4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
500mL bottle
Pours an immaculate dense tan head suspended atop an opaque jet black body.
Aroma is sensational! Dark chocolate, freshly ground coffee, molasses, coconut, Bourbon, medium-toast oak, faint dried and dark fruit undertones.
Dense body reminds me of a barley wine yet alcohol presense isn’t over the top, oily texture, carbonation is low. Plenty of acrid roast bite, but sweetness balances well.
Flavour continues on from aroma; lots of chocolate, lots of espresso, lots of toasted oak and Bourbon. Complexity is certainly enchanced by oak; spices, and coconut, and vanilla, and typical "woodiness", that lingers. Alcohol is warm, high bitterness is somewhat welcome.
Wow! I sit here sipping this thinking "goddamn" and then vocalise my impressions of it pronanely when I see the big 12.5%abv. This is serious beer just how I like it...i spose my only complaint is the palate drops away a bit quicker than i’d expect (perhaps the sugar?), but seriously great beer...better than I could have imagined!
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Picked this up in the USA lacked lace and seem to have little carbonation perhaps the travel has hurt this beer could not find a packaging date.. Roasty notes on the nose better fresher?
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours black with a tiny brown head. Aroma is oak, vanilla, dark fruits, chocolate, weak alcoholic hints, coffee, thick dark malts, brown raw sugar and dryness. Taste is oak, dry wood, roasted coffee, brown sugar, smooth chocolate, vanilla, liquorice, salty, bitter espresso and some alcohol.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Black colour with a tan head. Aroma is vanilla, roasted malt, coffee. Flavour is vanilla , cocos, malt, hop, coffee, alcohol. Full body. Very nice beer.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
bottle, thanks RasmusOtt, Pours pitch black with a quickly disappearing head, lovely lacing, Aroma: Roasted, dried, fruits, red berries, chocolate, acidic notes, malty sweet, wet wood, woody notes, vanilla, fruity, coffee notes, grassy. Taste: Deep roasted, a bit tingly sweet and some warmth from the alcohol, grassy, sugar burn, minerals, iron, earthy, chocolate, roasted bitterness, acidic notes, dry, chalky, prunes, raisins vanilla, coffee, long dry, sweet tingly end notes
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
50 cl bottle courtesy of RasmusOtt. Black pour, quickly dissipatig head. Aroma has a huge buttery vanilla bourbon presence, lots of chocolate sweetness, dark fruits, fudge, caramel, light alcohol feel. Taste has a lot of malt sweetness, dark chocolate, burnt malts, coffee bitterness, oak and vanilla presence, tarry feeling. Oily texture, mild carbonation. Would prefer the iStout.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
500mL thanks to rasmusott. My 300th imperial stout rating. Fizzing, weak brown head atop clear mahogany. No lace. Nose is a bit vegetal with mild tomato. Taste is silky and rich losing off DMS character. Palate is richer, a bit tangy. Not bad.
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle courtesy of RasmusOtt, thank you sir! Almost black, thick brown head with good retention. Aroma of. Anilla, whiskey, coffee. Taste is burnt coffee, vanilla, licorice, some booze. Really nice.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty bourbon chocolate aroma with hints of vanilla. Roasted malty chocoalte and vanilla bourbon flavor. Has a roasted malty bourbon chocolate and licorice finish.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours black with a light brown head. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, oak, bourbon, vanilla, coffee and light liquorish. Flavour si roasted malt, light malt acidic, chocolate, alcohol coffee, vanilla and oak.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
16-MAR-2012, bottle @home, from "Fish & Beer".
Black with a brown head.
Wonderfull bourbon nose. A little peat.
Taste is smooth, chocolate, coffee, roast, and bourbon.
All lovely smooth.
Fantastic brew.
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