 DrunkAsASkunk (848), Lynnwood, Washington, USA
Feb 28, 2004 This beer was sampled at the San Diego Strong Ale Festival. I wasnt expecting all too much when i went up for this sample, and well, I got exactly what i expected. It pours a black and headless creature with a clean clear appearance. The aroma was pretty weak...i could gather some nice coffee and stout-like maltiness which is standard with any stout, but nothing that really stood out and grabbed me. The beer itself began and ended fairly weakly aside from that astringent throat burning alcohol, which is disappointing for a 9.2% ABV beer. I gathered a little woody taste mixed in with a brandy ageness to it. No carbonation to speak of...but this strange woody water flavor..very hard to describe. Like grabbing an off brand spiked mocha! Not really worth the ticket.
DaSilky1 (1622), San Diego, California, USA
Dec 15, 2003 dark but letting in streaks of red..a foamy tan head lay atop...fruits & fudge aroma with big bourbon notes...big bourbon character with some cocoa flavors and heating alcohol...pretty thin and weak though with no real body...oh well.
21iceman40 (1671), north little rock, Arkansas, USA
Dec 11, 2003 Well, when i saw imperial stout, i tought this would be great, but it sucked. It tasted exactly like a mixture of brandy, VO, and water. This tastes more like a foul flavored oatmeal, than an imperial.
Blake (204), Orange, California, USA
Dec 8, 2003 Updated: Jul 4, 2004Had on tap at the San Diego Strong Ale Festival at Pizza Port, Carlsbad on December 6, 2003
Not too much to differentiate this stout from the basic stouts found elsewhere. Pours dark brown with no head. Aroma is of strong coffee, a bit of chocloate. Flavor is chocolate and coffee - slightly sweet, but just nothing to differentiate it from the other Imperials out there.
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