3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Real Ale Fest Chicago. Strongly roasted flavors. Very, very long finish. There's some hops lurking around somewhere.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
cask (RAF): we've got some alcohol, hops, playdo, and molassis coming through in the aroma..we've got some smokey bitterness and chocolate covered plums..but we've also got a thin body, peanut skin bitterness & some astringencies which shouldnt be here..
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
This was sort of thin and uneventful. Roasted, with notes of chocolate and coffee. Nice hops in the finish. This seemed to be more of a big stout than an imperial. Nothing spectacular.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
From firkin at Real Ale fest - Chicago. Nice big mouthfeel, deep coloration, can't assess head. Pretty well balanced hop presentation in an imperial stout. Good, roasty malt flavor. Potent.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
very good stout, another excellent offering from middle ages. deep black color with a heavy roasted aroma. taste was malty, chocolate malts, not much hops. very heavy flavor also, with a fantastic roasted aftertaste.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Black in colour, strong in smell...heavy bodied and loaded with malt! Very strong and good!
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: JAN 8, 2003 This brew has one of the best aromas. It is malty, coffee-like, but also very spicey - peppery. Imperial in every way.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
A powerful but well subdued stout. Lots of roasted malt character with little in the way of hops. A very noticeable presence of coffee somewhat like Magic Hat’s Heart of Darkness. A descent Imperial Stout that need a little more in the way of character, less coffee and some maturing.
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