 Vac (2184), San Diego, California, USA
Apr 21, 2008
Bottle from Julio’s Liqour in Mass. Pours with an opaque, black body topped by a brown, thick head with lots of lacing. It’s slighlty sweet and roasty as hell with bitter chocolate notes and a bitter hoppiness. Full bodied, smooth and a touch dry.
illinismitty (1332), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Jul 14, 2008 Bottle shared by a local at Track 84 in Warwick, RI. Pours black with a small tan head. Aroma of wet coffee grounds. Body is slightly thin for an Imperial Stout. Flavor of dark roast, coffee, and char. Bitterness is not overdone. Finished dry with a very very slight off flavor (acetaldehyde or DMS?).
alexanderj (1197), Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Jul 8, 2008 Bottle; one of the bigger disappointment of a beer tasting weekend. Poured black with a smallish light brown head. Aroma was very oaty with a good amount of smoke and meat present. Flavor was very roasted and oaty. Just wasn’t very appealing to me. I don’t know if I was overly harsh during the weekend or if this really wasnt that good.
cbeers21 (356), Miami, Florida, USA
Jul 4, 2008 Black oily pour with minimal head. Deep toasted fruit aromas, light pine, heavy coffee, chocolate, vanilla and espresso aromas. Bittering palate, heavy on drying coffee flavors, but with slight balance of vanilla and roasty maltiness. Not bad overall.
Haslinger (468), Syracuse, New York, USA
Jun 12, 2008 Bottle, solid aroma of coffee with a hint of malt. The taste is coffee yet hoppy, a bit of chocolate washed down by some malty bitterness.
Would buy again
tgncc (209), Bellmore, New York, USA
Jun 6, 2008 Shoreline Beverage, Huntington, NY. Very nice aroma, roasted coffee, and dark chocolate. The appearance is very attractive; a dark brown/black, with a nice tan head. The carbonation gives the beer the attractive rising bubbles. Flavor is roasty, not as sweet as expected. Mostly tastes of burnt coffee, some burnt wood. Dryer than expected. Significant hop bite on the finish, slightly unusual for this style. Thick mouthfeel. Not bad at all, and very reasonably priced.
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