 EricE (446), Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Nov 30, 2008 Pitch black pour with a dark tan head. Nice lacing on the glass. Alcohol aroma with berries and sour lactic notes. Very chocolaty flavor with lots of coffee. Lots of roastiness. Mostly bitter, but theres a little sweetness as the beer first hits your tongue. A little bit of sourness. Some hops to finish. Not bad.
dutch23mp (160), Mount Prospect, Illinois, USA
Nov 30, 2008 12 oz bottle rich in flavors that just mask the high ABV good chocolate taste wonderful aroma. Not a beer you would drink all day, but great for a desert.
aplusbreaks (330), , Colorado, USA
Nov 29, 2008 12oz bottle. Pours pitch black with a long lasting chocolate milk colored head. Decent lacing. Aromas of roasted malts, coffee, chocolate and a touch of hops and alcohol. Flavors are roasted burnt coffee, roasted malts, chocolate, and a decent hop presence. Some alcohol is present. Palate is smooth, velvety, and wonderful. As the previous rater said, for a widely available, and fairly priced RIS, this is hard to beat.
Travlr (700), Washington, Washington DC, USA
Nov 29, 2008 Black. Thick tan head. Burnt coffee aroma. Flavors of coffee and chocolate, not subtle at all. An over-the-top, in-your-face stout.
poolboy (66), Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Nov 29, 2008 Excellent for a widely available imperial. Not a complex brew. Malt, coffee, and some chocolate. Has some alcohol taste. Smells clean, not a strong nose. Burnt aftertaste.
drjay44 (760), Salida, Colorado, USA
Nov 29, 2008 12 oz. bottle. Pours a thick, tiny bubbled, tan head with long duration, and heavy lacing over a dark blackish brown body, with minimal light penetration....nose redolent of roasted malts with heavy coffee and chocolate overtones.....taste is well balanced with heavy malts offset by heavy hops with a pleasant bitter finish....wonderful chewy palate. 11/23/2008
azlondon (656), Fribourg, Switzerland
Nov 26, 2008 Appearance: Basically black. Lots of nice tan head.
Aroma: Dark malt/fruit. Burnt, roasted. Blackcurrant?
Taste: Burnt, roasted. Dark malt. Quite smooth. Nice.
Info: 355ml bottle, 22/11-2008, 196/300, 205/500
WakeandBake (422), Greenville, Michigan, USA
Nov 21, 2008 Typical dark black stout color with a huge creamy coco head that lasted a long time and left lacing all the way down.Aroma is of coco,coffee,a hint of tobacco and by golly a whiff of hops.The flavor of this brew blew me away.Just the right amounts of all the goodies,alcohol,coffee,coco,hops,and I keep getting a hint of fresh tobacco either in the aroma or flavor but in a good way mind you,very balanced.Creamy mouthfeel,with tiny amount of carbonation and a little hop kiss at the end.
I drank two of these bad boys from a mug while doing the last of my yard work for the year in the falling snow. My mission is to find more of this and soon. I deem this "DA BOMB"
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