4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
(bottle) A nice find compliments of Stoutragious aka Quez XLV! Aroma is coffee, roasted malt with dissipating brown head and no lacing. Flavor is well roasted intense malt with bitterness and alcohol and some cola. Very nice but I can’t score as exceptional.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle @ home. Aroma is huge hops, roast, coffee, liquorice, liquorice and liquorice. Flavour is deep intense roasty liquorice, coffee and spicy cough syrup. Long lingering roasty bitterness and cough syrup sweetness. Heavy stuff.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Thanks to Quez...jet black with impressive if not dissipating head minimal lacing aroma of raisin molasses breads - nice malt profile countered wonderfully by dry hop presence- an IPA lovers impy stout!
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottled sample. Unreal stout . Black as ink. Great bourbon hoppy flavour. What a beer
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Aroma is sweet with roasted malts and a hint of alcohol. Pours absolutely beautiful silky black with a touch of dark brown head. Taste is smooth bitter with roasted malts a little chocolate and alcohol on the finish. In love with this beer...
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
I love the beers that have a dark brown foamy head ... Looks so cool. Aroma is roasty, nuts, woody and the alcohol is well hidden in the scent. Very smooth and the flavor hits you in the face with malt, chocolate and slightly bitter. One of the top imperial stouts I’ve had.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
2010 Vintage sampled 12/5/11. bottle opened from Cellar. Pours deep dark brown black with an ominous dark tan head. Nose is baked pear, raisins, resin, brandy-chocolate. Mouthfeel is full, hefty, lightly carbonated, with a deep finish. Flavor is heavy of leather, dried sweetened fruit (cranberry comes to mind), bourbon, rye, Macintosh apples. Finish lingers sweet, with just a smack of peppercorns and residual hop bitterness. Good, powerful, aged sweet yet nicely.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pitch black although there’s a barely visible red glow coming through when held into the light, brown head. Smell hops, caramel, dark chocolate, just so complex! Taste the same, absolutely fantastic! Soft carbo for 11%ABV, but so so suitable for this beer! Full body, such good mouthfeel!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
(bottle - 22 oz) Pitch black pour with a thin tan head. Roasty and chocolaty aroma with a very mild hop hint. Much less hoppy than fresh. Smooth and roasted malt and coffee flavor with some very smooth and sweet chocolate notes coming up underneath. A bit of bitterness comes through at the finish and melds well with the coffee flavors of the stout. Alcohol isn’t very apparent.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle.
Pitch bløack, low carbonation. Strong aroma. Coffee, molasses, concentrated fruit. Mocca. Sweet warming finish.
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