 stison42 (318), Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
Jan 21, 2007 Black. Very weak texture. Doesn’t fill the mouth like a beer should but like a wine. I don’t get the stout name, its more like a bad red wine.
Optigon (561), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Jan 21, 2007 Pours with little head. Very malty aroma with cork qualities. Very strong qualities of alcohol, soy sauce, chocolate, and dark malt. Very heavy beer, had several times. Probably the blackest beer I’ve had.
stouby (1932), Holbaek, Denmark
Jan 17, 2007 Bottle at No. 5, vintage 2001.
Black without head. Aroma heavy malty (licorice, port, wood, dark fruits) and some hoppiness, notes of cork. Flavor heavy sweet and spicy, moderate bitter, long duration. Light body despite the strength, flat. Not in love at this first meeting.
angolajones (14), Angola, Indiana, USA
Jan 1, 2007 I must have gotten a bad beer. I popped the cork and expected a great beer. Instead, i got a wine. There was absolutely no carbonation here. From the picture I must have gotten a bad batch. This beer reminded me of Samuel Adams Triple Bock -- not my kind of beer. I poured out a whole bottle. My money down the drain. This was not an Imperial Stout. If I got a bad bottle, I’m not sure who to complain to but I won’t be drinking this ever again.
kmweaver (2396), Sebastopol, California, USA
Dec 26, 2006 2001 bottle, courtesy of sk8viking. It was surprising to have to bust out the corkscrew to pop this guy open; very well sealed. Pours a terribly dark black with rust-colored edges; minimal head formation and nothing left after a minute or so. Very potent, off-putting aroma: plenty of red wine notes, exceedingly vinous, bitter chocolate, earthy, and spice. This seems to fall into something like an "imperial foreign stout" category, if such a thing were to exist: slight lactic tartness. Medium-to-full mouthfeel is dominated by dried and overripe red fruits, plenty of vinous qualities (slightly tannic, dry, and almost chalky), musty earth notes, pepper and spice. Very complex, but mildly unpleasant. Finishes well: the wine notes drop out, leaving bitter chocolate and vanilla.
Stine (1380), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Dec 19, 2006 Pours to that deathly color with a thin brown head. Aroma is nearly through and through merlot. Plums, currants, dust, mildew and chocolate. Flavor is like that cheap red kept in the attic for too long. Oily but dry and musty. Somewhat salty soy saucy finish. At this point I’m confused about why I paid six dollars for 1999 vintage of a brew that claims to expire in one year. Honestly tastes more like an old wine than a beer, so it’s interesting although it kind of grates at my patience.
damiano (20), USA
Dec 18, 2006 2001 bottle - great nose, plum puddingish. limited head. Top stuff with a real shot of flavour. A special one
iep (229), Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dec 14, 2006 A bottle from 2003 which poured an opaque black with no head at all. Very odd sour liquorice aroma with loads of different under- and overtones. The taste is really unique - coffee, dark fruit, Golding hop; sour and very dry with hints of lactose and soy sauce. The flavor is extremely concentrated - even though this brew has a reasonable 9% ABV, it tastes enormous. The mouthfeel is thick, with almost no carbonation. What a peculiar brew, well made and certainly very unique.
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