 smhncabot (310), Cabot, Arkansas, USA
Aug 6, 2007
pours deep mahogany with no head. this beer has legs and looks like port (even smells and tastes like it). aroma is huge sherried notes with dark fruit, molasses, toffee, booze and only hints of roast. taste is sweet boozy with lots of sherry, molasses and toffee. only small hints of chocolate can come through. finish is vinous and sweet tang. very interesting but doesnt have enough roasted malt to balance the sherry.
SuzyGreenberg (1119), Seattle, Washington, USA
Dec 30, 2008 12 oz. bottle - 2006 vintage; thanks to riversideak; pours very thin and no head; tons of bite here as strength is pretty overwhelming in both aromas and drinkability; syrupy, very roasty and bitter; i think the night was all downhill after this 19% monster
lb4lb (1605), Austin, Texas, USA
Nov 29, 2008 Bottle in trade from oxymoron. Thanks!
Pours a dark maroon color, and surprisingly not black, and almost no head. Smell is soy sauce, fudge and dark fruit. Taste is a bit sweet up front with strong syrupy flavors followed by an alcohol hit. Some bitterness from the hops, but it doesn’t balance this out. It doesn’t have any roasty flavors at all, and is more like a really sweet, boozy barley wine. Fine in small amounts, but not to style and not something to drink a lot of. Somewhat drinkable for 18.4%...
after4ever (2006), Brier, Washington, USA
Nov 27, 2008 12-oz. Thanks, Riverside! Pours jet black. Headless, laceless. Huge nose of vodka and maple syrup. Tingly, sticky body. Overwhelmingly hot. Maple, char, campfire, and lots of vodka on the mid-palate. Sharp, boozy finish.
Sparky27 (822), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Nov 19, 2008 2006 12oz bottle courtesy of crosling – thanks Nick. Pours a deep mahogany with a one finger tan had that receded immediately. Nose is toffee, dark fruit, molasses and whiskey. Taste is heavy on the dark fruits upfront with burnt caramel, brown sugar, oaky vanilla and booze with a fairly clean finish. At 18% abv, this isn’t the extreme booze bomb I expected, but it’s definitely warming all the way down. Medium mouth feel that’s pretty flat, but there’s still some carbonation in there. Interesting brew to say the last. I liked it more than I thought I would.
BlackForestCO (653), Fort Collins and Black Forest, Colorado, USA
Nov 17, 2008 Bottle shared by a local. Poured a deep garnet-brown color with a thin beige head that faded to nothing. Aroma of caramel, raisin, plum, grape, and alcohol. Smooth, sweet entry with some caramel, molasses, and spice with a hint of booze and some light fruitiness (plum, grape) and a hint of oxidization. Low carbonation, slick and full on the palate. Surprisingly enjoyable, but it almost seemed like more of a huge barley wine than imperial stout. Perhaps I will need to revisit.
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