 BrotherGrendel (581), San Diego, California, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Nov 14, 2009 Dark brown with ruby highlights, no head. Nose is big thick malts, dark fruits-plums and raisins, alcohol heat. Flavor is big dark fruits, thick malts, molasses and brown sugar, roastiness, complex and unending, finishes sweet and warming. Full body, low carbonation, thick chewy texture. A big, bold, complex and flavorful stout with sweet fruit and vinous traits, delicious on all levels!!
markwise (1175), 15 Minutes from Kuhnhenn in, Florida, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 2/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 12, 2009 Thanks zuluflyboy for the share. Pours imperial stout brown with a dark tan dissipating head. Nose is booze, dark fruit, slight roast, and slight coffee. Flavor is booze, chocolate, booze, dark fruit, booze, coffee, booze, and booze. Medium-bodied beer with a thick, almost chewy mouthfeel. Interesting beer, better than 2nd, but needs about 8-10 years to settle down, I think.
JoeTheYounger (243), California, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 10/10 | 4/5 | 19/20 |
Oct 13, 2009 My #200 rating, and what a good beer to have. Bottle from mspindler. Poured a dark dark horizon brown color with no head. Aroma of Brandy, figs, dark roasted fruits, raisins, alcohol. Taste of sweet prunes, roasted coffee, toffee, very strong and well balanced. Low carbonation thats thick and coats the glass. Overall very very good. I think this one was a bit better than Dark Horizon 2nd edition.
DuffManSW (288), Riverside, California, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Oct 11, 2009 Bottle shared by mspindler...Pours black with no head.. Aroma is chocolate, coffee, roasted malts and booze... Flavor is dark chocolate, coffee, and toffee with a lot of alcohol left still... Thick with low carbonation.. Good stuff.
BückDich (4830), McCall, Idaho, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 10/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Oct 5, 2009 Bottle: Pitch black, nice tan head, spotty lacing. Nose of dark earthy oak and bourbon, savory soy and molasses. "Someone tripped on the cellar steps to an all wood wine cellar with a bottle of bourbon in their hand." Vanilla and light alcohol, the flavor is pine, wood, resin, hops, alcohol, molasses, marinade, gin, muddled wood, coffee, grinder and bourbon. Awesome.
polomagnifico (533), Saginaw, Michigan, USA
| 4.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Sep 21, 2009 Bottle #01776 from ygtbsm94, thanks a million man. The last unique brew from my cellar and marking the end of my beer rating quest. Aroma has fruity notes of molasses, caramel, red wine, oak, coffee, dark chocolate, roasted malts. Pitch black hue with a small creamy tan head that lingered around the edges quite nicely and left little lace. Flavor is sweet with some licorice coming forward then transistions to a slight cloying bitterness. Palate is very full bodied and oily soft with a noticable alcohol burn. Overall a lovely work of art. Wonderfully complex nose with a classic Imp stout appearance. Flavor is very sweet and noticeably bitter but the alcohol is felt more than smell or tasted. The palate is extreme but still quite pleasent. The coffee aspect is not very apparent thank goodness. A truly lovely brew. A great brew to mark the end of this great hobby. I will miss these moments but this journey has come to an end. Bravo Nøgne Ø! Bravo!
Geokkjer (256), Kristiansand, Norway
| 4.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Sep 20, 2009 Rating # 100.Shared by Yngwie, thanks a lot.What can one say about this beer that hasn’t already been said.It is the kind of beer that inspires poetry from ratebeerians all over the world.That being said ,it deserves it too.Black as the night with a beige/tan head.Wonderful aroma of roasted grains ,coffee ,licorice, molasses and silky alcohol.Smooth,as hell, and velvety on the tongue.Warm ,sweet roasted ,coffee ,dark chocolate ,nutty.And probably lots more .I am lost for words .Truly amazing
harrisoni (6771), Ashford, Kent, England
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Sep 11, 2009 Bottle bought back at GBBF 2007, kept for 2 years and drunk whilst watching Beethoven 9 on the BBC Proms. Black as night and a dark tan head. Man that has an incredible hit of choc and coffee coming off it. Yes some alcohol heat too, which is only to be expected. Beautiful wonderous aroma. I mean the mouthfeel has some velvet and some graininess and this big attack of warming heat. And then a swallow that coats the throat with espresso coffee before the heat kicks in. But the alcohol is more like a ginger kick that a boozy rush and this coffee liquer creaminess soothes it all down anyway. It has definitely mellowed from 2 years ago when I first tried it. Less alcohol harsh and way more coffee. Wow that is a bit fiery isn’t it? But it is almost like being coated in full on espresso creamy ice cream. Christ on a stick that’s good. You know what the booziness dies down a bit and leaves you with an exquisite feeling of joy, or is that the Beethoven?? Difficult to say. Certainly a massive, epic beer which did improve with age, no doubt. I still have the Mikkeller Weasel to rate and on previous samples I would say that is better than this, but this is still amazing in its assault on the senses. Pretty good, but yes just a bit too boozy maybe.
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