 Immy (1474), Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
Apr 7, 2008
C&C 12.7oz bottle from unclejedi - thanks! Jet black with a dense brown head. Lots of coffee, dark chocolate and grapefruit in the nose to start, some acetone scents come later. Full bodied, drippy lace. Very grapefruity flavor - far too much grapefruit, really. Behind the citrus wall is some coffee and chocolate, some roasty/burnt flavors and something like cigarette smoke. Burns down the gullet all the way to the gut, hard to say if it’s a hop or alcohol burn. I’d love to try this without all the grapefruit, but as it is I’m not too impressed.
Mogwai (129), Askeby, Denmark
Jul 9, 2008 Bottle. Pours a black colour with small beige head. Aroma is coffee, roasted/burnt, chocolate, malt. Flavor is again coffee, burnt, very spicy and VERY alcoholic!! Pilsner hops gives it a slight bitter finish
Schroppfy (1724), Ohio, USA
Jul 8, 2008 Roasty, acrid, coffeeish and a touch sour. Plummy, but not with the richness as in many of my favorite imperials. A good mix, but hot and thinning. It is a big beer all around and the flavors meld pretty well, but the alcohol is strong and detracting a bit. Aroma is a strong point; really nice coffee aromas.
Thanks to Kevin for the bottle!
Capa (663), Yokosuka, Japan
Jul 7, 2008 Very dark with a small tan head. Light roasted malts, chocolate, ripe dark fruits, lactose, some alcohol, and light sourness. Very fun aroma. Full bodied. Intense flavor. Coffee, cocoa, molasses, strong alcohol; very harsh overall. Finishes hot, hot, hot! The aroma relate as well to the flavor as much as I would have liked, but a good stout if you enjoy painful, bitter brews- like I do.
StoutCat (65), Rockville, Maryland, USA
Jul 6, 2008 Brown-black, very thin head. Sweet smell dark chocolate and tootsie roll. Faint alcohol bite. Tates initially sweet, with licorice, chocilate and coffee flavors.
rudolf (1528), Buffalo, New York, USA
Jul 6, 2008 Well, its black with a big tan head. Nose is cocoa, burnt malt, tons and tons of alcohol, leading to astringency. Dark fruits are there but hard to find past the smell of my nose hair burning. Flavor is all about alcohol - way too much. There are cherries & cocoa in there but mostly its burnt alcohol. Super astringent, overly bitter finish.
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