Bass P2

Brewed by White Shield (prev. Museum) (MolsonCoors)
Style: Imperial Stout
Burton-on-Trent, England

Colour as dark coffee, head purplish-brown, instantly disappearing. Nose of cocos, mocca, sweet coffee and whiff of benzene. Taste sweet, but something like smoked ham flavour, more restrained than a Rauchbier; retronasal it becomes lik Islay malt whisky. Aftertaste bitter coffee, without the coffeine, but not long remaining. Overall superb, but nearly ruined by unexplicable thinnish mouthfeel. This ought to be enhanced to 11-12%ABV - it would be an answer to DFH"" WWS 18%!

Bottled from minicask. Dark brown with slight white head. Heavy roastiness in this with charred coffee husk notes, bonfire and rich malts. Quite smooth and treacley sweet with a touch of pine resin in the body. The alcohol seems slightly more pronounced than in the No. 1, giving a bit of a christmas pud finish. A sipper.

Deep reddish, almost black colour with a small light brown head. Roasted malty, dried dark fruit sweet aroma with a light chocolate note. Malty, fruity sweet flavor with a vanilla note.

Stylish label. Black coloured with brown head. Sweet, fruity and maturearoma and flavour. Very smooth. Slightly smoked. Very pleasant.

Party-keg (@ RBESG 2008): Deep ruby-amber coloured, firm, small beige head; wood, chocolate and mainly roasted malt in the nose; quite full bodied, not too dry bitter-sweet flavour, soft MF; roasted malt, leather, again, in the sweet, dark-malty finish. Good, heavy stuff........

Small handbottle shared by kmweaver. Dark, rich tawny brown colored body... thick and viscous swirling in the glass.. capped by a very small tan head. Nose is spicy and malt-centered, resinous, rich toffee, sweet chocolate, syrupy roast, toasted grains, etc... very nice, very complex, rich and deep. Flavor is thick, syrupy, full and resinous, notes of roasted maple, very light char, some toasted bread, some maple and plum flavored tobacco... really quite remarkable.

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.

Finally, I had this in a bottle at home. Dark with hints of purple this beer pours with a small amount of foam. Flavours are of coffee, chocolate, licourice and earthy notes. A burnt malts finish completes this good beer.