 djd07 (721), Houston, Texas, USA
Aug 10, 2009 Bottle as shown. Pours a very dark brown with a paperthin light tan head that leaves decent spotty lacing along the glass. The aroma is a burnt roasted malt with dark chocolate and caramel. Thick mouthfeel with an intense flavor of roasted malt, coffee, chocolate with a nice smokey finish. Alcohol present but not overpowering. A very impressive Imperial stout from Stone.
pumpmaster (473), Pembroke Pines, Florida, USA
Aug 10, 2009 22 ounce bottle purchased at Total Wine Pembroke Pines, FL for $6.99 Excellent!
Strykzone (1458), Wood River, Illinois, USA
Aug 6, 2009 Thanks Rencelas. An angry looking pour. This beer is almost black with a small tan head. Roasted aroma with coffee chocolate, and alcohol. The aroma changed constantly. There is so much going on in the flavor. Dark fruit, sour citrus fruit, coffee, chocolate, alcohol, vanilla, etc. Like the aroma the flavor is in constant flux and each seems better than the one before. Finish is powdery chocolate with anise but still an amazing amount of stuff going on. Feel is thick and smooth. Not quite my perfect beer, but damned close.
Skubic448 (5), San Diego, California, USA
does not count  Aug 5, 2009 10.5% in the ’09 vintage in bottle.
Aroma: Light coffee and malt
Appearance: Black and thick with a dark creamy head that froths up quick but disappears just as quickly.
Flavor: It has the taste of coffee and chocolate. With very woody with some hops adding bitterness at the end.
Palate: As thick as a beer can get without being stuffed full of nitrogen.
Overall: I liked this beer immensely. I don’t know if it is the best stout I’ve had in my life, but it is probably in the top 10. I am going to have to come back to this one for sure. Maybe later tonight.
Hopper (271), San Antonio, Texas, USA
Aug 3, 2009 2009 spring release. A dark black beer with little head. Aroma was COFFEE, burnt malt. Taste was dark fruit, coffee, chocolate, vinuous, bitter, burnt, & alcohol. As the beer warms up the taste & aroma just keeps getting better. Whoa there’s a lot of flavors going on in here.
Cavie (1299), Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Aug 3, 2009 Sooo thick. No light gets through. Period. Perfect aroma coffee as well as the slightest amount of smoked finish. A very nice flavor of smoke as well as roasted coffee. I think this could use another year to age but at this point I am most impressed.
Cruzan59 (197), Lititz, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 2, 2009 22oz bottle pours "forgot to change the oil" black...quickly dissipating tan head...smell of sweet espresso, cocoa, black licorice...taste much of the same...velvety mouthfeel, thick, nice alcohol presence.
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