Boaks Monster Mash Imperial Stout

bottle from bu11zeye. black pour, brown head. Aroma is full of chocolate and roasted malt. Flavor has chocolate and roasted malt and an odd flavor. Almost floral in nature. I couldnt pinpoint it.

12oz from MrBendo. Thanks, Todd. A thick pour for a substantive beer on a chilly night. Opaque body, minimal toffee colored head. Strong aroma with some dark roast and baking chocolate. Body is a bit thin, and the mouthfeel is a bit chalky. But somehow I found that suited the full, roasty quality of the beer. Above average imperial stout.

Bottle in trade with hopdog. Thanks! Pours a black color with a short lived tan head. Smell is strongly metallic at first, then roasty dark malt. Taste is chalky dark chocolate and is moderately bittered and hoppy. Well balanced for a big imperial stout and the bitter chocolate flavor is nice. Well hidden alcohol and a nice oily body with light carbonation. A bit chalky flavor, but otherwise pretty nice.

Pours dark brown, with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, hops, and alcohol. Flavor is chocolate, roasted malt, hops, and dark fruit. Medium body.

Pours dark brown with a thin tan head. Smells of roasted malt, some pepper, chococlate, light spice, hints of booziness. Tastes of sweet malt, roasted malt, peppery, dark fruit, light spice. Nicely done.

12oz Bottle: Aroma of roasted and burnt malts, chocolate, and hops. Poured light black/very dark brown in color with a small brown head that disappeared quickly. Opaque. Not sparkling. Flavor is medium sweet. Tastes of roasted malts, piney hops, chocolate, cream, Hershey’s syrup, and slight artificial sweetner. Light to medium body. Thin texture. Soft to average carbonation. Roasty, chocolate and hops finish. Bitter, but I doubt the 100 IBUs claimed.

12 oz bottle. Pours a very dark brown body, almost black, with a fizzy dark brown head that left lots of heavy lacing. The aroma is an odd mix of burnt and roasty malt with a whole lot of green hops. Some chalky and ashy notes, molasses, and light alcohol. Big burnt and ashy malt with a high bitterness level in the flavor combine to form a somewhat unpleasant experience. Finishes hot, highly hopped, and somewhat astringent. Mouthfeel is full and a little sticky and cloying with a mouthcoating finish. Moderate fizzy carbonation. Overall, this was a pretty big fail. Nothing about this seemed to work very well.

Pours a deep cola black with a small light brown head. Aroma of roasted malts and bitter cocoa beans. Taste of roasted malts, cocoa, and bitter chocolate.