 StompBrockmore (300), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dec 22, 2007
341ml stubby bottle - pours pretty much black with a two-finger mocha head on top. Leaves nice lacing in the glass. Aroma is a big onslaught of chocolate, coffee, heavily roasted malt and some dark fruit. The flavour continues in the same way, but with a bigger hop presence...the roasted malts and espresso really stand out strong at the beginning and the finish is roasty and slightly bitter from the hopping. Very bold and big. Some alcohol presents itself at the back of the throat but is integrated perfectly. Mouthfeel is silky and palate coating. Awesome.
Retorp (2148), Tampa, Florida, USA
Jul 18, 2008 Medium strength chocolate/coffee roast malt aroma with a bit of dry cocoa powder. The body is dark brown to light black and holds a thumb thick, diminishing, head. Lots of roasty, bitter coffee and malt notes. Fairly dry and burnt. Vague dry dark fruit. No real sweetness. A fairly big feel and heft for a sub 7% abv beer.
kramer17801 (1846), sunbury, Pennsylvania, USA
Jul 16, 2008 12 oz bottle, via puzzl and TheCheeseMan. Pours a dark black body with no light passing thru with a tight bubbled light brown head. Very roasty nose with a ton of bakers chocolate, some coffee, soy sauce, nutty malt, and a slight burnt note. The flavor is roast dominated, fairly dry, with a nice burnt meat, almost charcoal like, note. A little touch of salty soy sauce lingers on forever on the finish. There’s almost a little of a sour mash character to it, not close to a Harvey’s Imperial Stout, but it almost seems like if could develop into that type of beer. Medium bodied with a slightly clingy finish that makes the finish linger forever. Pleasant moderate soft carbonation. Overall, a unique Impy to say the least. Towards the end of the bottle the salty burnt finish does get a bit overwhelming.
drewbeerme (1716), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Jul 9, 2008 bottle. pours black with creamy tan head. extremely roasty and chocolate nose, touch of soy rounds it out. flavor is roasty, chocolate, ashy, soy, very minimal sourness. somewhat sweet chocolate finish. thin body. solid impy, only 6.7%? I doubt it.
presario (2389), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Jun 17, 2008 Stubby bottle. Indeed; so brown I’ll call it black. Steady bubbles keep a dark brown light foam head. Looks like the film on a pot of hot chocolate on the stove. Tasty dark chocolate nose. Heavey bitter taste even after the first sip. Very blackstrap tasting.
radiomgb (1711), Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Jun 8, 2008 Deep black in colour, rich tan coloured head, average retention, light lacing. The aroma is rich, chalky, lots of dark malts, coffee and chocolate, some sweetness, very light alcohol. The flavour is lightly sweet, medium roast, coffee and dark chocolates, a bit burnt. A little thin in the mouthfeel, medium body, medium carbonation. Finishes burnt, sweet, lingering.
Being a thin body hurt this for me. I found that this one didn’t last very long either. After a few months a few bottles that I had had already started to sour a bit.
341ml bottle from the LCBO in Peterborough, Ontario.
Opened on December 26, 2007.
Vintage 2007.
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