 Pigfoot (2225), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Mar 11, 2004 Updated: Mar 17, 2004
Pitch black, no tar-black, no black as the pit in Lucifer's heart, pick your favorite or, please, choose your own, adorned with w thick, bubbly, cocoa-tan head, a solid inch to begin, very slow to crumble down, a perfect stoutish appearance.
Aroma; dark and rich, with many flavors intertwining: dark rum, mollasses, pepper, anise, ohl so, heady and delightful and intoxicating, just from the whiff of it! Beautifully burnished, cognac-y, with a deep, delirious, leathery quality, and leaves one aching for more.
Taste: full mouthfeel, thick, palpable, with tastes of chocolate and coffee, paired with those tastes noted from the nose, delciously roasty, awash in caramel-y, toffee-ish sweetness, a great mix of dark delights, and again, with every sip, a warm, thick, charcoal-y texture on the palate, rich and delcious. Wow, ...so tasty, so perfect... one of the best American Imperial Stouts, by quite a longshot!
Botnik (24), Carrollton, Texas, USA
Aug 29, 2008 This is hoppier and dryer than others in its style and class, like a cross between an imperial stout and an IPA . Not bad, but different.
TeamTrappist (140), jericho, New York, USA
Aug 29, 2008 Tap at the Blind Tiger. Poured very dark black, no head, Nice nose that came off as sweet and fruity. The flavor is nice and complex with lots going on.It has the usual stout notes of chocolate and coffee, but there is a nice hop flavor to it, and the chocolate is delicious. Very nice bitter finish to it.
Jimrbb (16), USA
Aug 27, 2008 Pours muddy dark. chocolate, roasty, licorice, strong coffee, very alcoholic but hiding this. a good beer
wilderthanyou (309), Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Aug 25, 2008 Pours as dark as motor oil with a thin brown lightly sticky head. No surprise there. The aroma is BIG BIG BIG notes of salty black licorice. The flavour is strong espresso upfront, with some strange undertones of hoppy character that seem to put the dark chocolate and coffee notes on a pedestal, making them taste even darker, the beer finishes with a touch of black licorice flavour. The hops I believe are what really set this beer apart from other imperial stouts I’ve had, interesting, complex, and overall pretty damn tasty, but I still prefer yeti and stone over this. All and all a Top Notch beer though.
smjohnst (124), , Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 25, 2008 This beer wasnt quite what I remembered. It has a great initial flavor with all kinds of crazy undertones. Espresso, chocolate and hops all at once but it has a stingy aftertaste of alcohol which makes it a little more difficult to drink for me than most other stouts. Great quality though.
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