 troopie (514), USA
Apr 14, 2007
Blacker than sin, with a lovely thick cafe au lait coloured head. Aroma of malt, chocolate and smoke. Malty flavour with notes of chocolate, coffee and hops. Nice dry finish that still lasted. It had the complexity of imperial stout without the alcohol befuddling power. This may be the best stout I have ever tasted in my life. It certaily is my first 5.
jasonp (1446), Sterling/Dulles, Virginia, USA
Oct 9, 2008 Bottle and on tap at Pike: Pours deep black with a light brown head. Mocha, smoke, chocolate and roast in the nose. Full roasty flavor, dark cocoa, espresso, coffee, chocolate and a slightly charred finish - which isn’t ashy. Light caramel sweetness. Full, round and creamy with moderate carbonation. My favorite Pike beer.
mar (604), Dallas, Texas, USA
Oct 4, 2008 black pour with a deep caramel head. deep notes of coffee with roasted malts and a big hint of chocolate. wow that’s quite smooth and the flavors are mostly coffee with a finish of chocolate. very impressive stuff right here. glad to have a stout like this available in TX now.
blutt59 (798), Dallas, Texas, USA
Oct 3, 2008 bottle, black pour with very thin brown head, nose is malty fruit, flavors of cocoa, coffee and mostly prunes and raisins, finish is strong and lingering, good stout
luttonm (54), Seattle, Washington, USA
Sep 29, 2008 Updated: Oct 10, 2008(Dry-hopped version from Brouwer’s Hopfest ’08) Interesting attempt. The addition of hops mellows the malt and smoke but doesn’t amount to much pine/floral in the taste, more so on the nose and finish. A bitter stout.
MrChopin (206), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 21, 2008 Black with short lived tan head. Nose has a lot of roast with some sugary fruit, alcohol, slight hop and vanilla. Flavor is quite roasty and rather bitter, but it’s balanced by chocolate and fresh hop in the long finish. Nice beer, well rounded. and quite effective.
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