Harveys Imperial Stout

2003. Poured black as oil with zero head. Aroma was present but not strong. Slightly sweet, cherry, molasses, and coffee notes in the aroma. Flavor was that of chocolate, toffee, coffee, and the 9% alcholol was present in the flavor at the end. Smooth and zero carbonation. Thinner than I would have thought in the mouth.

2003 bottle. Pours a deep thick black color with zero head. Has a powerful wine/soy sauce aroma which carries over to a roasted soy sauce wine flavor. A little off putting at first, but a few sips in its not so bad.

2003. aromas of chocolate pudding and charcoal. thick black below cocoa whipped cream. ash, tar, baking chocolate, and oak. smoky finish.

2003 vintage, Flores, Leicester. Glugging pitch pour with a subsiding tan head. Intense, distinctly briny aroma with ozone and Bovril. Flavour punches with charred-to-a-cinder malt bitterness, salt, leather, yeast extract, rauchbier waxiness, bitter chocolate, SMOKE, and heady xmas pudding fruit. Smoky tobacco afters. Milkily thick and still. Uncompromising, intense, salty imperial stout/porter with genuine Baltic character. As you’d expect.

Vintage 2001Pours an oily DEEP brown with no head, no matter how hard I tried! Nose is complex and unique, with spice, molasses, fruity like berrry influence also present. Favor is like a zinfindel, with some bitterness, chocolate and smoke. The finish is very wine-like, with a bitter and boozy influence. An interesting brew, but I won’t buy again.

I don’t know why I never reviewed this beer before, as it is delicious. Super dense vinous pour with pretty much no carbonation. Very salty, meaty, soy sauce like aroma with hints of bittersweet chocolate, sweet malt, and alcohol. Palate echoes this and definatly is an aquired taste, but oh so delicious.

From bottle, vintage 2003 : Pours very dark black, with no head at all, not even any foam around the edge of the glass, nothing. Nose is very boozy, tons of alcohol, somewhat sweet, but cant really get past the booze. Taste is very suprising, was expecting it to taste about as boozy as a shot, but not so much, little alcohol taste on the end, but up front it is roasted malt flavors, with some dark fruits. Alot thinner then i was expecting as well, smooth on the palate, and warm going down. Intresting Impy. Stout.

Vintage 2001; drank Jan 2008. Just the thinest of head on this black as black beer. Unique aroma. Roasted malts, biscuity, molasses, dark fruits, berries, wood; intense. Body is nice, but a little thinner than I was expecting. Powerful flavor. Roasted malts, coffee, molasses, dark fruit, berries, and cocoa. Finish is bitter, slightly sweet, and a long lasting. Truly an amazing brew.