3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
500th rating. Pours a viscous black with dark head. Aroma is spicy, hops, light chocolate. Taste is high sweetness with spicy hoppiness and creamy thick mouthfeel. Honestly I expected better and it didnt really live up to the hype but still good.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
2011 thanks to mattyb83. Took a minute to open up. Big hoppy aroma. Sweet and thick with a sharp bitterness. You know what, its a hipe monster. Nothing special.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
From a bottle, black in color,brown head,medium sweet,thick body,chocolate and coffee notes,excellent irs!
4.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Very close to perfection in a bottle. Shared this with Northopfrye. And very thankful for it! Huge flavors in the nose and on the palate that include coffee, dark chocolate, dried dark fruit...and caramel. beautiful darker head...great mouth feel. I only wish it were more readily available....
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle (from notes 08 bottle consumed w/ 2 months age). Pours black with a large creamy tan head that left thick lacing. The aroma had sweet thick roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, hints of molasses and the earthy and citrus hops. The flavor is huge roasted malts, chocolate, black coffee, with some citrusy hop notes. I am usually not a fan of hoppy imperial stouts, but this one is special. The hops work very well with the rest of the beer. Finish is roasted, bitter, but still carries a ton of sweetness. Full bodied and smooth. This will have to be a yearly thing to see how closely each batch is to the previous year.
On tap at FFF XV Anny. This batch was crazy good and worth the $5 for a small glass.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
busted out a 11 bottle to celabrate the detroit lions making the playoffs bottle thanks to meadme!! pours pitch black with bountiful tan head. aroma of chocolate slight hops and some dry fruit. taste of chocolate coverd cherries
4.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: JAN 27, 2012 2009 ’Mummy’ bottle shared at Mane Liquor for the chrissy celebration. Pours the thickest of blacks with a lingering, dense tan head. Superb lacing left about. Aroma is very sweet. Creamy vanilla custard, ashy cocoa powder and sweet roasted malts. Almost like a vanilla covered creme brulee. The sweetness works well. Taste is like a dessert. Mouth is surrounded by vanilla and chocolate cream. Ashy chocolate in the background with overlaps of sweet vanilla, condensed milk and sweet bitterness on the finish. One of the creamiest mouth feels on a beer I’ve had so far. Very sweet and lingers on the palate. As far as big stouts go, this is the dessert of all of them
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
had from tap and poureed into a small brandy snifter. Pours near black that is almost like a black hole
Big, bold, and pungent with very rich aromas of malts, warm caramel, spices and some bits of hops
full bodied with a great and smooth feel. Rich with powerful flavors of roasted malts, caramel, and some hops
Lived up to my expectations. This was one to savor, mostly because the alcohol was no joke either. There was a small touch of heat from it, but it wasn’t too much
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