3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Labeled best by 02/02/10. Pours with no head and a dark brown body. Aroma is a bit vinous and a touch peppery with tons of chocolate, wood and vanilla. Taste is a bit watery, with chocolate and a vinous note. Kind of a thin mouthfeel, and very light carbonation.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
7th July 2009
Opaque black stout. Low carbonation in an otherwise neutral palate. Fresh tasting dark malt. No roast or bitterness or dryness. Touch of chocolate. Lovely mellow whisky that is beautifully balanced and integrated. Easy drinking for it’s abv.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
11.2 ounce bottle into snifter, best by 2/2/2010. Pours hazy very dark brown color with almost no head that recedes to a thin foam cap on the top. Hardly any hiss upon opening. Minimal lacing, small bubbles of carbonation on the glass. Aromas of big caramel, brown sugar, chocolate, roasted malt, vanilla, whiskey, raisin, oak, and light smoke. Damn nice aromas here with nice complexity and balance. Taste of big chocolate, caramel, vanilla, toffee, molasses, light whiskey, roasted malt, oak, toasted biscuit, clove, and light herbal spices. Light bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of chocolate, vanilla, toffee, roasted malt, and molasses on the finish for a good bit. Great balance of flavors with nice complexity; and no cloying sweetness. Light-medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a very creamy and slick mouthfeel. Drinks very smoothly for 10%, with only a slight alcohol warming after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice barrel aged imperial stout! Very well blended flavors with nice complexity. This has aged very nicely indeed.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from notes. Pours dark brown to black, thin and oily with very little in the way of a head. The aroma has alcohol, roasted malts and a hint of dark fruit. The flavor is on the sweet side, but for me more drinkable than most of this line because there is at least some stout character. Roasted malts with hints of chocolate and dark fruit. The alcohol is still too up front. Thin body as well.
2.5 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottled 2-12-08 and well flat, no head, no aroma and no flavor. Kinda tastes like a brown ale that was watered down. Wish I would have read the reviews before I purchased this.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours black with no carbonation. Smell is smooth, oaky vanilla, and a bit roasty. Coffee. Taste is super rich, velvet, grainy, oak, ashy finish. Bit of an alcohol burn. Pretty drinkable. Good beer.
2.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
UPDATED: MAR 2, 2012 Pours thin, dark and oily with almost no head to speak of.
The aroma is similar to a box of chocolate, cordial-filled cherry candies.
Definitely some alcohol in the aroma.
Goes down hill fast after the aroma.
Thin sweet and very disappointing.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Tastes an awful lot like carbonated port wine.....but not as good. Black, vanilla, raisins, syrupy. After reading the back of the bottle I now see I should have consumed this at room temperature.....and 2 years ago. (best before 2/2/10).
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
(*expire 02/02/2010): Fruits foncés, carton fumé et une touche de whiskey. L’alcool est totalement enfoui mais le reste ne s’est pas bonifié, elle n’est plus l’ombre d’elle même.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle split with mcberko. Pours a solid black with a small tan head. Aroma of dark chocolate, lots of coffee, and whiskey. Flavour of coffee, whiskey, vanilla, molasses and roasted malt. Low carbonation, nice and roasty. Slow sipper.
4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
WOW! Finally brought this out after a year of aging at 55 degrees. I poured this at room temperature and everything came alive. The bourbon and vanilla notes along with the slight richness of the imperial stout, everything intertwined to create a glorious brew. The aging process had something to do with the flavor. My advice is to let this one sit for a year (next time its brewed). Very pleased, mild alcohol palate and overall just a well done imperial, the cask was reminiscent of the J.W. Lees Harvest cask. Overall, awesome....if you have this one set it aside then enjoy!
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