beerbastard (94), Mesa, Arizona, USA Oct 22, 2009 Interesting, Very somber looking pitch black with tan head. Common for imperials. Slight sweet vanilla nose. A little thin. Roasted coffee taste, lacks some hop balance. Don’t care for the taste that much. Ok finish, I just hate to pay $5.49, for 11.5 bottle. boFNjackson (1233), Portland, Oregon, USA Oct 19, 2009 Bottle... Poured black with a thick, light brown head. Aroma of earthy, roasted malts, coffee, liqueur, and a musty tone. Lots of coffee in this, a bit acidic because of it. A sweet, Irish cream-like flavor complemented the bitter, dark and boozy flavors. Aquilo (248), California, USA Oct 18, 2009 Pitch black and thick with no head. Aroma is a bit faint, but smells strongly of coffee and earth. Flavor is a very rich coffee, and just a bit of fruity sweetness. Full bodied, velvety finish. Very nice all around. jaghana (90), Strasbourg, France Oct 17, 2009 Updated: Nov 6, 2009Bottle 33cl. Very intensive beer, impressive imperial stout malty and rosted with nice body. Chocolate and licorice flavours, a greate beer. Cornboy (417), Eastampton, New Jersey, USA Oct 15, 2009 Most of what I like in an Impy stout. Big, bold dark with aromas of roasty coffee. The only thing I would prefer is a little more body and sweetness. Excellent beer carl4beer (391), Fairfax Station, Virginia, USA Oct 12, 2009 pours pitch with no head... then a creamy head pops up. aroma is coffee, bitter sweet chocolate, dried fruit. mouthful is like bitter sweet chocolate with a little kicker of espresso. very well done impy blklab2007 (932), Connecticut, USA Oct 7, 2009 bottle poured a nice dark black in color with a thin tan head that held a ring in the glass. aroma packs on roasted coffee, oats, dark chocolate, roasted malt, and light floral alcohol. pleasantly surprised by this one so far. mouth feel is heavy and rich with low carbonation. flavor starts with rich dark roasted espresso, roasted malt, dark bitter chocolate, and a fairly hefty lingering coffee finish. the coffee really takes the stage but the texture is fantastic (perhaps from oats). either way this is the next best thing to founders breakfast stout. BigBeer45 (673), Troy, Michigan, USA Oct 3, 2009 Bottle from Champanes, pours black with a nice foamy tan and dark tan bubbled head, head thins out a bit to a thick cover but certainly hangs around, this Impy left lots of beautiful bubbly lacing on the glass,
has one of the better presentations I have seen for an Impy from the bottle, aroma of chocolate, coffee and roasted coffee beans, some roasted malt, I detected no alcohol on the nose, flavor of coffee with some coffee bitterness, chocolate, some roasted malt, predominately has a coffee flavor mixed with a chocolate flavor, I could feel the alcohol warmth in the mouth and throat, there is roasted malt and coffee bitterness at the finish, mouth feel is full and creamy on the palate, there is generous carbonation on the palate, coffee flavor in this brew is pretty good, there is a pronounced coffee bitterness to the drink but it blends well with the malt and chocolate, a nice coffee imperial stout.
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