4.9 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
This is one of the best beers, I ever tasted or hope to taste. Hell, it is the best! Gave it a 19 in overall, there must be something better out there? Wonderfully dark, rich, smooth with a shock of flavors, 18%?, I can’t believe the sensations that went through my mouth and my brain. This was the last beer in a tasting of eight beers, hands down a winner. This is a classic and I must have more what ever the price ($8.50 a 12oz bottle). THIS HAS MOVED TO TOP OF MY PERSONNAL TOP TEN!!!!!
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Saved this one, on pins and needles, to make it number 500. It starts explosively - a flash of brown effervescence and then you’re left with a luminous dark, entrancing brew, redolent of licorice and heavily brandied fruitcake. The taste bears out the exotic aroma - there’s enough coffee, chocolate, and roast to let you know it’s stoutish, but so much else - toffee, more fruits, some of that smoked fish flavour that I went on about in my Lion Stout rating. Actually, what WWS reminds me most of is the coffee flavoured tequila liqueur that my buddy beough back from Mexico. And I’m sorry to say, that my last impression is actually sticky like that liqueur; sweetish, despite all the complexity. Yes, it’s magnificient, special stuff, but there are other bottles in this East coast sampler box from austinpowers I treasured more. Old Horizontal remains, for now, and for me, without peer.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
I loved everything about this beer except the $8.00 price tag. Thick, black, malty aroma with a hint of alcohol in the nose. A wonderful complex of flavors with chocolate, coffee, and sweet malt. A smooth ride from start to finish. If only it didnt cost $48.00 for a sixer......
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: SEP 2, 2003 Dark and oily. I could smell vanilla and cocoa and a bit of alcohol which was cleverly hidden. It went down so smooth! I paid a bit much ($14 at the Brickskeller) but worth every drop. I had seen it in the top beers, so I was pleased to have it at any price. It was a real palate pleaser.
4.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Close to perfect. Warm. roasty, sweet, without being thick or syrupy.
4.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
this beer was just incredible. the aroma and flavor were outstanding, and the beer had an amazingly dark color with just enough head. the only thing that holds me away from this beer, aside from the availability, is that it takes a LONG time to properly drink one. but, with the alcohol content, maybe that’s not a bad thing.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Impressive, but kind of weird. The nose to me smacks of roasted malt, toffee, and port wine. I find the flavor to be just a tad too sweet, though it does have a nice bitterness to offset that. You can hardly tell that it’s 18%abv--ultimately it tastes basically like a sweeter version of a normal impy.
4.7 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
UPDATED: NOV 14, 2003 Sensational brew! Looks like tar, and tastes thick and stoutey. Surprisingly sweet and drinkable. Alcohol well hidden.
4.7 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
This beer is BLACK! I took a whiff of it before I sipped it, and could smell chocolate, coffee, and a nuttiness. Very little carbonation. I can’t believe that this beer has more alcohol in it than my Irish Cream -- you definately can’t tell. This is by far the finest beer that I’ve ever had. I probably wouldn’t buy it again at 7 bucks a bottle, but then again, I’m an unemployed student.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: FEB 8, 2010 The finest dark beer in the world.(period) I finally got to try this,... for $9.00, I see some of you paid less. To you I flip the bird! Infinitely smoother than far lesser beers.(Lesser in abv. and taste) It pours like a normal stout and holds a head for much longer than any other beer of this strength. The smell is of dates, prunes and vanilla. A tribute to the brewers art, this is a masterpiece that will one day be put in a museum up along with Leonardo’s Mona Lisa, Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps, and Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew.
re-rate 2/8/10: Don’t know if my pallate was so impressed with abv back then, or whether this is just a shadow of it’s old self. No real roasted malt character. Lots of rum, lots. Heat with dates and raisins. Chocolate? Nope. Burnt toast? Nope. Coffee? Nada. Soy Sauce? CHECK! Flavors are definitely firmly on the sweetish end with an enormous amount of cloyingly dried fruits. Palate is, well...HOT! Not well balanced. Somewhat thin with an enormous amount of unfermented sugars. Not very enjoyable at all.
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