4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours an opaque dark brown with some ruby highlights. Thin tan head that dissipates to a faint ring. Moderate aroma of toasted malt, dried cherries, alcohol and vanilla. Flavor is amazing, with layers of flavors that come one after another: raisins, chocolate, vanilla, oak, toffee. Full, slightly oily mouthfeel. You definitely notice the alcohol, but it doesn’t burn in a bad way. Made me wish I was sitting in a ski lodge in front of a fire instead of in my buddy’s garage.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Poured a dark black color, aromas of roasted malt, coffee, dark chocolate, and booze. Flavoors are same, a little boozy aftertaste, but nice. Would be good to sit on a year to make more of the flavors shine vs the boozy aftertaste.
4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Just had this on tap at ØL Beer Cafe in Walnut Creek. (A)Pours a beautiful lightless black with just a touch of head in a tulip. (S) Lots of roasty chocolate, and dark fruit in the nose. (T) Roasty and chocolate up front with some chocolate and vanilla after. Finishes smooth with just a hint of alcohol. (P) Fantastic,smooth and creamy. (O) One of the best Imperial Stout’s I’ve ever tasted.
3.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. 2010 d. Aroma smells like wort. The alcohol is there. No head no lacing. Awesome stout but this is for a cigar and to get drunk. Palatable but tastes like wort on steroids.
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4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Poured into my bruery tulip. Black with a two finger head great lacing throughout, beautiful beer. Aroma of roasted malts, coffee and sweet dark fruits. Taste is sweet and hot but not too much so. Great flavor but I think it would be even better with a couple years. Mouthfeel is pretty good, a little thinner than expected but not bad.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
A -Pours a dark brown-black color with a thin layer of frothy chocolate colored head atop. The head fades down fairly quickly leaving behind a bit of lace.
S - Aroma is full of lots of roasted and burnt chocolate and caramel malts with coffee and a bit of dark fruit, licorice, and a good amount of booze.
T - Starts off with some rich dark fruit and chocolate malts with some coffee and licorice flavors. Through the middle, some more roasted flavors come through with some more coffee, booze, and vanilla, and some more dark chocolate flavor. The finish is a mix of dark chocolate, dark fruit, coffee, licorice, and booze.
M - Full bodied with moderate carbonation. Feels smooth and thick with a warming and sweet finish.
D - Pretty drinkable. Really big and huge with lots of chocolate malt flavor. The overall balance is nice with a good level of smoothness considering the 18% abv.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Wow! This beer is intense. It was down pouring outside in a little pub. This beer was perfect for that. But the high alcohol content will knock your socks off.
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4.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Wow is this rich. Very strong alcohol presence. Immediately the sweetness hits you, and it is almost too much. And this is all while cold! The roastiness and chocolate comes through in the middle and lingers to the very end.
4.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
Bottle thanks to cbkschubert. Please God...make them sell this stuff in Texas... Almost black with a somewhat short-lived soapy beige head. Scattered lacing. Aroma of roast, raisins, light alcohol, wood, chocolate, coffee and vanilla. The taste is decadent. Super rich and roasty, sweet and fruity, chocolaty, a little boozy, and a little bitter at the finish. Full bodied, smooth and creamy, a touch tingly on the tongue and dry. I love it! Awesome send Craig. Thanks again!
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle shared by RasmusOtt, thanks. Dark brown pour, a small head that goes away fast. Aroma is packed with dark malts, cocoa, chocolate, sweet coffee liquor, dark fruits, chocolate truffle, a hint if vanilla and oak - nice aroma. Taste is very sweet and malty - dark fudge, chocolate, coffee bitterness, a good deal of alcohol heat and bite as it goes down. Well balanced, but rather hot. Decent carbonation considering the abb.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours almost black with a brown head. Aroma is obviously some alcohol, raisins, coffee, rather sugary, dates, figs, rich chocolate, vanilla, dry dark fruits and overall with a pretty nice balance between the sweetness and the booze. Taste is sugary, big booze, chocolate, dry alcohol, dark dried fruits, chocolate and vanilla. A bit too much here but overall pretty good!
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