 stefanje (554), (Santee) San Diego, California, USA
Aug 31, 2007 Updated: Apr 25, 2008
650 ml bottle from Bevmo. Pours a very dark brown that absolutely no light will shine thru. I held a flashlight up to the glass, and nothing. Head is a rich tan and fades very slowly. Aroma is strong and rich with soy sauce, oranges, worcestershire, and burnt toast. Flavor is complex with coffee, chocolate, molasses, black licorice, walnuts, and toasted grains. Hops are well integrated and make a biter appearance only towards the finish. Mouthfeel is very creamy and smooth. Finish is long and gloroius. Overall this is a beer for the ages.
tturner (5), , Washington, USA
does not count  Sep 7, 2008 great aroma, changes over time... I get a slight sarsaparilla in the nose and more on the palate. Sarsaparilla and caramelized brown sugar, coffee, chocolate, Oakishness.
It’s dark with hints of orange and red on the edge. Bitter finish, but well balanced. Nice sweetness.
I really like this. The bitter finish prevents this from being perfect, for me.
gotohelunc (365), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Sep 7, 2008 Bottle. Jet black thick liquid with a strong nose of coffee, rich dark chocolate, and smoke. Flavors of very dark coffee, bourbon, charcoal, and chocolate. Really good thick, chewy imperial stout.
Indra (1833), Prairie Village, Kansas, USA
Sep 4, 2008 22oz. bottle, has to be well over a year old now. Roasty, dark, sweet malt aroma, with appetizing notes of chocolate truffle, plummy fruit, lightly smoky wood, maple sugar and very faint bourbon, along with some background coffee and slight medicinal alcohol. Now this stuff really is the consistency of well-used motor oil, there have been other brews to cross my path and lay that claim and they’ve fallen short, but not this one. Head fades to nothingness after a short period, while the bottom of the bottle is coated with sediment after the pour. Flavor profile is dark and roasty to start, becoming sweetier and blended with berryish fruit and licorice, finishing with a blend of earthy bitterness, slight bourbon, aged wood, toffee, gentle but insistent alcohol and lingering espresso. Very smooth and low in effervescence on the palate but has a full, sticky, warming mouthfeel to it and a massively rich body. Very interesting, tasty and complex, ultimately, with some Imperial Porter-like characteristics. Nice.
GAManiac (297), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Aug 27, 2008 22oz bottle. Settles black in the glass after poured dark, dark brown out of the bottle. Head is tan and dense, but dissipates quickly to a ring leaving a little bit of lacing. The smell is big and get bigger as it warms - caramel malts, raisins, figs, some dark chocolate, brown sugar and licorice. On top of this is the hint of oak and booze in the background that burns the nose ever so slightly. Taste is a slightly harsher version of the aroma with a big roasted character on top of the malt background and dark fruit flavors. Coffee and chocolate are present as well. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with moderate carbonation and fairly dry in the finish. Drikability is slightly limited by the harsher character of the taste. Still, this is tasty and complex brew from a great brewery. Recommended.
Praetorian (51), Los Angeles, California, USA
Aug 22, 2008 Updated: Aug 23, 2008Pours dark brown with a small, light brown head with ok lacing. The aroma is of chocolate, plums, and rasins. The flavor is of bitter black coffee with notes of chocolate, dark fruits, caramel and wood (oak.) Starts somewhat sweet but finishes bitter. The texture is creamy. Somewhat harsh at first but once I got used to it, it was heavenly. Overall i’d say its a good beer with a very aggressive flavor: not for beginners.
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