 jskendzel (602), Washington DC, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
May 8, 2003 Very sweet, port-sh nose. Lots of dark fruits and a richness not found in many beers. This is wonderful! Very drinkable with the ethanol only slightly noticeable. Not as rich in a thick-way like others (Speedway Stout), but makes up for this in complexity. Great taste and a good example.
Jokes (1453), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Oct 23, 2002 Man. Have I been looking for this beer for a long time? Well, since I really understood what beer was, this was on the top of my "Must Have" list. I’ve finally found it a year and a half later. Extremely dark with no head, not even a bubble came through. The nose was very sweet with fruit and wine being the most dominate. In the flavor, the nose of sweet fruit (black currant, grape, prunes) and port wine is complimented by some chocolate and malt. Curiously, I the roasted qualities common in most stouts, Imperial or otherwise, were seemingly low. Usually these are so pronouced. This time they were there, but lightly so. I really enjoyed this one very much. Thanks be to the Clark Street Ale House.
cathcacr (597), Portland, Oregon, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Jan 15, 2005 Yowza! Far as I can tell, this thoroughly outdoes the 90/120 minute IPAs from this brewery. Let it warm some. Sweet, sweet stuff. Knocks you on your ass, too. Whatever they loaded into this beer to give it its sweetness, it works. Nice semi-dry finish. Kicks ass, too. Alcohol works well in this one, unlike in their IPAs. Really unique; not like a typical imperial stout, probably because coffee-like character has been stripped away, leaving just a sweetness that’s thoroughly appropriate. (It is great at being what it is, which may or may not be its style designation.) Damn this is good! But like Westy 12, this one dares you to find it at less than $10 a bottle. (Shit!)
Drew (2410), Kent, Ohio, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Nov 13, 2002 A velvet shroud was placed over my head...a soft and gentle thud, then.....nothing. I awoke hours later, not knowing where....
Pitch black, but blood red around the very edges. Velvet smooth, thick, luxuriously sweet malts - more of a dark fruit taste (fig,plum) than of coffee. Virtually no hint of alcohol in the taste - compared it with Expedition in the same session. This one will force you to re-examine your comprehension of ’STOUT’.
jsquire (2123), St. Marys, Ohio, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 3/5 | 19/20 |
Apr 20, 2005 I poured this beer at room temperature into my snifter and settled in for a nice, slow drink. This is a very dark beer with an attractve brown head that shirnks to an oil slick in the center with a solid collar around the edge. Beautiful nose with rich, creamy alcohol, wet wood and dark fruit. The first sip is a huge "Wow" with a thick, mouth coating sensation. Such rich malty sweetness with a surprisingly subtle roastiness in the finish. I couldn’t get passed the image of biting into an overripe plum with the juices that just dripped down your chin. Lots of dark fruit, some wood and vanilla, burnt caramel sweetness, and noticable alcohol. The alcohol was strong, and left a lingering tingling sensation on the tongue, but was not out of place with the rest of this beer. Even with the high alcohol content, this brew does not lose its beer-ness. Excellent beer, and a great way to sip my way to #1000.
Uglyradio (776), Greenville, South Carolina, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Sep 17, 2003 I've been saving this one, for what I don't know. It's been in the back of my fridge for over a year now. It pours a jet black color with just a thin layer of brown bubbles on top. Strong aroma of malts, alcohol, licorice, and anise-very strong. Full body with low carbonation and a very smooth, velvety, creamy mouthfeel. Wow! What a great flavor. Lots of chocolate and malt flavors with some dark fruits mixed in. Roasty and filled with coffee and chocolate hints in the finish. Though it is full bodied, it is still lighter in body than I thought it would be. The alcohol is no where to be found in the flavor. Very warming, however, despite the lack of alcohol flavors. A fantastic stout, and the strongest of its kind around. What a treat!
IslandHaole (1035), Onna-Son, Okinawa-Ken, Japan
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 27, 2005 2004 release- Bottle # 1440: Thanks to Santa FooFaa for another awesome brew!
Deep Brown, near black in darkness with reddish tones along the edges. It’s 10W-40 with a creamy tan head. Oh man, I’m like a kid at a candy store smelling this. I’ve spent 10 minutes with my nose burried in the glass, not wanting yet to taste it for fear it will be gone all too soon. Smells like a fine liquer, rich fruit, light roastiness, sweet, alcohol, oh this is going to be a fun night! Thick, sweet, potent, warming.....lots going on here.....it’s like a "Stout concentrate" or "Ice Stout" ...what is left after the water is frozen and removed from a gallon of stout. "....brewed with a ridiculous amount of barley"... They have a gift for understatement. It’s barley syrup with just a spritz of carbonation. Sweet stone fruits, Prunes, overripe Bing Cherries, dried Apricots, fine Kentucky Bourbon, green hops, pine tar, baking chocolate, day old coffee grounds….man this is busy! Whew, palate fatigue ¾ into the bottle, this is thick stuff!
kumite56 (462), Cordova, Tennessee, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Jun 19, 2004 This beer poors black with a smallish brown head. Aroma is intensly malty with notes of chocolate and soy. Flavor is intense as well with a sweet malty and alcohol inititial presense followed by an equally intense bitter finish. A good and well balanced beer, especially for one that is so "over the top" in intensity. Check it out. l
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