3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
330 ml bottle.
Pours a black colour with a small white head. Aroma of cherries, dark chocolate, wood and some alcohol. Flavour of roasted malts, alcohol, wood, raisins, vanilla, licorice and some slightly tart berries. Full bodied, oily mouthfeel and a silky smooth, roasty, warming alcohol finish. A rather heavy imperial stout with strong alcohol presence.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Black pour. Big tan head with some lacing. Slight malt aroma, but mostly alcohol. Watered down chocolate shake taste. A bit of malt. Tastes pretty good despite the previous notes. Not bad.
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3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Disappointing. This is the 2012 version. For an imperial lacks body. Pours ok, black with a good tan head but it thins quickly. Roasted malt in the nose but starts to disappoint in the mouth, Thin whilst reasonably balanced, soft but lacks depth and complexity and the 10.5% overwhelms. Maybe will improve with age.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dec 2012 - draught, Hackney. Sweet, licoricey, chemically taste. OK but not great, have had better stouts.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle RB Århus tasting @ Christers. Pours black with a small light brown head. Aroma of hard roasted malts, chocolate, vanilla, little oak, little alcohol. Flavor is malts, candy sugar, oak, dark fuits, light booze. Medium to full body, sot carbonation, warming alcohol. 270213
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On cask at the Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival, 20/02/13. Thick, opaque black. Aroma - Slightly woody, choccy, slightly fruity, piney, faint liquorice. Sweetish. Taste - Light sweet, aromatic woody, light fruity, quite savoury, bit salty liquorice. Thick, heavy body. Quite woody, aromatic, but not too much.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle @ Aarhus tasting. Black with a light brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, dried fruit, dark sugar and alcohol. Flavor is very sweet and rather bitter. Sweet finish. 270213
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle, 10.5%. Very dark brown with small light brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, liquorice, coffee, oak and alcohol. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, medium sweet, liquorice, vanilla, oak, candy sugar an dark fruits.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are rich roast malt, licorice, candy sugar, caramel, fruits, chocolate and hops.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask conditioned at Fleetwood Beer Fest ’13. Black with tan head. Heavy, woody tarry flavours from the start with port like fruitiness, loads of alcohol, rich leatheriness. Very deep and lasting if somewhat astringent later on. A real whopper.
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