4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20 jbrus (4990) - Delft, - APR 16, 2010
Bottle@UDRBM. Nice simple Imperal Stout with a great whisky flavour all over. Not too complex, not easy going yet still highly drinkable.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 madvike (1479) - Middleton, Wisconsin, USA - MAY 26, 2012
On tap at the Malt House - Pours dark brown with a thin ring of tan head. Nose is peaty whiskey with a boozy sharpness, toffee, and a touch of cherry. Medium roast. Roast is a bit charred in the taste, with chocolate, whiskey, cherries, and a long malty/warming finish. Smooth and velvety. Really nice after dinner drink.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 Rasmus40 (4142) - Beder, Aarhus, DENMARK - MAY 24, 2012
Black with a brown head. Aroma is sweet, malty, roasted malt, dried fruit, wood and a little whisky. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish. Oily. 240512
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 saxo (8433) - Højbjerg, Aarhus, DENMARK - MAY 24, 2012
Bottle. Small head with short duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, wood, smoke, peat, caramel and nuts. Nice and smooth.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 olio (1540) - Tampere, FINLAND - MAY 17, 2012
33 cl bottle. Bottle no. 03137. Bottled on 02/2009. BBE 24.06.2011.
Rated on 20110624.
Pours pitch black color with light head. Aroma slightly more bitter and even harsh oaky notes compared to 16. Some rubber notes come through as it warms up. Flavor has some sourish notes from dark fruits, distant salmiac and the familiar ash dry chocolate.
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4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20 porterhouse (1543) - Alna, Maine, USA - MAY 15, 2012
(330 ml (bottle 72675, bottled 7/11) from Tully’s) Pours very, very dark brown with a thin tan covering. Aroma of whisky, wood, chocolate, molasses. Mouthfeel smooth, a touch oily. Flavor of aged whisky, wood, chocolate, molasses and a touch of Scotch smokiness. Tasty.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20 Arve_Christian (643) - Oslo, NORWAY - MAY 14, 2012
Backlog dec 2012 On bottle from Vinmonopolet Stovner.
Black color, some foam
Full bodied & high complexity
Some burnt coffe notes and whisky aromas
A bit disappointed by this one
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20 madmitch76 (6193) - , Essex, ENGLAND - MAY 6, 2012
9th September 2009 Opaque brown - black beer. Softish palate, low carbonation. Light whisky chocolate and dark malt. Dark malt. Smooth well integrated blend. Finishes with mild aniseed alcohol.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 keanex (345) - Williamstown, New Jersey, USA - MAY 4, 2012
Poured from an 11.2 ounce bottle dated February 2009, bottle number 6432.
A: Pitch black body with a thin tan ring on the top. This looks like a Russian imperial stout.
S: You can smell the scotch here, strong forward oak, slightly peaty, slight chocolate. Rather sweet smelling.
T: Slight roasted malts up front, with mild chocolate, but the oak and scotch flavors come through the most. I’m not sure exactly how to describe scotch very much, but it has this (I think) peaty flavor I taste in my Johnny Walker Gold Label. I honestly don’t think I would have appreciated this very much if I hadn’t gotten into scotch recently. I also think I’m picking up some dried fruits, that could be oxidation though.
M: Medium body, a tad thin even, with light carbonation.
O: This is an interesting beer, I’m not a huge fan but I appreciate the complexity.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20 JEK69 (136) - FRANCE - MAY 2, 2012
Pours black with thin foam head.
Peaty monster with complex smoky notes and dried fruit flavours.
Very tasty, hint of salinity and nice peaty length and soft bitterness in aftertaste. Huge beer !
4.9 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20 Alexus (150) - Stavanger, NORWAY - APR 27, 2012
Shared bottle @ Cardinal. Pours black as night with a small nice head. Ritch aromas of dark dried fruits and some roastiness. Flavors of nice roasted hops, toffee and malts, some hints of oak. Really smooth mouthfeel. A really nice beer which I will have again!
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