 shadey (1340), Rochester, New York, USA
Jan 21, 2008
12oz bottle. The color is a glossy black with spotty head of dark tan cream and a smooth tan ring of lace. The aroma is surprisingly nice. Some roast, chocolate, and a hit of something else... maybe candy? The flavor is pretty nice as well. Quite a bit of bitter roast, some chocolate, and that candy-sugary flavor. Maybe like brown sugar. The body is right on for a stout of this size. I’m quite happy with this Saranac beer.
Svesse (1811), Hässelby, Sweden
Oct 5, 2008 (Bottle, Stockholm Beer Festival, 27 Sep 2008) Black colour with creamy, pale brown head. Roasted, malty nose with black coffee, dark chocolate and fresh hints of hops. Malty, roasted taste with notes of dark chocolate, coffee, liquorice and a decent cocoa bitternes in the finish. Nicely balanced and tasty. Good beer!
sebletitje (370), Tampa, Florida, USA
Sep 30, 2008 Courtesy of orcasteve.
Pours black, brownish head.
Aroma roasted, light hops, malty and grainy.
Taste, dry, roasted cofee matls, some dark fruits. This is is loaded with alcohol.
Very sweet beer with a nice molasse aftertaste.
A really good Imp. Stout.
oh6gdx (6332), Vaasa, Finland
Sep 30, 2008 Bottled. Black colour, mediumsized brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, nuts and some dark dry fruits. Also some mild notes of fresh wood. Flavour is hops, caramel, alcohol, raisins and mild nuttyness. Wellbalanced.
Papsoe (10285), Frederiksberg, Denmark
Sep 27, 2008 (Bottle 35,5 cl) Black and opaque with a creamy off-white head. Aroma of hard roasted malt and dried fruit. Very solid body with plenty of burned malt and almost vinous pruny accents. Also plenty of sweet licorice, coffee and alcohol. Some malt bitterness in the finish. A very straight and well composed Imperial Stout. 190908
emacgee (1130), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Sep 26, 2008 Pours a dark black that shows some light. The head is one finger thick creamy and dark tan. The nose was malty, sweet, roasty, soy sauce, chocolate, coffee, molasses. The flavor is roasty, some soy sauce, bitter chocolate, coffee, roasty, some charcoal, a tad thin, crisp, some alcohol. The palate is crisp, has a mild bitterness, warm alcohol. Not as bad as I expected.
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