gbdub (73), Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Apr 21, 2008 Pours deep brown-black with minimal tan head that settles quickly. Sharp roasted aroma with some hop notes. Dry roast flavor with bitterness and hoppiness hitting quickly. Finish tastes of smoke, wood, burnt coffee, and a bit of alcohol. The smokiness definitely lingers. A touch harsh at first but mellows a bit after a few sips.
 esjaygee (1519), Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Apr 19, 2008 Dark brown-black with a thin quickly diminishing tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, smoke, coffee and spice. Smooth and rich and tastes of sweet malts, coffee with a somewhat alcohol finish, which detracts a little.
LinusStick (1831), Moon Twp, suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Apr 17, 2008 A nice, if not typical, imperial stout. Aroma was nice. Strong coffee with a roasted malt note. Pour was the usual nice near black with a one finger off white head. Taste was very strong coffee with a nice bitter roasted malt aftertaste. Medium carbonation. Hides the alcohol well.
Sparky27 (1583), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Apr 17, 2008 Bottle courtesy of fiver29. Pours a pitch black with a one finger tan head. Nose is cocoa, roasted malts and molasses. Palate is moderately creamy with chocolate, malt, vanilla and a touch of mild coffee coming through and a slight bite at the end. Alcohol is well-hidden in the taste, but it burns a bit in the back of the throat and is very warming. I actually like this better than the barrel aged version that I found to be really hot. Thanks John!
Piggy (27), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Apr 17, 2008 Thin solid off white head, dark in chocolate in color, smell roasty with lots of chocolate small amounts of bitterness, taste lots of chocolate coffee fill light alcohol finish
MesandSim (5802), London, Greater London, England
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Apr 16, 2008 A Mes rate: Bottle at Tom’s UGT Pt. 2.
Black as night with a thin but solid white head. Roasty malt aroma with huge chocolate notes and a delicate bitterness lurking in the background. Roasted pepper hits inititally in the mouth but is followed by some lovely chocolate giving a good bitter feel. Enjoyably dry. A Decent stout.
Radek Kliber (3942), Toronto (Can) Krotoszyn (Pol), Ontario, Canada
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Apr 15, 2008 On tap at Mr.Goodbar
Appearance: Very dark almost pure black. Creamy tanned head contribute to handsome look.
Nose : Good, solid roasty nose. Hint of Arabica coffee, toasted malts and soft hops.7+
Flavor/Palate : Full bodied ale. Overwhelming richness of caramel with roasted barley. Heavy , soapy end. Alcohol finish was a bit coarse as well but does balance heavy malt side.
Pastor (509), Maine, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Apr 12, 2008 Thanks to goryshkewych for this one
Bottle poured into my tulip glass produced a good fingers worth of tan head that quickly turns to a ring of lace around the glass the body of his brew was black with a little red around the edges
Aromas of roasted malts coffee and some hop flavor to it to it
It’s got a great hop presence in the flavors along with the roasted malts and a little bit of alcohol
Medium body not much carbonation on this so it makes it smooth going down
Sips really well, not a bad RIS would drink another one if I had it
|
Rate This
Statistics
Find This Beer (Want/Have)