DoubleBubble (107), Mescal Lakes (wherever that is), Arizona, USA Mar 3, 2008 Pours a dark brown with a 1/2" tan head. Spotty lacing. Aromas of roasty malts, faint oak, and slight vanilla. Flavors of roasty malts, light vanilla, faint oak hues. A little bitter with a dry aftertaste. cbkschubert (1945), Cochise Co., Arizona, USA Jan 28, 2008 2007 22 oz. bottle via trade with Puzzl - Pours a dark brown color with a one finger thick light tan head. Light spotty lacing. Aroma was a bit odd. It’s chocolate, roasted malt, faint oak/whiskey, and a tad bit of dark esters. Flavor is roasted malt, light coffee, and light chocolate. Had a dry, chalky aftertatse. Medium body. It was a slight let down, but good overall. Thanks Andy. Bockyhorsey (2487), Mesa, Arizona, USA Jan 21, 2008 Updated: Jan 31, 2008Sample from bottle provide by cbkschubert. Aromas of vanilla, oak and roast. Black body with tan head. Thick body texture with a good vanilla chocolate flavor. Smooth on the palate.
Thanks Craig. Stine (1380), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA Jan 8, 2008 Vintage 2007, thanks to Tim! Oily, french pressed black; spotty tanned marshmallow goam skirting the surface. Beautiful aroma of belgian chocolate, blackberries, apple fritter with a glaze of wet caramel and cinnamon; lots of ripe dark fruits and soft whiskey cask character. Smooth, spicy smoke, tropical touches of vanilla beans and velvety melon flesh. Understated and brilliant at the same time. Flavor is dark and dense; carefully rounded, sophisticated, exciting. Very vinous with cabernet grapes and cognac cherries, but also pleasantly dry with baker’s chocolate and lightly acrid with sumatran dark roasted peaberry beans. Plum skins, light toffee, and a touch of pear; reserved, unique, engaging. Drinkable to an absurd degree, seeming designed to rest comfortably in calm confidence; an astonishingly perfect balance of kinetic and a vast store of potential energy. Medium to full bodied in the mouth, lightly acidic and smeared with viscous caramels and melted white chocolate. A luscious silk of dessert. Finishes smoothly with a prickly bourbon edge and doughy cocoa. Extraordinary; the experience longed for in one simplified but thoroughly polished example. vyvvy (2023), Hazelwood, Missouri, USA Dec 29, 2007 Kudos the the STL crew this impy stout. Pours very very dark with a dark orange / brown head. The aroma has creamy chocolate with some green apple - the chocolate seems dark, but not bitter at all. Full creamy body that’s very smooth with gentle carbonation. The flavor starts with creamy chocolate and dark malt that doesn’t seem very roasted. The finish has some bitterness from roast and there are some vinous traits. Good imperial stout. miketd (679), Cleveland, Ohio, USA Dec 14, 2007 Thanks to Clark VV for the bottle! Pour is pitch black with a very small, but pleaseant brown head. Great aroma of chocolate, coffee and alcohol. Slightly bitter upfront and moves int chocolate, coffee, caramel and roasty malts. Sweet finish. Medium to full bodied and creamy. crizay (1050), Brook Park (was Tampa,FL), Ohio, USA Dec 11, 2007 Thanks to MikeTD. Black pour, small brown head. Aroma is tough, lots of alcohol, mollasses, roasty, chocolate. Flavor is coffee, lots of roasted malts along with a lot of dark chocolate. Pretty potent and powerful stout. Sugary sweetness, mollasses, anice. A touch of vanilla. Big bold stout, tons of flavor and complexity with a huge cloying mouthfeel. mkobes (2103), paramus, New Jersey, USA Dec 7, 2007 Deep dark black in color with a nice off white fluffy head that left a nice lacing on the glass. Chocolatety caramel molasses sweet aroma. Hoppy notes. Hoppy and chocolatety toffee flavor. Full bodied. Finish is malty. Smooth. Nice beer. Very drinkable.
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