4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20Pours very black with durable brown lace. Intense roasted, chocolatey odor and flavor. A great beer!
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours dark with slight tan head. Dark chocolate sweet aroma that is very enticing. Flavor is dark roasted coffee, with chocolate and slight black licorice flavor. As it warms up you can definitely find a dark raisin after tone. Very good stout that I am enjoying. I still like Old Rasputin better but this is very good
4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
17-MAY-2013, draft @Mikkeller bar, with Ulkløbben.
Black with lasting, lacing, creamy brown head.
Aroma is roast, coffee, hops, alcohol. Extremely roasted. Taste the same.
Full body and soft carbonation. Sticky sweet. Wonderfull stout
4.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
On tap @CBC13. Black with minimal head. Aroma of coffe, chocolate, ash, roasted malts and licorice. Flavor of licorice, ash, roasted malts, dry chocolate, bourbon and vanilla. Dry palate with high bitterness, long finish.
4.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
The alcohol is hidden so well its tastes like a standard stout, and if it was a regular stout it would be the best one on the market. It has the cigar bite of old rasputin and the dark chocolate coffee tongue coating of the breakfast stout. If you like subtle balanced imperial stouts, this might be the best one out there.
5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
Perfect example of an IS. Founders set the bar on this one. Nice roasty flavor with ABV’s that are masked well enough that this beer is incredibly easy to drink despite the high ABV’s and the thickness of this brew. Awesome beer glad I have a few in the cellar for another time.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Beauty! Pours jet black with just a ring of head and some chunky lacing. Nose is chocolate and espresso. Aromas of bitter dark chocolate, espresso, some dark fruit and lots of bitterness in the finish. Body is creamy with some carbonation. Tastes are heavy sweet and medium-high bitter. Just a great beer.
4.6 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
12 ounce pour in a snifter. beautiful oil black with a deep brown frothy head. Awesome bottle art. One of the coolest logos I’ve seen. Awesome chocolatey malty nose with a nice smooth coffee finish. Awesome at fridge temp can’t wait to savor as it warms up. Would definitely buy again.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a rich creamy black with a small brown head, mild lacing. Dark roasted chocolate malt and dark fruit plums and liquorices fill the senses. Taste is of dark roasted chocolate malt, dark fruit, cacao, mild liquorices and bitter hops. A full bodied smooth rich and creamy mouth feel. Finishes with a combination of rich dark chocolate malt, dark fruity flavors of plums, ending is sweet bitter chocolate flavor. Overall an excellent, tasty, and flavorful Imperial Stout, Very nice indeed.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle courtesy of Homer321! Pours black like an oil slick with a thin tan head that fades quickly. Aroma is charcoal, tar, roast, chocolate and wood smoke. Flavors are huge stout in character; deep roast, licorice, coffee, burnt caramel and a little ash over a big chunk bittersweet chocolate. The mouthfeel is perfect for an Imp Stout; thick and oily it sticks to your tongue and is just darn good. Overall, this is a pleasure to drink, so complex yet BIG and embodies the best of stout characteristics.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Sample at CBC 2013, Saturday.
Black with a small tan head. Roasted malt, dark chocolate, some coffee, bitter coffee and some toffee. Nice thick body and a long aftertaste. A very nice beer.
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