3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours nearly pitch black with a creamy tan head that settles to a thick film. Aroma is roast, chocolate, whiskey, espresso, and vanilla. Flavor is nice and full with coffee, chocolate, roasted malt, caramel, vanilla, oak, and whiskey. Some booze. Palate is medium-full and fairly smooth yet just a little boozy and astringent. Overall this is a good but not elite imperial stout.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
22oz bottle courtesy of dcschiller. Thanks, Dave! Pours a medium-dark stout brown with a tan head. Nose is roast, slight licorice, cocoa, dark chocolate, and a hint of earth. Flavor is chocolate and earth in front, some earth and dark chocolate in the mid, and some pine hops in the back with a somewhat dry finish, mixed with hints of cocoa. Interesting imp stout.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Great imperial stout! Roasted malts & coffee nose. Has a complex palate with hints of bourbon & coffee. Definitely a go to stout
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: JAN 1, 2012 Une grosse bombe de chocolat noir avec une bonne corpulence. Tabac, orge torréfié également mais tout en douceur avec une légère amertume juste à point.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
22oz bottle from Binny’s Lakeview, split with dwm1034. Pours a jet black color with a thin tan head. Aroma is mostly coffee, some roasted malt, vanilla, bourbon. Medium to heavy on the palate with soft carbonation. Flavor is sweet, malty, roasty, chocolate, coffee, a little bourbon, with a nice bitter coffee finish. Pretty tasty.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Shared bomber with sherm1016...thanks! Pours black with minimal tan head...nose screams coffee and bourbon...as does initial taste. Consistent rich flavor....great with (just one more) rich brownie..great end to a great Christmas day....very tasty
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Chocolate, coco, and caramel nose. Black pour with a tan head. Vanilla, caramel, chocolate, and roasted malt notes..
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
22oz bottle from West Lakeview Liquors. Pours a black colored body with a finger-width, creamy, brown head that dissipates quickly and leaves a nice lacing throughout. Aroma has lots of fresh coffee up front with some bourbon, a good amount of vanilla, sweeter milky chocolates, and hard roasts. Caramel, wood with some tannins, espresso, and tobacco. Harder roasts and tobacco really come out more as this warms. Flavor is coffee, tobacco, and slightly harsh roasts up front before a sweeter, rich dark chocolate comes in. Pretty smokey with some caramel before a good amount of bourbon and vanilla comes in. A few tannins towards the end as this finishes woody, roasty, and chocolatey with a good amount of bourbon and vanilla. Pretty dry with a light bitterness before leaving a lengthy aftertaste. Medium body with a soft, moderate carbonation. Overall, a nice, but not excellent imperial stout. This has a good amount of coffee and the roasts are somewhat harsh giving off a bit too much of a tobacco flavor and roasty bitterness. The chocolate malts are rich and offer a nice sweetness while there is a good amount of bourbon and vanilla, but this never seems to completely come together for me. This was enjoyable, but it could have been better.
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