3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Sample at Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2012. Black with a beige head of large bubbles that leaves behind dime nice lacing. Aroma is coffee, licorice, oak, vanilla. Medium body, slightly slick mouthfeel, bitter coffee finish. Taste is coffee, chocolate, vanilla, toast.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Black with nice tan head.
Heavy coffee in the nose, roasted malty notes and chocolate and vanilla.
Sweet and roasty, loads of coffee, some vanilla and nutty malts.
Full to medium body, nice carb
4.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Aroma, light with alcohol, roast coffee, pours black with persistent brown head with some lace. Taste coffee right up front with chocolate, malts. some alcohol comes through. Palate bitter, dry. Excellent imperial lives up to hype
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
(Sample from tap at CBC) Pours pitch black with medium, toffee head. Impressive retention and lace. Aroma is roasted malt, licorice, coffee and something chalky? Oily texture bordering on creamy, full body, soft carbonation and a dark, roasted finish.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Really Really nice beer. Pure black poor with slight persistant head. Strong coffee aroma comes through backed up well with toasty malts. Silky and smooth this is another awesome stout.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours pitch black with a half-inch tan head. Good lacing. Aroma is earthy dirt, coffee, cocoa, cherries, and booze. Taste is milk chocolate sweetness on the front, big roasty coffee, bitter cocoa notes towards the end. Leaves a roasty coffee flavor in the finish with a subtle boozey heat on the way down. Mouthfeel is velvety and smooth. Overall, lives up to its claim. Silky smooth stout with rich chocolate flavors and robust coffee notes. Has an earthy character to it that I like. Very enjoyable!
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
341ml bottle. The beer voted number 1 in Canada for a couple of years now. Black as the night with a good brownish head that leaves behind some fine looking lacing.
The booze hits your nose at first, then there’s the coffee, the sweetness, caramel and surprisingly hops, some spiciness. Coffee upfront on your tongue slides into some good stout bitterness in the back of your mouth. Dried plums, hops, alcohol, molasses, astringent bitterness. Pretty dry and a little oily, but just a tad. A hard drinker. I must admit it’s very good, even if imperial stouts are not my favorites.
4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Pours a thick opaque black with a one finger tan head that dissipates quickly. Aromas of spent coffee grounds, wet stone, chocolate and rich soil.... RIch dark chewy notes of chocolate and espresso, mid palate there comes in some dark fruit, raisin, cherry with a hint of vanilla and licorice bitterness in the finish that brightens up lingering flavors. Damn this is good, my bottle is dated 01/10 and its a bit more complex than the draft pour I had a couple weeks ago at the brewpub in Montreal !
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Black with good, creamy, brown head / Winey nose of molasses, chocolate, and coffee / Full body, inky and lightly sweet, some chewiness, with good balance and dry finish / Dense flavors of molasses, prune, bittersweet chocolate, and dark roast coffee / Rich, delicious.
4.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
An experience like none other. Beer is thick and syrupy with an extremely dark colour and a beautiful creamy head. Roasted coffee, smooth toffee, heavily malty. Exceptionally oily. To be enjoyed in moderation for sure.
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