 santoslhalper (327), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Apr 26, 2008
Pours a dark mahogany with a thin tan head that disappears quickly. The smell is strong with chocolate, roasty, and coffee aromas, but it smells overly burnt with a strong soy sauce background, which comes out more as it breathes. The taste is much better than the smell. Strong coffee and espresso flavors, with a silky smooth body. Very roasty and burnt, the focus obviously being the malts. This is a pretty decent Imperial Stout that’s kinda interesting to drink. Most RIS you have are hopped to hell - this one is barely even bitter. While it somewhat fails in it’s delivery, the focus on the roasted malts makes this a joy to drink, but not more than one.
Cletus (4314), Connecticut, USA
Jun 29, 2009 Pours dark brown with a stubborn tan head. Smells of chocolate, caramel, molasses, honey. Tastes chocolatey and roasty with a nice spicy compliment on the finish.
joshpiledean (213), Ames, Iowa, USA
Jun 23, 2009 Dark brown/black, small quickly fading head. Aroma is roasty and lightly sweet, alcohol. Tastes mostly of roasted malts, light coffee tones, and a strong alcohol prescence with a light burn at the finish. Body is heavy enough to deal with the strong presence of alcohol. Pretty good beer, and it’s organic for extra hipster points.
lumpsowers (235), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Jun 15, 2009 Dark pour, no head or lace. Dry woody aroma. Thick alcohol dominates with a nutty tangy bitterness. Very sweet with chocolate and caramel notes. Tasty!
heemer77 (4187), Savannah, Missouri, USA
Jun 9, 2009 Very dark, cola looking and near black beer with a thin orange brown head. The aroma is sweet with some milk chocolate and prune. There is also some fresh cut wood. The taste has initially sweet milk chocolate and anise notes. In the finish, I got some light roasted coffee and lingering cocoa. The anise gets stronger the more you drink. Decent, but I would like a little more sweetness to balance the black licorice character, which quickly gets cloying.
lb4lb (1945), Austin, Texas, USA
May 16, 2009 Pours dark black with a short lived beige head. Smell is licorice, and chocolate. Taste is the same with licorice, chocolate and is lightly bitter. Medium to full body with light to medium carbonation. Solid, licorice heavy imperial stout overall.
Pailhead (2459), Allen Park, Michigan, USA
May 11, 2009 Courtesy of tytoanderso via trade
Bottle: The aroma consists of chocolate, caramel, and moderate fruity notes. It pours a dark brown with some red highlights and a small beige head. The flavor starts with chocolate and caramel up front. There is some moderate fruitiness in the middle. The finish has some light roasted malt and minimal coffee. Medium-full bodied with a soft mouthfeel.
CelticBrew (643), The Crystal Coast, North Carolina, USA
May 10, 2009 Pours black from bomber, forming nice size light brown head of foam. Aroma has notes of coffee, chocolate, raisin, apple, slight smoke, and a hint of earthy woodiness. Flavour was dominated by roasted malt, char, and espresso along with some dark chocolate in the finish. Overall the taste is slightly sweeter than expected, but very good overall. A tastey, well made impy stout beer.
crazyvin (1213), New York, USA
May 10, 2009 This was kind of dull for an impy stout. A nice black body that had a thin brown head which lacked any real retention. Aroma was of some coffee notes and some chocolate notes. Flavor was similar only it seemed sweeter than anything else. There was a slight smoke note to it. Finish was too light.
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