 VikingHammer (362), Lynnfield, Massachusetts, USA
Jan 1, 2008 Updated: Jan 17, 2009My first beer of the new year. I wish I could have one every day . Pour black with subtle red highlights and a big brown head. The aroma is to complex to describe. This stouts aroma blew my mind.Coffee,chocolate,cherries,currants, alcohol,caramel and so much more. I was amazed that a 16% beer could hide the alcohol so well. Flavor was similar to the aroma. Medium to full bodied. One of the best I have ever had. Thanks Nogne.
Sammy (3928), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jan 1, 2008 Aroma of good coffee and alcohol fumes. Tia Maria, only thicker. Pours very black, with aged look of white head on top. Drinks medium plus mouthfeel, a coffee liquor, rich, and kind of one-dimensional. Smooth, with chocolate aftertaste and sediment.500 ml. in fancy container at $22 plus $1.50 duty from Premiere Gourmet. Sipper.
railcat1 (578), Orlando, Florida, USA
Jan 1, 2008 Wow,This was a a very good IPS and had a no head straight to the stop black pour,it was intense and alcohol was very presence.CHEERS! Rating #1 OF 2008
thedm (3833), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Dec 31, 2007 This bottled brew from a rating party at bdigi66’s was marked edition 04071 and poured a small sized head of foamy brown colored bubbles that were quickly diminishing and left behind a opaque no visible carbonation black colored body and a fair lacing. The nice aroma was brown malt roasted malt toasted malt and dark malt. The smooth mouth feel was weakly tingly at the start mediumly tingly at the finish with a biting dark malt aftertaste. . A wonderful best in class brew.
sersdf (1000), chicago, Illinois, USA
Dec 30, 2007 big thanks to zeswaft and congratulations on rating 1000. pitch black and headless. aroma is alcohol all over. really reminds me of the barrel-aged fest. woody, lots of sweet rotten fruit aroma. there’s gotta be a better word than rotten. flavor is excellently balanced, and the alcohol dramatically well hidden compared to the aroma. chocolate/vanilla/caramel are there, but the imperial stout character is second fiddle to stronger fruit tones. pretty damn well done. palate is brilliant and drinkable. excellent beer.
Zeswaft (1000), Seattle, Washington, USA
Dec 30, 2007 1000th rating. That was one hell of a ride. Thick black with almost no brown head. Very vinous aroma, alcohol, and some chocolate. Surprisingly smooth for 16% abv. Perfect amount of carbonation. I get a lot of boozy hard alcohol flavors. This is a pretty good imp stout especially for 16% but i’d take expedition over this any day.
nolankowal (850), Columbus, Ohio, USA
Dec 30, 2007 Bottle cbus-x shared by sliffy. Jet black pour with a tan film. Aroma was boozey, vinous fruits, bready malt, bakers chocolate. Flavors of baker’s chocolate, vinous fruits, booze, roasted malt, and coffee. Thick body, roasty/bittersweet with a roasty/sweet finish. Nice, really hid that booze!
pantani (1894), Salinas, California, USA
Dec 29, 2007 Opaque, with a dark mocha head. Aroma is winey, with chocolate, espresso, heavy cream, dark chocolate. Taste is pretty roasty, caramel, light smoke, chocolate, some alcohol warming.
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