 dmac (1442), Toms River, New Jersey, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 1, 2008 16.9 oz bottle purchased from the Oak. Pours the usual super deep dark oily black body with an ample sized dark beige foamy head that forms into a tight bubbly deep head that lasts and lasts with not much lacing. Aroma has a definite undertone of the 16%, cough cough bullshit ABV, dark fruit figs plums prunes, espresso, dark brown bread, floral hops make an apearance along with some slight coccoa notes and dates. Palate is great with a slick medium mouthfeel, light carbonation, and only a hint of bitterness on the finish. Flavorstarts off heavy with some forward alcohol, fading into more subtle notes of darkfruits(figs..prunes..plums..fdates) some espresso and cappacino beans, Kahulua and slight chocolate notes before more alcohol kicks in. This is one good beer.
chicagodri (1041), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 9/10 | 3/5 | 18/20 |
Nov 27, 2008 Wow, this is a solid beer. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma of coffee, chocolate, and roasted malt. It has a little bit of vanilla flavor in there as well. Tastes sweet and it is very good. You can tell it is 16% ABV, it has a little bit of a boozy kick to it.
sebletitje (1903), Tampa, Florida, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Nov 20, 2008 courtesy of Tony @ OTH.
Pours black, no head.
Aroma is malty and chocolate.
Taste has plenty of chocolate malts, filled with roasted coffee. Nice vanilla undertone. There are also some subtle notes of barrel/oak?
This is a monster abv, but the beer remains very enjoyable to sip.
doubleo (1104), San Diego, California, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Nov 19, 2008 500ml bottle. Pours semi-viscous, black with a thin light brown head and specks of lace. Smells dark and sweet roasty with some sweet chocolate and coffee. Tastes sweet and roasty, chocolatey with coffee of course and a good bit of booze. Full body, good carbonation.
austone (1036), Turku; Pori, Finland
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Nov 16, 2008 #4154. Intensely black, loose mocha head. Coffee beany and tarry aroma, strong wood chip mint, dark chocolate and salty liquorice. Mild alcohol and smoky hp sauce come in the mix when it warms up. Tarry flavor, alcohol and dark chocolate, then comes a huge mocca bean kick, leading to a smooth dry and bitter finish. Very intensive. Full bodied, low carbonation, not as sticky nor heavy on the palate as you’d expect. Some decanting opened it up further, and I actually found it more balanced slightly cooled. What a dessert for that night.
Beerlando (2312), Orlando, Florida, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 29, 2008 Bottle No. 01144, aged about one year. Pours an impenetrable, pitch black color with a small, smooth, coffee colored head. The foam settles relatively quickly to a wispy film with a thin edge. There’s no lacing, but dense, sugary sheeting slowly meanders down the glass, back towards the surface. The aroma is intense, massive, syrupy dark chocolate notes showing along with black licorice, molasses, stewed figs, raisons, and Belgian yeast. I only get faint hints of espresso, as the boozy licorice notes seem to overpower everything else. Flavors are similar, black patent malts and syrupy, dark cocoa comprising the malt base. Hot licorice liquor and boozy, vodka soaked dark fruits show alongside burnt cane sugar and overly roasted coffee. The body is massively sweet, sugary and cloying. There’s good substance there, but it’s mostly sugar driven, and it’s overly hot. I put this in the grossly overrated category. It is just too over the top. I prefer both Dogfish Head WWS and Mikkeller Black when it comes to these hyper-imperial stouts.
BMan1113VR (2815), Los Angeles (and Dallas), Texas, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Oct 27, 2008 Bottle #00405 thanks to bu11zeye. My 1000th rating... Pours very thick with a light brown mocha hued head that reduces to waves of foam across the cavernous black body. This beer is so dark, I though the label was black (it is actual see through). Some strong alcoholic legs left on the glass, above tons of dots of lacing, and a brown film from the viscous black liquid in the glass. The aroma is room filing, with dark currants, alcohol burn, licorice, yeast, dark chocolate truffles, and french roast espresso. Taste is...well...wow, Sam Calgonie eat your heart out! Incredibly long duration...easily over two minutes on the first sip. Taste is of currants, sweet butterscotch, brandy, that goes to roasty, then fruity, to nutty, with tons of chocolate, and just enough espresso roast to round out the flavor perfectly. Completely mouthcoating and velvety, light carbonation; a beautifully executed beer.
kosko20 (302), Bemidji, Minnesota, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 26, 2008 Sample thanks to JoeBrew at Darkness Day. Pour is black with a nice tan head. Aroma is coffee, chocolate and caramel malts with a slight presence of alcohol. Flavors is bourbon, chocolate and coffee with some alcohol but for a 16% it feels more like a 10%. A little sweet for me but a decent brew.
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