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RATINGS: 2226   WEIGHTED AVG: 4.29   SEASONAL: Winter   EST. CALORIES: 315   ABV: 10.5%
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The darkest beer we make; this Imperial stout contains double the malt and five times the hops of our Kalamazoo stout and is perfect for cellaring as its complex character will evolve over time. Available October-March.


4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
kaser (237) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - MAR 24, 2012
Pours black and thick, thin brown foam. Smells slight nutty. Super thick pallette. Creamy, coffee taste. Can't taste the high alcohol at all. One of the best of this style. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

3.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
artmcd8 (172) - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - MAR 22, 2012
Aroma of malts and alcohol are strong. Pours jet black. Oily mouth feel starts slightly sweet and finishes bitter. Should be drank on a cold day.

4.3
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 17/20
uncben87 (34) - Georgia, USA - MAR 22, 2012
Bottle into chalice. Pours thick oily black with a two finger head after an aggressive pour. Decent lacing. Smells of roasted malt, caramel and espresso with a touch of sour fruit and a bit of booze. Taste is heavy roasted malt and carmel with a good balance of hop bitterness and almost no presence of alcohol. Good, light carbonation with a smooth crisp hop finish. A perfect balance between the sweet malt and bitter hops. Great imperial stout.

4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
stoneageradio (246) - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - MAR 18, 2012
Bottle. Batch #9971, bottled on 9/13/10, drank on 3/13/12, 18 months old. Chocolate and malt scent, mellowed and thick, with a black colored pour that had zero head at first but then about a fourth inch head raised up momentarily before quickly dissolving. Thick bodied palate, grainy textured - wonderful! The taste hit hard first with a malty dark fruit resin then chocolate and finally, a coffee aftertaste. So complex, so delicious.

4.3
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
barbarino2000 (29) - Lemont, Illinois, USA - MAR 17, 2012
Awesome beer. There’s really a lot going on here, and it makes your tongue, nose, and throat work hard to interpret it all. Mine had nearly no head, but the color tells you that strongly something tasty is about to hit you.

4.6
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 18/20
Castine (3) - - MAR 16, 2012 does not count
Great stout!! Aromas of chocolate licorice caramel and Malts. Pours a dark black with a tan head. The caramel chocolate flavor is second to none. Also great bite from the hops keeping everything well balanced I would highly recommend this beer to anyone. ---Cameron

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 17/20
nyindiansfan (261) - rochester, New York, USA - MAR 10, 2012
Bottle pours dark taste chocolate sweet dark very good beer wish I had more

4.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
kylefleeger (100) - Tempe, Arizona, USA - MAR 8, 2012
Pours dark black into a glass with tan colored head. Smells like chocolate, smoke and molasses. The flavor of molasses in this beer is one of my all-time favorites. The roasted malts are wonderful and add great balance and depth of flavor to the chocolate and smokey notes of the beer. One of my all-time favorite beers.

4.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Dixonian (1190) - Dallas, Texas, USA - MAR 7, 2012
12oz bottle. Pitch black pour with lots of tan head. Aromas of coffee and dark fruit with tons of chocolate. Flavor is very chocolatey as well with some smoke and a bitter finish. Can’t wait to see what some age does to this.

4.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
olio (1529) - Tampere, FINLAND - MAR 6, 2012
355 ml bottle @ Laiti.
Rated on 20101106.
Aroma of liquorice, dark roasted malts, chocolate, vanilla and coffee. Flavor of coffee, vanilla, caramel, liquorice, roasted malts and some hoppy fruits.


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