Draught at GABF 2008. Black - brown head. Vanilla, burned, wood, sharp hoppy, heavy body, sticky body, raisins, coffee, chocolate, nice hoppy. A bit too much.

When I had this I did not realize it was an imp stout, but it was still good. Pours is a dark brown/black with light tan head. Medium mouthfeel, but still full bodied. Roasted malt, raisin, coffee, and a bit of chocolate. A pretty good amount of hops, well balanced, and finishes dry and earthy. Very drinkable for an imp stout.

Draught at GABF 2008. Black coloured with a small beige head. Roasted aroma of coffee, hops and pine needles. Roasted flavour of liquorice, coffee, hops and pine needles. Roasted and hoppy finish.

on tap @ GABF: I loved this one. Pours a dark brown/black with a fat brown head. Aroma is chocolate and nuts. Flavor was far more balanced than most big stouts. Although the malt was prevelant, with some alcohol and fruit, there were quite a bit of hops in the background on this one. Palate was about as thick and creamy as you can get, although I found it to be just a bit TOO thick for my tastes. Finishes a tad dry. Overall one of the best beers I sampled at GABF. Well done.

slightly smokey nose with hint of chocolate covered raisins. blackish beer, solid tan head. very raisiny flavors with a background of chocolate. somewhat sweet and full pleasant mouthfeel. not much roast notes at all...and a firm alcoholic background. this is actually a remarkably drinkable, sweet, raisiny stout and a very nice change of pace from most big stouts...it almost has a slight vinious character as well. this is aperfect session imperial if such a thing exists...nothing bombards your palate but everything is soft and gentle, sweet and raisiny, and, well..i dig it.