3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20Perfect espresso pour with a mild coffee-roast aroma showing hint of grassy hop, toffee, hay. Taste is complex and full with a lot going on… up front powerful hop dryness - not harsh but flavourful - makes for plenty of lemony fresh roasted espresso tang going on over a decent blanket of toffee, dark fruit and malt sweetness. Palate verges near parching dry but never tips over too far, alcohol is non-existent to palate. No acridity or bullying toughness here, for all the big well-put-together flavours the beer is actually fragile and poised. The elegant lemony hops might be ruined by near term aging, which is kind of a fragile flaw for a RIS - would it just fall apart? Long dry finish is grassy hop and mineral. Though there’s about enough malt body this is certainly a dry Impy, better than the extreme opposite. Enjoyable.
7 5 8 3 15 = 3.8
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Dark brown pour with a frothy tan head. Hearty roasted malt and molasses aromas. Deep dark roasted malts, black coffee, and molasses notes. Somewhat bitter from the dark malts I think, not the hops. Robust with a decent body and good mouthfeel.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours very dark brown, head is light tan. Aroma is mild ash and very mild fruit, roasted malt. Flavour is roasted coffee, some anise, some more fruitiness, I dig Willamette in impies. Viscosity is a bit thinner than medium for the style. Very nice, well balanced, easy to drink.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
another pretty damn good stout lots of sharp flavour possibly the darkest beer i have drank to date super solid though really good roasted malt flovur with a very mild bitterness from the hops great and easy to drink
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Black pour with a tan head. Roasted aroma of dark chocolate, coffee, some sweet fruits. Flavour is the same with not a lot of bitterness, but a lot of flavour and good balance.Alcohol hidden well. Really good.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
1L bottle.
Appearance : Deep amber with smallf oamy brown head.
Aroma : Rich roasted malt. Sweet with big chocolate. Light floral hops.
Taste : Rich roasted malt, nice dark chocolate and coffee. Rich finish.
Overall : Quite a nice drink. Nothing fancy but well made and tasty. Nice coffee notes on the finish. Nice sharpness.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bouteille 1L. De couleur noire et opaque. Nez de malt rôti, moyen de chocolat noir et de café avec des notes de houblon herbeux et de mélasse ainsi que des traces de réglisse noire. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen ainsi qu’une texture légèrement huileuse. Goût de malt assez rôti avec des traces de crème brûlée (faibles notes lactiques), de vanille et de réglisse noire dès l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un moyen goût de chocolat noir avec des notes de mélasse puis en finale l’on retrouve un léger goût de café et de houblon herbeux avec des traces d’alcool. Post-goût long et un peu sec, moyennement amer de rôti (notes brûlées), léger de houblon herbeux et de chocolat noir avec des traces d’alcool.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Dark black in color, thin tan head. Nice big imperial stout flavors. Chocolate and coffee flavors. Nice finish this was a very good beer. I like the roasted malt and watch out this is a big beer.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On, tap, Pours a pitch black color with a medium tan head tan that leaves pretty good lacing. Smells of roasted malt, chocolate, raisins, plums, and caramel. Tastes of all the same things in the smell. Mouthfeel is medium and creamy with good carbonation. Overall this was an awesome imperial stout lots of different flavors which was nice.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
It pours dark brown with mahogany highlights; the head is tan and foamy. The aroma has notes of: chocolate, coffee, roasted walnuts, and figs. The taste is medium bitter that finishes as such and surprisingly dry; there are notes of: coffee, toffee, chocolate, white-grapefruit, and molasses, charcoal, and a slight smokiness. The palate is medium-full bodied, has light carbonation, a slight stickiness, and a long finish. Overall, quite nice - although nothing interesting.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
bottle. Deep black colour, tan fizzy head. Aroma is roasted malts, coffee, chocolate, tar. Taste is more on bitter side, sharp. This was good but there are better.
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