4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
From tap at the brewpub. Pours pitch black with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malty and dense liqourice. Dark malty and roasted. Smooth hoppy and dens chocolate. Dense malty and roasted finish.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate coffee aroma with hints of caramel. Roasted malty chocolate and coffee flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate and coffee finish with hints of caramel.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
(Growler, courtesy of BMan1113VR) Pours an opaque black body with a spare brown head. Aroma of roasted grain, dark chocolate, coffee, anise, vanilla, raisins, and molasses. Flavor of roasted malt, dark chocolate, coffee, molasses, dark fruit, and caramel with a dry, boozy finish.
4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bomber courtesy of BMan1113VR (thanks Andrew!) poured a translucent dark reddish brown nearly black with a lasting brown head. Aromas of espresso, roasted malt, bitter chocolate and light licorice. Palate was full bodied and smooth with a dry finish. Flavors of espresso, roasted malt, bitter chocolate and lighht dried fruit with a smooth dry lingering roasty espresso finish. Great Stout!!!
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap at Beachwood BBQ. Pours with a pitch black hue with a brown head. Absolutely incredible lace. A full sheet down the glass as you drink. Intense, and amazing to look at. Aromas are intense with espresso, molasses, chocolate, vanilla, dark fruits and roast. The malt seems a bit bready and biscuit like as well. Really inviting with mild (really mild for how big it is) alcohol. Flavors are great! Chocolate, roast, tons upon tons of espresso, very mild alcohol. Great balance of bitterness, dryness, alcohol, and roast. Somewhat dry on the finish, with some bitter coffee, rich chocolate, molasses, dark fruits. Bitterness (seemingly coffee) lingers. Creamy, velvety and full mouthfeel. Absolutely mouth coating, smooth and mildly warming (although you can really feel the affects of the alcohol on your second glass).
This beer is not "EXTREME" by today’s standards, but its subtlety and balance at this alcohol level (or any alcohol level for that matter) is beyond belief. In a word: exquisite!
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Thanks Andrew! Black pour, brown head. Loads of chocolate covered espresso and roast on the nose. Flavor is coffee, molasses, chocolate, bitter finish. Roasty goodness.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at The Bruery Provisions. A Russian Imperial stout with lots of coffee. Black with a small head. Very lacy. Dark fruit. A tad sourish but otherwise a good representation of the style.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Black in color with a small khaki head. Rich espresso notes on the nose along with tons of roasted malt and molasses. A bit of dark, bitter chocolate and some burnt sugar notes. Maybe a touch of vanilla. The flavor has a lot of roast to it which plays well with the coffee. Heavy on the dark chocolate and a subtle earthiness. Moderately sweet from molasses flavors. Full bodied with smooth, medium carbonation.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Draft. Black beer with a brown head. Chocolate and malt aroma with coffee. Chocolate and coffee/espresso flavor with toffee. Fuller bodied. Toffee and espresso lingers. Nice.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
bottled, thanks to bman1113vr, preBTBF tasting, dark brown with really nice depth of flavors, malty cocoa, coffee, a little pepper, leather, nice
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