 BlueDevil0206 (122), Durham, North Carolina, USA
Jul 4, 2005 Updated: Jul 5, 2005
Bottled. Pours a very dark mahogany, almost black but not quite. Almost opaque with a dark brown head. Aroma is of roasted malts, fruity esters, coffee and chocolate with sweet caramel and toffee notes. Hops ever so present in the aroma: spicy and earthy. Flavor is of roasty chocolate, burnt toast, cocoa with cherry and fig fruit esters looming. Molasses and caramel present to complement. Surprising the hop profile on this beer is extensive. Spicy, earthy and slightly citrusy with adequate bitterness to balance the beer out though I think this beer is a tad bit too hoppy for style. Finishes moderately dry with some lingering coffee bitterness and next to no alcohol despite the 12% ABV. Body is very full and and oily smooth with nice carbonation level. Just a notch behind breakfast stout in my opinion.
dchmela (833), Orlando, Florida, USA
Dec 1, 2008 Bottle courtesy Eithcubes. Pours oily black with no head. Huge roasted grain, chocolate malt, vanilla and dark fruit aroma. Taste is thick and oily with lots of dark fruit, roasted grains and very complex. Finishes with a nice roasty grain and dark fruit finish. Every bit as good as Dark Lord.
sebletitje (579), Tampa, Florida, USA
Oct 22, 2008 Courtesy of cigarcitybrew.
Pours pitch black, brownish head.
Aroma, lots of coffee.
Taste, roasted, torrified coffee, grainy (oat), lot of coffee in the aftertaste. Filled with some chocolat malts.
Mouthfeel is thick and coffeeish, alcohol slowly engulfs the mouth with a warming feel.
This is one awesome beer.
A little above the Kentucky Bfast and under Kentucky Bourbon.
Rciesla (1136), Brick City, New Jersey, USA
Oct 12, 2008 On draft and in bottles. Pours a black body with a tan head. Very malty, warm etoh, lightly bitter with coffee, some chocolately malt and caramel. Lightly toasted a great stout.
Gregis (937), Shawnee, Kansas, USA
Oct 6, 2008 Bottle courtesy of tjthresh. Thanks again for the bottle, Tom. Pours jet black with a thin, creamy, dark cocoa head that diminishes to a thin galaxy of swirling bubbles. The nose is of dark roasted malt, light coffee, faint toffee, ash and sweet fruitiness. Medium-bodied and slick with a dry, bitter-roasted finish that features a touch of alcohol at the finish. Sweet, ashy, dark roasted malt with supporting fruity and alcohol notes. This one didn’t blow me away. As a big fan of Founders brews, I found it a bit of a letdown. Perhaps I had an "off" bottle. It is a solid brew but not a great impy stout. I will definitely keep my eyes open for another bottle of this one; I think a re-rate may be in order.
doubleo (966), San Diego, California, USA
Aug 10, 2008 12oz bottle from Badbeer. Pours thick looking jet black with a very thin, tan head. Smells of dark chocolate and roasty dark malts. Tastes dark chocolatey with a roasty malty sweetness. Very nice, solid brew. Semi-dry, full bodied, good carbonation.
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