2.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20Very dark brown in colour with a large lingering tan coloured head, excellent lacing. Aroma is quite sweet, some roast, burnt malts, marshmallow, light vanilla. Flavour falls off a lot from the aroma if you ask me, a very thin and watery imperial with lots of noticeable alcohol. Alcoholic mouthfeel, light body, medium carbonation. Finishes thin, burnt with some bitterness.
A very thin, watery stout that lacks a sense of direction. I’ll stick the the regular oatmeal stout thanks. That said, being so far against the grain a re-rete is in order.
341ml bottle purchased at La Trappe a Fromage in Gatineau, Quebec.
Opened on April 22, 2010.
Vintage 2009.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Deep black body, large dark chocolate head, spotty lacing. Bourbon, oak, roast, chocolate, mellow coffee, and earthy hops. Layered with a nice range of flavors. Medium to full bodied, moderate carbonation, a nice gentle finish, quite pleasant to drink.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Bouteille 341ml,9.2%ABV. 2012. Noir opacte avec une mousse brunâtre. Au nez je perçois une odeur de bourbon presque semblable a une scotch ale. En bouche c’est une texture crémeuse vraiment agréable, un gout de bourbon suivie de vanille et ensuite une amertume de chocolat noir qui reste en bouche. Une bière qu’on doit essayer!
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle - 2011, thanks Sebastien! Pours inky opaque black with a small dark brown creamy head that slowly dissipates with great lacing. Aroma is dark roasted malt, light bourbon, dark chocolate, wood, vanilla, coffee. Flavor is the same, smoky and rich with light sweetness, medium bitterness, some woody astringence. Full bodied and tongue coating. It is obvious this stout has been in wood, but the bourbon notes are pretty restrained. Pretty darned tasty.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
341 ml bottle. Sinister black with a creamy tan head leaving lacy tendrils. Nose is dark fruit, chocolate, coffee bean and light smoke. Velvety mouthfeel with tiny carb pricks getting ashy with a hoppy bite. Taste is equally as balanced and nuanced as the aroma. Chocolate, espresso, caramel, smoke and raisin. Delicious.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours pitch black with a large, creamy dark tan head.
Nose shows liqourice, alcohol, sweet coffee liqueur, heavy roast, bready malt and coconut.
Decadent flavour. Soft roasted malt, cocoa, sweet malt, coconut and oak with a little bourbon and booze as well.
Nice creamy carbonation and slick body.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Acquired in a trade last year. 2011 Vintage. deep midnight black, 3 finger coffee coloured creamy head, very big sticky lacing. smells like cocoa beans and almonds. Very sweet taste, very bitter sort of piney with a hint of raisin. Licorice and butterscotch. interesting, pretty complex.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
341 ml, 9.2%, 2012. Noire, peu de mousse beige-brune. Le goût de bois est très dominant. Amertume assez prononcée. Pas ma tasse de thé.
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4.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Amazing! It looks so dense in the glass with a big tan head... Smells so good! Oaky bourbon aromas- so much going on with choc/cocoa coffee etc.. yum!! then the taste! so many flavours- so much to enjoy. such good value. I love this a fair bit. i think more in a few months too! >.<
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Wowee, this is the impy for me. Not sure if was the focus on wood and tobacco more than chocolate and coffee (this has more tobacco aroma than any other beer I’ve tried), or finally an amount of soy sauce I can manage, or that inky viscosity, or slight whiskey feel in the background and finish, but this blew me away.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Black & syrupy,dense tan head.Woody vanilla nose.Palate of smoke,wood,vanilla,heavy roast & alcohol.Big bitter end from hops/roast
A very complex, well made beer, which I rated highly, but I don’t like it (too much wood)
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