3.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 hopscotch (7542) - Vero Beach, USA - FEB 29, 2008
Bottle... Pours as thick and pitch black as Dark Lord with a small, creamy, light brown head. Decent retention. Dark raisins, dried plum, well- roasted almonds, black cherries, dark chocolate and caramel undertone comprise the aroma. Full-bodied and fatty with restrained carbonation. Acrid, burnt and bitter. Lengthy, burnt, lightly bitter, moderately tart finish that dries out in the end. Kudos to scraff for shipping the bottle!
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20 MeadMe (977) - Riverview, Florida, USA - MAY 28, 2012
Pours rich black tight head. Aromas of chocolate and roasted malt. Flavor is roasted malt, chocolate, and dark fruit. Subtle coffee and a hint of tartness on the finish.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 hamilton23 (454) - Alpine, California, USA - APR 27, 2012
Poured from 12 oz bottle. Pours black as night with a ton of tan creamy head that clings to the glass. Aroma is sour cherries and some booze. Taste follows with some tartness and a bit of bitterness and some burnt malts. Decent but not what I was hoping for...I was thinking this would be sweeter and be a coffee tapioca pudding.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 umich03jm (184) - Michigan, USA - APR 24, 2012
On tap at the brewery. Pitch black pour with a beige head that lingers. Aroma is roasted malt mixed with sweetness. Aromas of cream, red fruit, butterscotch, and roasted malt. Taste is pretty sweet. Lots of creaminess and roasted malt along with a slight fruitiness. Too much alcohol burn on the finish though. Medium mouthfeel. There are parts I love about this beer but parts I don’t. Still worth a try though.
4.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20 stumpyiliz (16) - Boulder, Colorado, USA - APR 19, 2012
First imp stout that i have wanted to rate in a while. Nose is subtle fruits. Taste is tart, raspberry/cherry. The tapioca, smooths out the finish. Unbelievable that this is 12.5%. I would love to see what three to five years of age will do to this, but i only have one bottle. Very impressed.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 ICEatALAMO (168) - Troy, Michigan, USA - APR 15, 2012
Draft at the brewery. Pours dark caramel with a decent amount of head. Smell is rich of malts, fruit, and some alcohol. Taste is big upfront with what I think is burnt apricots. Good finish with some alcohol left at the end. Pretty good, but not an adequate replacement for Solar Eclipse.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20 jcartamdg (256) - Spring Hill, Florida, USA - APR 5, 2012
Darker than dark with no head. Aroma of dark fruit, alcohol and chocolate. Great taste follows nose. Nice impy stout.
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3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 jtclockwork (3843) - , New Jersey, USA - MAR 24, 2012
Bottle thanks to FlandersNed. Pours black. Off white head. Nose/taste of fudge brownie, coffee, vanilla, light lactose sweetness, milk chocolate and oak. Medium body.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 alexsdad06 (2351) - Ohio, USA - JAN 10, 2011
Draft @ Kuhnhenn. Pours pitch black with a medium plus sized tan head that lasts. The aroma is dark roasted malt, dark chocolate, coffee, raisins stand out among the dark fruits and a hint of licorice. The flavor is roasted malt, dark fruits, black coffee, bittersweet chocolate and a touch of alcohol. As this warmed, the alcohol came out a bit too much. Overall, this was a pretty nice imperial stout.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 deyholla (3533) - Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA - NOV 15, 2010
Bottle shared by Sean, thanks! Poured black with a wooden brown head that dissipated quickly to the edges. Aroma had dark grain with a strong dark fruit note and a hint of dark chocolate and alcohol. Flavor had dark roasted grains with dark fruit, especially raisin and fig, and a bit of booze coming out in the finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 5000 (4113) - Hardened Liver, Washington, USA - OCT 16, 2010
Bottle:   The pour on this is pitch black, cannot even see through the stream of liquid.   Moderate to large frothy beige head, sticky lacing.   Did I mention pitch black?   Very rich roasted malt flavor, heavy soy, some lactose sweetness.   Whoa, quite sweet on the tongue.   Heavy lactose sweetness with an alcoholic soy background.   Has a bright twang to it.   Heavy roasted malts on the backside, after the finish.   Seems fairly clean, albeit this one is all up front with its alcoholic soy punch.   Even seems a bit chalky at the end.   Glad this is in a 12oz format, because anything bigger would be impossible to drink.   While the alcohol isn’t too overbearing, this one is just so big and sweet and roasty that it wears you down.   Okay, this is starting to be a bit too much.   Body and mouthfeel are fairly heavy.   This is a big sweet Imperial Stout.
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