RCL (1460), Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 19/20 | May 28, 2008 Just superb. This tastes like it might be 7-8% tops. Perfect balance. Aroma has some maple and cappuccino. Flavor is a delicious coffee and chocolate. JK (2949), Richfield, Minnesota, USA
| 4.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 | May 24, 2008 A great find for only $10. I didn’t know it was supposed to be $25 or more until later. Bottle # 02190. It is an incredible beer. It has been awhile since I have been really impressed by an imperial stout, and this one exceeded my expectations. It is a very complex beer. Unremarkable but good appearance, black, thick and heavy. Almost no carbonation, in the character of an English imperial stout. The aroma has smoke and sweet malt. Great flavor with coffee and chocolate, mildly roasted malt, more smoke, red wine with tannins, and dry grape skins. Outstanding palate. Considerably better than the Darklord 07 tasted the same night. tjthresh (1765), Greenfield, Indiana, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 | May 23, 2008 Bottle #4085 from BeerandBlues2. Shared with csbosox. Pours pure black with brown head. All kinds of stuff going on in the aroma. Chocolate covered coffee beans, salty soy sauce, and hard wood smoke. Fantastic flavor. Bitter dark chocolate fudge mocha. Throw a shot of some sort of dark fruit liquor it there. Full body. High carbonation. Silky. Warm finish. Amazingly drinkable, not that I’d try to drink a whole bottle by myself. csbosox (1079), Prairie Village, Kansas, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 | May 22, 2008 #4085. Thanks to tjthresh for this bottle. Pours very dark with a khaki head. Aroma is dark roast, tons of dark fruit, soy sauce, hints of oak and milk chocolate. Mouthfeel is big and slick with plenty of roast, bitterness, and alcohol at the end to keep it from being cloying. Taste is dates, prunes, dark fruits galore along with dark rum, light roast, espresso, omni-present, but not harsh, alcohol, and Pauillac bordeaux. A very interesting addition to the high alcohol, nearly over the top, imperial stout category. This more than holds it own with the WWS’s of the world. pepsican (885), The Student Ghetto, Iowa, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 | May 12, 2008 Multiple samples from multiple trades and tastings. Thanks everyone for a chance at this beer! I’ve personally never rated it just so I can sit down some day with a bottle to myself and go nuts. That is where this rating came from. Black pour with a thin tan head. Strong hop and coffee aroma. Flavor has tons of hops, coffee, roasted malts, raisin, brown sugar, chocolate, and alcohol. Finishes bitter, alight alcohol burn but I’d never guess 16%. Very creamy. I love this beer. Ofortuna (322), Grafton, Wisconsin, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 | May 10, 2008 Sampled the most recent time at DLD 2008. Tasted at two other get-togethers since its release. I really tried to give this a fair shake. Giant aroma of burnt dates and toffee brought to the point of charring. Burnt malt with an intense booze character. Upong further inspection, molasses with candied fruit is found deep within. Flavour is grainy in texture with massive alcohol beating the crap out of my palate. Fusel and a mess. Seems like they were trying to impersonate a "big American Imperial stout" by trying to go over-the-top in every aspect. Unfortunately, they completely missed the mark here. Completely unrefined and a mess. gnoff (3568), Göteborg, Sweden
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 12/20 | May 10, 2008 Updated: Oct 20, 2008First (Shared with a friend Black color, brown head. Raissin, alcohol, solvents, roasted, coffee, sweet scent. Licorice, sweet, prunes, raissins, alcohol taste. Clear warm alcohol burning feeling. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bitterness. I did expect much from this, though I think it is very much dominated by alcohol, not really a good beer for me. 6/4/6/4/13=3.3
Rerate (Sampled from bottle at Bishops Arms Järntorget, Göteborg) On October 19, 2008 - Porterfestivalen Pitch black color, dark brown to black head. Raissin, acidic, vinous, alcohol scent. Sweet, vinous, alcohol, malty taste. Alcohol aftertaste. Big smooth mouthfeel, medium bitterness. 4/4/7/4/12=3.1 Beerman6686 (1280), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
| 4.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 | Apr 29, 2008 WOW! Poured black as night with no head. Aroma is of lots of chocolate, coffee, soem fruits and alcohol. Flavor is very sweet and chocolate, with a nice coffee undertone and a nice dry burning alcohol finish. Excellent.
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