4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bomber, courtesy of hopson (Thanks Kyle!). Pours a syrupy deep brown that sits pitch black in the glass, with a decent dark brown head and no notable lacing. Aroma is full although slightly muted, with oats, roasty espresso, chocolate and some molasses. Flavor is warm, roasty and gently sweet, with more espresso, chocolate, and oats, and a light bitterness on the finish. Palate is stellar; silky and smooth with moderate carbonation and a full and chewy mouthfeel. Can see that this will age well, and glad I’ve got some to set back.
4.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Slight aroma of chocolate and alcohol. Pours black and thick, with a dark tan head that diminishes quickly. Flavor is sweeter in the beginning then my general preferences, but is redeemed with a nice blast of roasty malts and bittering hops. Noticeable flavor notes are coffee, chocolate (milk), vanilla, and a touch of alcohol. Very thick and smooth mouthfeel. A very tasty beer, and one I want to grab some of to cellar.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours black, with a brown head. Aroma is chocolate, oats, dark fruit, coffee, and alcohol. Flavor is roasted malt, oats, chocolate, coffe, and dark fruit. Wonderful heavy, creamy body. Like others have said, this is really good, but Jah-va is better.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: JUN 21, 2009 Black, oily,rich, and thick. Smells really nice with just a tad of alcohol. Creamy and syrupy on the palate. Good flavors of oat, dark chocolate, and light coffee. Now,this is a very good beer but NOT better then their JAH-VAH stout, KNOW THAT!!!
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
2007 bomber. Pours jet black with a dark brown head. carbonation seems to be mild, small head. Aroma is a ton of chocolate, caramel, dark fruits/raisins. Taste is also a ton of chocolate, dark fruits, and sweet caramel. Not much of an intense roasty character- the body of this was so smooth. very full bodied. Became a little bit hot as it warmed, but damn it was good. Finishes lightly roasty with a good hop bitterness.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
22 oz bottle shared with Axilla. Thanks! Pours black with little head. Tasty little monster. Hints of Coffee, chocolate, roastyness. Pretty complex beer but had a solid oatmeal creamy mouth feel. Certainly got much better when it mellowed for a while. It hid the 12.5% quite well. Outstanding!
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
22 oz bomber. Pours a thick oily black with a small brown head. Aroma of roasted coffee, chocolate, and oatmeal. Taste is of rich roasted coffee, thick creamy chocolate, malts, and oatmeal. Very good, but not as good as the Imperial Jah-va.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
22 oz bottle from trade with crizay. Thanks Chris! Pours a pitch black color with almost no head. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, dark chocolate and caramel. Taste is semi sweet of fermented fruit roasted malt and coffee. So smooth that the alcohol is almost undetectable. Nicly balanced with a slightly bitter dark chocolate finish.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
22oz bottle courtesy of my brother, Black95tt. Thanks Ryan! Poured a very nice oily black with a roasted burnt brown head that stuck around for a while. The nose of this beer is about as expected but still very nice. Lots of roasted and chocolate malts. After the initial presence of malt comes through a nice little bit of the columbus and chinook hops. The palate was a little thin to my surprise...I would have thought it would be thicker being an oatmeal stout (I thought the jahvah was thicker). Alcohol was not as noticeable as expected, and as a side note it was listed at 11 or 11.5% on the bottle...not the 12.5 listed here. Anyways as far as imperial oatmeal stouts go this one is one of the best...but I still think I enjoy BORIS more...but its close.
4.6 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
2007 bomber. You can’t look any better than this.. very deep brown, bordering on black with a well-retained creamy medium brown head. You also can’t smell much better.. darker chocolates, some soy, and lots of well-toasted oatmeal.. absolutely decadent! The flavor is close.. the semi-sweet chocolate and oatmeal are well-roasted and would make for a great breakfast.. save for the booze!.. carmamel and more chocolate undertones with some sharper bitterness.. warm roasted chocolate and oatmeal at the long finish. Thick any syrupy on the palate with well-placed bitterness and a thick, full feel.. warm, full finish with some coffee bitterness. Great!!
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