coffee, bitter chocolate and light vanilla with a smooth lingering bitter coffee finish.
4.5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
On tap at Capone’s. Dark brown pour with a small sized off white head. Coffee, roast, some dark fruits, grounds, licorice, and some vanilla. Very nice coffee presence - which for me, is a huge plus in a coffee beer! Over all the alcohol, for 15%+, well hidden. Very nice.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Draught. Pours opaque with an average, frothy, dark brown head, somewhat lasting with fair lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (coffee, toffee, burnt grain), average hops (flowers, perfume, grass), average yeast (leather) with notes of smoke, tar, wood, alcohol, raisin, date, and prune. Full bodied, alcoholic texture, average carbonation, and a dry-spicy finish. Long duration, heavy sweetness, acidity, and bitterness. Please bottle this one too!
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