3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20Served from a 22 oz bottle from OTM. The appearance is a rich velvety black with a medium disappearing brown head. The aromas are sweet roasty malts, oatmeal, dried dates. The flavors are medium to heavy roasted malts and grains, sweet dried dark fruits, anise, raw oak barrel, coffee berries. Great chocolate notes and black licorice as well. Low hop bitterness but some hop juice in there still. The mouth is medium to full bodied with a creamy richness to it. An excellent above well average fresh IRS.
Earlier Rating: 10/26/2008 Total Score: 3.7
Getting Notebook Online. Bottle. Pours a rich black. Roasted malt nose. Roasted malt flavor with some chocolate and smoke notes. A hopy bitter finish. Pretty good IS!
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle: Nearly black, deep cola hued edges, small to moderate frothy beige head, spotty lacing. Pale graham cracker on the nose, softer roasted malts, faint dark/unsweetened chocolate. Similar tongue, roasty, soft hop, a bit ashy but no campfire. Has elements of bittersweet chocolate and dark pitted fruit, but they aren’t sweet. This is one of those unsweetened Imperial Stouts. Thankfully its not overhopped, or else it would be unsweet and overly bitter. Seems balanced, but could use some sweetness. Body and mouthfeel are moderate. Clean finish, lingering ash and roastiness. Decent, but wished it were a touch sweeter with perhaps a bit more viscous body.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Black pour. Tan head. Aroma is mostly licorice with some notes of alcohol and cocoa nibs. Taste is slightly bitter, dark chocolate lingers on the tongue. Lighter body and lower carbonation.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours jet black with a thick brown head. Aroma of coffee, dark chocolate, roast and caramel. Taste is bitter up front with hops and roast, finishes creamy and chocolatey. Medium mouthfeel, solid beer.
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3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle, not sure if from Trooper or Bytemesis, either way Thanks! aroma is slightly stale, with a medium roast but the taste is where it shines, light body and full taste make this a decidedly different imperial stout, not cloying or thick but just a well made more flavorful version of a foreign stout (to me) and that really works.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Coffee, malt, hops and grapefruit. Great mouth feel with just a little chocolate in the aftertaste. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a very dark brown. Nearly no light passes, even when held up to the sun. A narrow, but rich mocha colored head appears. The head fades almost as quickly as it forms. The nose is nice--chocolate liqueur with spent coffee grounds that emerge from time to time. I like the thick, creaminess, but the scrubbiness on the back of the tongue disrupts the smoothness of the mouthfeel just a little too much. Large flavors of chocolate liqueur and notes of a mildly sour wood. The beer finishes quite dry, almost with a coffee acidity. It’s a big ole imperial, but not a stupendous effort. Drake’s has better offerings.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bomber. Chalkiness was the most predominant distinguishing characteristic. After that, it was somewhat chocolaty, somewhat malty, a little bit of milky sweetness. Maybe some licorice.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Drake’s Drakonic Imperial Stout 2/8/13 notes: bomber. Pours dark brown, nice healthy and fine tan head. Milk chocolate, hop resin, condensed milk, ground coffee, faint coconut on nose. Palate is on the lighter side, but consistent with the slightly diminished alcohol. Big flavors upfront, big hops and roasts lots of roasts, coffee and chocolate. Shifts weight towards truffle, then, surprisingly nosedives into a firm bitterness and woody chocolate. Char and bitterness and toasted marshmellow build in finish.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle, black pour. Notes were roast, malt, cocoa, plum, figs, and roasted marshmallow. Some nice hop notes come through as well. Medium bodied.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Nice thick black pour. Nice brown head. Chocolate light flavor with a medium coffee and molasses.. good stout.. very solid even though this is not my favorite style of beer.
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