 EdPaulsen (117), Kansas City, Missouri, USA
| 4.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Mar 15, 2004 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.
Spiesy (2333), Global Citizen, Greater London, England
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 6, 2003 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.
fiulijn (7150), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 9, 2005 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.
SilkTork (4173), Rochester, Kent, England
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 3/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 4, 2003 Gravity fresh @ Pig's Ear Beer Fest, East London. This is the beer that dragged me out here to East London on a cold December day. A famous beer, and one not often seen in the cask. It didn't disappoint! Absolutely black - no red tinges at all. Small coffee coloured ring of vanishing bubbles. Raspberry, balsamic vinegar, glue fumes - quite a heady and pleasant aroma, though not totally absorbing. So far, a decent Imperial Stout. Mouthfeel is firm without being too sticky or syrupy. Splendid range of toffee, coffee, raspberry, treacle... some sweetness, but dark and restrained by a good bitterness. Quite wonderful.
JorisPPattyn (5168), Antwerpen, Belgium
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jan 9, 2003 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%!
kook (2034), Perth, Western Australia, Australia
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Apr 17, 2006 Bottle (St Georges Park Bottle Fest): Caramel, sweet choc and berries. Roast in the nose. Black with a brown head. Some nice dark fruit notes. Really tasty.
Joeh (1908), Buckinghamshire, England
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Apr 10, 2006 #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.
cgarvieuk (4171), Edinburgh, Scotland
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Jun 10, 2008 Updated: Sep 20, 2009Mini Cask ... Huge thanks to the Brewer for helping me out here Deep brown.black ... thin off white head ... Deep rich roast malt nose with some toffee and plums ... mellow roasts with a touch of meeatness i often find in an Imerial stouts ... little coconut ... lots of coffee ... little bitterness in linger ... This beer lived up to my hopes for it ... alcohol is nicly subdued for 8% ... good depth and great rich flavours ... Just a bit of a long bitter linger once your finnished ...
Wow Its Day 3 into the Mini Cask and F... Me if it isnt getting better ... Its smoother more rounded still a bit bitter in its finnish for me but wonderful none the less...
Cask at GBBF 2009 ... hahaha i got this one again .its LOVELY
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