3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Another review that I accidentally deleted and am having to rewrite.
Thanks to some awesome RateBeerian; over time I have forgotten which, for sending me this tantalizingly delicious beer!
Pours a foggy ink black body and a bountiful tall and resilient tan head. The aroma is bursting with chocolate and toffee malts. There was a note of rye bread there in the finish.. a kind of sunflower seed oily and nutty rendering. The flavor also brought coco and toffee, some date and brown sugars, walnut, a touch of vanilla, and a yeasty, beady tartness in the finish, almost lactic. The palate was chewy and gritty in some places… as Bell’s beers tend to have a decent amount of sediment.
Time has treated this increasingly rare beer rather nicely… I am a lucky man indeed!
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: NOV 4, 2009 Pours a deep mahogany brown with a slight reddish tint in the light, very smallish tan head. Aroma is very roasty and grainy, a little spice and coffee. Flavor is much like the aroma, but with the spice a little more pronounced. This has an excellent mouthfeel for only 6.7%, not thin like so many stouts in this % range. I would absolutely love to see Bell’s make an Imperial version of this beer. Although it didn’t wow me, it is very enjoyable nonetheless.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Very dark like all Bells Stouts. Really no head though. Smells a little sour, slight coffee, chocolate. Tastes of coffee and chocolate but has sort of a rainwater taste, like early spring rain with too much iron or something in it. There is a sourness as well. Nice warming beer but not quite as good as Bells other stouts. Still great though.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours dark, dark brown with a reddish tint; pinkish-reddish-brownish head. Aromas of chocolate and earthy, piney hops. Rich, spicy, sweet-sour coffee and earthy hop flavors with a thin, fairly uncarbonated, smooth body. I’m glad I tried this one -- a good experiment by Bells.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pour is a deep brown body with a tight ring of bubbles around the edge. Licorice is prominent with chocolate right behind. Easy to drink.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: NOV 16, 2007 Bottle. Smokey rye malt and coffee aroma. Pitch black with a moderate head initially that quickly disappears. Nice creamy coffee and light rye flavor with a smokey finish. Light palate but I really like it that way. Excellent but rather light stout.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
sharp and welcome taste that overpowers stout normal chicory. Spice aftertaste. Nice with heavier food.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
12oz bottle acquired in trade with ClarkVV (thanks!). Poured a dark black, with red edges, and an averaged sized tan head. Aromas of rye, roasted malts, bread, and some dark fruits. Tastes of bread, chocolate, some coffee, rye, roasted malts, caramel, and dark fruits. I found the aromas to be on the stronger side compared to the tastes (product of the age?). Body was also a little on the thin side. Lacing left on the glass. Overall all a very good beer that I’m glad I had the chance to enjoy!
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