 taalhiker (179), Dayton, Ohio, USA
Oct 3, 2008 From bottle. Pours black with a tan head with excellent lacing.
Nose is heavy with coffee & chocolate. Flavor include chocolate and roasted coffee. Incredible balance. A classic GL brew......
Beershine (2678), Hue, Vietnam
Oct 2, 2008 Bottle bought in Buffalo and shared ghetto-style @ Niagara falls bus station. Opaque black, tan head. Coffee-forward aroma. Creamy mouthfeel. Smooth as Barry White. Beautiful roasted coffee, toasted malt, and a splash of tasty bourbon at the end. This beer kicks ass, love it.
beerbill (1919), Laurel, New York, USA
Sep 26, 2008 12 oz. bottle courtesy of my Summer Secret Santa. Pours black with a moderate light brown head that lasted until mid-glass and left surprisingly little foam on the glass. The aroma, while pleasant, is surprisingly mild for an imperial stout with some roasted malt, chocolate and a bit of alcohol on the nose. The flavor is more in line with an imperial stout with plenty of roasted malt along with chocolate and a bit of licorice. Moderate hops bitterness at the finish with some astringency that lingers well beyond the swallow. As the beer warms, an alcohol flavor develops towards the finish. Not a burn, just the flavor. A solid beer but not as bold as I was expecting.
chronictonic (399), Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 14, 2008 Bottle - pours an oily black with a tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, some smoked wood, coffee and dark dried fruits. Flavor is big and roasty - some alcohol notes - nice hop crispness to help balance the roastiness. Some phenolyic flavors, but not distracting from how good this beer is.
cmillward (419), Orlando, Florida, USA
Sep 8, 2008 Bottle. Pours black with a tan head. Very nice lacing. On the nose, chocolate, malty, coffee, a little boozy, dark fruits, some spicy hops, very rich. In flavor, chocolate, sweet, very nice bitter end, roasty, malty, coffee. Very smooth with a lush mouthfeel, drying hops in the end. Insanely well balanced and complex. Excellent, the balance on this is amazing and is what really sets it apart.
guyinchicago (516), marengo, Illinois, USA
Sep 6, 2008 BIG BLACK and BOLD pours black with nice tight brown head aromas are of roasted malts,coffee and licorice the taste are of rosted barley malts,coffee ,choclate and soy sauce a very smoothwell balenced imperial stout
joekinty (263), rockledge, Florida, USA
Sep 5, 2008 Oh wow taste so good i think im going toblackout ................................................................................................................
probstk (1007), Nepean, Ontario, Canada
Sep 1, 2008 Sampled at Flour City Brewers’ Fest, Rochester NY. AU15/08.
App.: Black with ruby tones, small light mocha head.
Aroma: Delicious milk chocolate, medium-roasted coffee, hints of vanilla, a bit ashen, slightly fruity (grapes).
Palate: Medium body, moderate effervescence.
Flav.: Big chocolate and coffee, soy sauce savoury, some minerals, a touch of wood and alcohol; fairly sweet but in balance with the bitterness, coffee and burnt sugar linger.
Big beer, nice stuff, highlight of the festival for me.
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