 BrotherGrendel (551), San Diego (La Jolla), California, USA
Apr 26, 2008 Pours a dark dense brown/black hue, thick creamy tan head dissipates to a thin ring. Smell dominated by big malts ranging from caramel to bread and roast. Taste opens with roasty chocolate malts, high alcohol presence, and brown sugar, transitions to oatmeal, coffee, dark fruit, and bitter hops, finishes with booze and syrupy sweet molasses. Full-bodied, thick and chewy texture with a burning alcohol sensation, prickly and lively carbonation. Somewhat hampered by a domineering alcohol presence (11%abv), but overall great malt profile with a range of complex flavors.
stegosaurus (1882), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
Apr 25, 2008 Bottle sampled with Mad Indian. pours black with a large beige head. Aroma of chocolate malts, coffee, and hops. The flavor is sweet chocolate, coffee, dark chocolate, finishes bitter. Good body and mouthfeel. Exceptional brew.
sinkr (212), Lusby, Maryland, USA
Apr 21, 2008 Bomber->snifter: Pours an average dark brown head that exhibits fair lacing on top of a black body. Aroma of molasses and straw, hops of perfume, and perhaps some chocolate and a tinge of bubble gum in there as well. The body is full, the texture is thick, and the carbo. is flat. The flavor’s duration is long, being lightly sweet and bitter.
A truly fine beer--I would be hard pressed to not drink several of these in a row.
Walt (2289), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Apr 18, 2008 Pour is black with a super thin brown head...smell is sweet and roasty with lots of chocolate....taste is sweet and roasty with lots of nice roasty flavors (burnt toast, coffee, cocoa)...stays mediumly sweet with chocolate all the way through with subtle coffee bitterness comin in through the end...obviously a nice mouthfeel...not bad overall, and quite drinkable...
BOLTZ7555 (1053), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Apr 17, 2008 Ebony colored body with a thin cocoa head, this beer brings it!!! Toasted grain, nuts, and more bitter chocolate than I would have expected. Very full flavored but its most distinguishable quality has to be mouthfeel. This one is thick, sticking like peanut butter to your tongue and roof of your mouth. Glad I had an opportunity to try.
SoBloHero (56), Buffalo, New York, USA
Apr 16, 2008 A great imperial stout, obviously strong but flavorful aswell. Pours extremely dark with some head. Despite its high ABV it is easily drinkable for a stout.
crazyvin (1246), New York, USA
Apr 14, 2008 Black body, a very thin light brown head, no carbonation. Seemed a little dull. Aroma was rich with leather notes and some roasted dark malts and alcohol. Flavor had a strong alcohol presence with some nice cocoa notes. A seemed a little tin on the palate compared to other imperial stouts it was stil good, and very drinkable.
MI2CA (1260), Noblesville, Indiana, USA
Apr 14, 2008 22oz - Brewed Fall 2007 - Aroma of roasted dark malts, vanilla, soy sauce, oats, chocolate and alcohol. Pours black with a brown ring head and good lacing. Flavor matches aroma with stronger roasted malts and a touch of hop bitterness. Alcohol is well hidden. Palate is sticky and dry. Tasty and very drinkable for 11% and the amount of flavor.
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