4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
#1399. St George’s Thing. Roasty slightly fruity aroma with a bit of marmite. To taste this is full bodied with lots of roasted malt and quite a noticeable coconut character I thought. Beer of the festival/graveyard for me.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at St George’s Cemetary RB Gathering. Thanks to Kook for this one. Black beer with dark beige head. Nice Imp Stout. Good thick tarry beer. Good flavour with some toffee. Smooth for its strength. Lots of dark roasted malts as you would expect.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
very dark black colour, little foam with big bubbles; aroma of prune and hazelnut with a toasted coffeish touch; very creamy with a medium to full body and a moderate bitterness; moderately dry, woody and nutty, bready finish - dangerously drinkable because the 8% are not noticable; thanks to Laurent Mousson for this one
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Absolute black color; thick creamy head. Wonderful aroma, very strong: fine roasted malts, coffee, liquorice, Stilton (!); very cheesy; persistent (maybe worth a 10)
Very good mouthfeel (even if a bit dry at the end); lovely harmony, malt coffee roasted malt and a light cheesy touch. The final is not extremely hopped, but a share of bitterness comes from the roasted malt.
Excellent.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Smells and looks like a good cup of coffee in there. Understated British style imperial stout. Middle thick, initially some mustiness and dryness until flavour coats the throat, coffeeish, nicely carbonated. A gift from Warren Becker of New York City and Gotham Imbiber fame.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled. Jet black coloured stout with a short lived small tan coloured head. The aroma has licquorice and aniseed together with burnt roasty malts. The taste is actually quite thin. Reasonably fruity roasty malts and some coffee in the aftertaste. Nicely drinkable but not Earth shattering.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask (gravity) at Burton Winter Ales Festival 2005. Looks good, could be no more black, sharpish malt nose, flavour threatened but never developed so the sweet tinge stuck likes ashes in the mouth. OK but not inspiring.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Stylish label. Black coloured with brown head. Sweet, fruity and maturearoma and flavour. Very smooth. Slightly smoked. Very pleasant.
4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
for me, the best imperial stout i've ever tasted. amazingly drinkable and smooth, but with a sweet and rounded taste with just the right bitterness. very difficult to find unfortunately.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottled from the cask at Pigs Ear Festival, London , 2003.
Jet black with an acute brown trim. Amazing aroma that somehow inspires the imagination back to the period. There’s no alcohol on the aroma, although it does warm the chest on the way down. Smooth mouth feel but not silky, there is no need. It’s not this beers style. Wonderful depth and breath of expression. A very fortunate rate.
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