 jake65 (1760), Williston, North Dakota, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Feb 3, 2009 Bottle from Sloth, thanks! Dark brown, near black pour with a small brown head. Sweet aroma with light vanilla, chocolate, and a healthy roastiness. Tastes rich and smooth. Sweet, malty, dark fruit, and roasty. Chocolate and light bitters. Outstanding balance. Excellent.
Ethereal (1710), London, Greater London, England
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Jul 2, 2008 Bottle at Chris_O’s 19th April 2008 tasting. Pours black with a line of tan head. Rich, malty, woody aroma, with lots of apparent alcohol (just look at the strength!) In the mouth, it’s completely full on - hefty malts, liquorice, dark fruits, musty old socks, coffee, chocolate, warming alcohol. The palate is full yet smooth. Very much an uncompromising brew. Superb.
ross (1709), weddington, South Carolina, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 29, 2007 Bottle from Jeff which I split with Garrett last night since he brought me a bunch of beer from Lost Abbey, thanks a ton both of you. Pours out a color that isnt even near brown, its just solid black. Thick tan head on it that sticks to the glass. Smells like sweet sugars, coffee, and a touch of alcohol. Tastes really good, smooth, thick, not really noticeable 16% alcohol either. Reminds me of WWS in the sweetness factor. Nice roasted coffee flavor too. Good stuff, not as good as Black Hole, but still, good stuff. Makes me want to move to Norway..
BuckeyeBoy (1699), Boise, Idaho, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jan 28, 2009 Bottle #01312 Pours out Jet black topped with a tan head. A great aroma of sweetness all over the place Almond Joy. With the vanilla and roast. Tast very nice, brown sugar lots of rich roast and some black licorice. Very nice. A big thanks to Jake
theisti (1699), Leawood, Kansas, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Feb 21, 2008 500 ml. bottle shared by and with Gregis. Bottle #01714. Pour is all black with a 1/2 inch deep tan head that fades almost immediately. Aroma begins faint, though as it warmed revealed some red wine, roasting coffee, and cooking/roasting meat. Also some alcohol heat present in the nose. Taste is very winey (Merlot / Cabernet), also a bunch of raisin fruity-malt. Big heat in the finish. Palate is medium, very flat and slick. Big wine flavors are present throughout. Very interesting effort, truly nothing like anything I have had before. Thanks for sharing this one Greg!
jfm (1695), Holbæk, Denmark
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Jun 16, 2009 Bottle. Strong roasted malts, liquorice and chocolate aroma with hints of coffee. Black color with a brown head. Liquorice, chocolate and coffee body with strong notes of alcohol. Very balanced with a nice warm alcohol finish. Very Very nice.
GG (1689), NorCal, California, USA
| 4.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 20/20 |
Dec 24, 2007 Thank you to my overseas trading partner oh6gdx for sending me the incredibly tasty beer. The beer boggles the mind and treats your tastebuds to an awesome beer from beginning to end. This beer really is something to behold. Luckily, I shared it with some really good peeps in aspidites, BeerDaveC007 and my brother. The beer pours out a rich, black color, sort of glooping out of the bottle like motor oil, and forms this chocolatey, dark tan head. You really don’t need to have the glass too close to your nose, as the aroma just leaps out like a wild animal in a cage. Chocolate, toffee, smoke, vanilla, port, wet dirt, a touch soy sauce, and wood. Mouthfeel is the equivelent of wearing a rabbit fur gloves. Soft, warm, supple...simply magnificent. Flavors were pretty much on the same course as the nose. It’s just an awesome beer. It’s unfair that this beer is 16% because the alcohol is so well hidden. A true testament to the professional brewer(s) who made this beer really showed the world what a beer that’s part impy stout and part barleywine can be. Thank you.
sloth (1689), Ceciltucky, Co., Maryland, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 15, 2007 Pour initially gives up a small brown head, fades quickly to a dark ring with some whispy trails left behind. This brew is black, period. Nose of dark fruits, raisins and maybe some plummy notes, berryish with a faint bit of roast and alcohol. Body? Med/full, large and oily on the palate, warming, coating and smothering. Faint flavors of chocolate and roast. Coffee? Plenty of alcohol flavor though, too much so. The alcohol becoming MUCH more evident as it warms, mouth puckering, almost astringent. Very warming, notes of licorice evolve but are overshadowed by the alc. content. Gettin hot. The alcohol seems to crush any flavors that are noticed initially. Big, warming alcoholly finish. An interesting brew that i will try again, but fairly disappointing really. Does,nt have the finesse of a DFHWWS from what i can remember. Another Impy. i need to go back to. Oh yea, good buzz factor! Bottle procured @ statelineliquors. Props to Robert for workin his ass off to get ahold of this one! Thanks dude!
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