3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
As black as night! Dry mouthfeel with liqourice tang. Good roast notes and not too sweet. Very nice.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Black colour with a big baige head. Light sweet light alcoholic roasted aroma and a sweet light roasted coffee taste. Medium body and a sweet light roasted finish.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours dark brown with a tan head. Smells of dark roasted malt, some dark fruit, hints of spice, some earthy hints, chocolate. Tastes of sweet malt, some nice roasted malt, lots of nice spicy hints, touches of bitterness. Great beer!
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
330ml bottle (Systembolaget, Sweden)
Jet black, beige head. Soft sweet creamy gentle coffee aroma. Pleasant carbonation, very soft creamy coffee palate. A touch sweet, but a really good rich burntness. Both quite heavy, but also refreshing - doesn’t feel like an 8% beer at all. Some bite to the hops to accompany the burntness. Finish is cocoa-like, and with some hoppy tingle. Very tasty stout.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Close to black. Nice brown foamy head, creamy and sticky. Boring ashes and powdery roasted malts aroma. Cane sugar and brown sugar dancing together among a flour meadow. Well hidden alcohol, I’ve got to give it that. I just fail to understand the interest, a ton of flour flavours in there and I don’t dig that. Extremely cerealic taste, both bready and licorice reminiscent, yet fortunately not too sweet despite vanilla and rough chocolate bar hints. Well aired body, moderately carbonated, smooth palate. I didn’t quite find the deep fruitiness I was expecting, it’s a style I don’t quite get yet, but I’m hard on stouts, I dislike the sweet ones and I can’t stand the roasty/acidic ones either. For now, I’ll keep my cereals for breakfast thank you.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Nice head with bubbles in foam. Malty sweet, vanila, milk, good hops. Very drinkable and serviceable stout. This would be a standard beer for me if always available, which reflects that big stouts get higher ratings on complexity and thickness, but this is nice.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Big thanks to JPDIPSO for this one. The pour was obsidian with a 2-finger tan head. Big chocoff in the aroma, plus a roasty malty aroma, nuts, and cabernet. The flavors were roasty malt coupled with chocoff, cabernet. Dense palate and complex, with great balance. This is an elite stout, and yes, it should be an Impy IMHO. Regardless, it’s great.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Absolutely beautiful pour! Nice midnight black with a solid 1" well-retained caramel head. Intricate lacing as it went down. Aroma was fantastic even before it warmed to drinking temp. Dutch cocoa, coffee, caramel, and vanilla all came through. There was some slight bitterness in the aroma too. Flavor started and finished with bitter notes. The middle had a strong roasted chocolate backbone, with some dark fruit and caramel sweetness. Very smooth mouthfeel. This was an excellent brew all around!
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