4.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20UPDATED: JUN 25, 2009 In short: A fantastically smooth and velvety chocolaty impy stout with a kick-ass grassy and fruity hopping. One of the best Impy Stout.
How: Bottle 22oz, 2008 vintage. Huge thanks to both Levi (MatSciGuy) and Scott (Oakbluff) for sending bottles my way.
The look: Black body topped by a large tan head with very good retention.
In long: Nose of bakery chocolate and green hops. The one truly striking feature about this beer is a soft and velvety the body is. This is like drinking creamy silk. Relaxed carbonation of cushiony mouthfeel. Medium-low roastiness. Taste of artisan bakery chocolate, some over-backed fruit pie (dates, prunes, and such), rich dark caramel, distant coffee. This is not your usual bitter black chocolate flavour, this really tastes like bakery chocolate (the fancy little pieces). And let’s not forget the hops, this beer packs quite a bit of American hops and they work very well the bakery chocolate. Freshly cut green grass, citrus fruits and tobacco leaves add a lot of depth and also lighten the beer up. A truly fantastic and highly drinkable beer. Finally a hyped impy stout that lives up to the hype. If like me you we’re loosing hopes after too many over-hyped impy stouts disappointments (Kate The Great, Sexual Chocolate, Bourbon Barrel Aged xyz) then I’m telling you, don’t loose hope there is a Darkness at the end of the tunnel.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pleasantly surprised to see this bottle come out at last night’s tasting -- thanks, D! Pours viscous, nearly black. Dark fruits, chocolate, vanilla, and licorice. Surprisingly sweet, and damned good.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
03.05.2013, tap @ CBC:
Sødmerik røsta lukt med preg av mørk malt, humle, puffaris, røsta korn og kaffi, mørkt sukker, sjokolade, brent karamell. Tørr lett sødmerik smak med preg av mørk malt, humle, gras, røsta kaffi og korn, puffaris, brent karamell, kakao. God bitterhet som set godt. Grei, alt for fersk og treng ein del lagring.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap @CBC13. Dark brown with dark tan head. Aroma and taste of roasted malt, licorice, ground coffee, chocolate and dried fruit. Very nice beer
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draught @ CBC 2013. Pours pitch black with a good lacing and fully lasting frothy tan big head. Aroma is dark fruit, licorice, dark sugars, cocoa, coffee, dark fruit and flowery hops. Taste is medium sweet and medium+ bitter. Body is medium, texture is smooth, carbonation is moderate.
Finishes dry with light astringent roasted malt and with some alcohol.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Sample @ CBC. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are rich roast malt, licorice, coffee, chocolate, wood, vanilla and hops. Nice and smooth.
4.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Pitch black, motor oil, wonderful. Had on tap at Churchkey DC during CBC. Excellent beer
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Good beer a little more on the sweet side for me. I’ve heard that 2 years is the sweet spot for aging this beer. I’ll definitely be trying the beers that I’ve been aging at year 1 and 2. So far a little more overrated but that’s okay it keeps us beer nerds wanting to collect.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
On tap @ CBC 2013. Very dark brown with a small brown head. Fruity and malty tones. Fruit, malt, coffee, caramel and hops. Full body with a long bitter sweet after taste. Very nice !
4.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Pours a deep black. Head is a nice tan color. Smell is of roasted coffee, sweet molasses, roasted malts, chocolate. taste is very much the same as the nose. Nice and bitter roasty flavors. This has aged well for three years!
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Tap @ CBC 2013.
Pours utterly, completely opaque black with a small, creamy, beige rim of foam. Aroma has roasted malts, chocolate, vinious, cocoa and white chocolate. Very little soy sauce. Medium carbonation, lovely dry and oily mouthfeel. Flavour is sweet, light sticky, some chocolate, coffee and a bit of smoke. A very dry finish balances the sweetness very well. Cocoa, coffee and light peppery bitterness with a slight vinious touch.
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