3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle courtesy of biggsbowler. Pours black with slight tan head that fades leaving uneven lacing. Aromas are roast, ash, chocolate and a hint of coffee. Flavors are roast, chocolate, coffee and some hoppy bitterness. Palate is just about perfect when this is cold, but you run into trouble as this warms it gets super heavy almost syrupy and very difficult to drink. Overall this is an above average stout but a disappointment one in the same. I expected more and was let down by this beers shortcomings.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle pours deep amber with a tan head. Nose of chocolate, roast, flowers. Taste has all these elements with some astringency. Body is solid but watery.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours black with ruby hues and a huge mocha head. Aroma has notable smokiness with mellow hints of dark fruit, dark chocolate, and anise...a hint of a dr. Pepper like scent. Flavor has caramel, brown sugar and significant roastiness...layers of subtle smoke and woody/earthy bitterness...some dark chocolate. Mouthfeel is medium and the finish is roasty/dark chocolate with a touch of smoke and lingering. Something in the flavor of this beer reminds me subtley of root beer or dr pepper...but pleasantly. Unique and pretty good.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
It get a 5 for appearance for the label alone. I don’t care who knows it. Black, brown head. Nice, well made bee. rNot particularly unique as far Imperial Stouts go, with the expected coffee, dark chocolate and red wine notes, but still pretty enjoyable.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Sampled at DLD 2013. It poured a dark brown/black color with a tan head. The aroma was of roasted malts with coffee and chocolate notes. The taste was bitter-sweet chocolate notes and the alcohol was a bit present but is not overwhelming. Impressive.
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Poured from a bottle into a snifter. Pours an extremely dark brown, used oil appearance. Head is a full medium brown that laces and sticks to the glass. Aroma is dark chocolate with a tobacco bite definitely there. Sweet overall smell. Taste has a sweet dark chocolate up front that evolves into a bit of coffee from roasted malts, and it finishes off nice and bitter. Medium thick mouthfeel. A little warming in the finish from the middle of the road abv%. Pretty nice imperial stout overall. Would be great on tap I’m guessing.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
This was a bottle from the shared tasting a the evening before Dark Lord Day bottle sharing at the Hampton Inn. Poured like used motor oil. Tan head. Bold in body. Nose of roasted malts with chocolate. Flavor is rich malts with some floral hops. Bitter in finish. Really good.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
I guess star wars nerds add to the hype of this beer. A thinner but still tasty impy.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours like motor oil. A big tobacco and coffee nose. Coffee tastes, too. It settles some and the beer gets smoother. Finish is that tobacco and coffee again. Hops show up in the after taste.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Thick black pour. Lots of heavy roasted malt flavor. OK overall.
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