3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Growler from the brewery. Pours a dark brown color with red highlights. Thin head leaves a cream colored ring around the edge of the glass. Aroma shows strong coffee notes along with some roasted malts, chocolate and a faintly fruity finish. Taste is roasted malts, coffee, green apple, caramel. Medium bodied. Smooth mouthfeel.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at Rustico during the Devil’s Backbone NoVA launch. Served in a taster glass.
Pours near-black with a nice mocha head and a touch of lacing. The nose carries quite a bit of chocolate and some roast. Almost seems as if this one is barrel-aged, as everyone there seemed to get some oak and bourbon notes from it, however light. Flavor had nice chocolate and a bit of vanilla. Big body with a bit of booze. Nice.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
imperial stout, need i say more??????????????????????????????????????????????
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Courtesy of dkachur at the Richmond Gathering. Black, just a ring of head. Roasty and espresso aroma. Flavor matched. Just not much to it here, sort of a paint by numbers Impy. Perhaps suffered from hand bottling, but I really don’t think so. I simply didn’t find the layers of complexity that others did. I’ll have to swing out to the brewery for a re-rate in the future.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: FEB 15, 2010 On tap at the brewpub on 02/14/2010. Dark black body with ruby highlights and a medium creamy light brown head. Big roast and chocolate aroma. Big chocolate, roast, molasses, and alcohol flavor. Full body with moderate carbonation. 8/5/7/3/14 - 3.7
3/26/2009 - Handbottle courtesy of dkachur. Dark black body with no head. Dark roast, chocolate and coffee aroma. Sweet smoke flavor, some chocolate and coffee with a bit of roast. Medium body with moderately low carbonation. - 7/4/7/3/14 - 3.5
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Black body with no head. Light chocolate aroma with some coffee. Taste is sweet, coffee, molasses with some dark fruit. Sweet and smooth ending.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draft 1/2 pint at the brewpub; Pours as it should, pitch black with a beautiful tan pillowtop. Light aroma with a hint of licorice. The first sip is a kick in the nuts, full-on anise, molasses and day-old coffee. Would like it to have a little more body. (#3502, 2/11/2009)
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
black with tan head. flavor is overly sweet with minimal hop presence or alcohol depth. flawed and below average
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