 douglas88 (641), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
May 10, 2008
Bottle shared by footbalm. Pours a swirling black body with a thick dark brown head. The aroma was quite nice; a fruity mix of dates and plums, also a bunch of coffee and sweet candy, oh and there is alcohol. The taste was dominated by a up-front sweetness, coffee, rich chocolates, sweet fruits, and a smooth body. Later is morphs into a bitter coffee bean and alcohol finish. Not bad at all, but as others have mentioned a bit off, perhaps it needs some time, like 5 years.
JohnnyJ (639), Reno, Nevada, USA
Jul 26, 2008 I’ll give it to them this is one crazy beer, but personally I think it goes to far. The words that come to mind are "Massive" and "Train Wreck". Pours a pitch black, with no light penetration, thin dark tan head. The aroma is very boozy, lots of alcohol and some chocolate, soy sauce, and roasted malt hidden behind it, then in your face bitter hops. There is a lot of flavor going on in this imp stout, but all the flavors are very sharp with little harmony. Dark bitter chocolate, espresso, dried dark fruits, creamy sweetness, cocoa beens, and then extremely bitter hops that don’t meld with the malt. Yes, it is complex, but way way over the top.
walleye (813), Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA
Jul 22, 2008 pouredblack with a brown head. aroma roasted malts. dark fruits that are at the end of their prime and startimg to turn sour, alcohol in a big way,, bitter chocolate, coffee, Flavor dark fruits, alot of cherry, malts, alcohol. This is my type of beer big and bold and strong with alot of alcohol
Tmoney99 (3429), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Jul 22, 2008 Bottle from Keg Liqour. Poured black color with a moderate to large frothy brown head that mostly lasted with excellent lacing. Heavy toasted dark chocolate and sweet fruit with a small alcohol aroma. Full body with a creamy texture. Heavy sweet chocolate malt flavor with a heavy bittersweet finish of long duration. This is a heavy standout beer.
Rogueone (311), I F&ckin’ hate those guys from, Ohio, USA
Jul 22, 2008 The first time I sampled this, I was drunk so I didn’t rate it. The second time I sampled this, I wish I had been drunk so I didn’t remember it. I am fairly confident we’re supposed to believe that Chinese character stands for ’black’ or whatever, but it kind of looks like a monster. An evil, sinister monster that would trick you into drinking soy sauce-infused nail polish remover and then post pictures of you all over the Internet. The beer is an implied ulcer.
DA (2280), Portland, Oregon City, Oregon, USA
Jul 21, 2008 PIB 2008. Over the top imperial stout... drool. Intense flavors of every sort, chocolate covered cherry, dark chocolate, molasses, rum, coffee, flavor and flavor. I can see some peoples point, it is over the top, but I’d be lying to say I didn’t enjoy every drop.
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