4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Fifteen pours pitch black with a small tan head. Good lacing and retention. Right off the bat you know this beer isn’t messing around. Aroma of alcohol hits the nostrils first but is blended nicely with smokiness, wood, chocolate, coffee, and roastiness. Really a lot going on here but it has everything I enjoy about a nice big stout.
Taste here is fantastic. The smokiness and wood come through more here. I’d say the smokiness is the biggest thing in the taste. Fills your mouth. But everything else catches up. Chocolate and coffee meld in nicely with the alcohol but don’t forgot this is a boozy son of a bitch. Smokiness lingers on the palette along with roasted malt character.
Mouthfeel is on the heavy side. Coats the mouth nicely. Silky.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
12oz bottle in Guinness pint glass. Pours very dark and opaque. Little carbonation makes a feeble attempt at a caramel colored head, giving up before even a full surface layer forms. it settles on a tiny ring around the edge. Aroma to me is like many other stouts, and my nose incorrectly implies to my brain an oatmeal stout. Mouthfeel is medium thick. Taste is pretty smooth given the ABV. As it warms up the aroma begins to betray a bit more alcohol. Taste is not as overly smokey as I’m led to believe, but it’s there. Mild alcohol in the aftertaste/throat. Nice one.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
2012-01-06. Black with a nice foamy brown head. 4+ Modest aroma has an ashen smokey quality, muted chocolate undertones. 6+ Flavour is similar, sweet rich malt core with modest smokey undertones. 6+ Smooth medium to full bodied palate. 3+ Solid base beer but the smoke puts me off. Bottle from biegaman
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: JAN 15, 2012 12 ounce bottle. Pours a very nice jet black color with a small beige head. The aroma is sweet dark fruit and some light smoke. This is a rich brew with loads of Impy character, some roast and lots of dark fruit, caramel, light metal, smoke, but not a ton of smoke. Certainly I don’t see this as a Smoked beer but a Imperial Stout with some smoke. Very good. I’m digging this, some char and rich roast. Vanilla.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Thanks to Jerc & Mable. Appearance: pitch black, tiny brown head. Aroma: Super boozy, tons of chocolate, leather & coffee, bacon & smoke, tremendous !!! Flavour: smokey, bacon, chocolate, treacle and a long thick sticky finish.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 13/20
Un nez très faible pour une impérial stout, même la fumée est discrète. En bouche c’est tout en rondeur mais les saveurs sont étrangement camouflés. Café au lait, fumé et mélasse mais rien ne veut dominer.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Date: June 28, 2010
Mode: Bottle
Source: Crabapple Bottle Shop
Appearance: black, wispy tan head, streaks of lace
Aroma: dark chocolate aroma, nice smokeyness, touch of roasted
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, lots of roasted, well balanced and growing smoke, hint of fruit, long bitter finish
Date: February 21, 2011
Mode: bottle
Source: hop city
picking up more of the fruity character to balance the smoke and bitter dark chocolate,
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *** /4
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Good beer. Pours a medium bodied black with light head. Aroma is nice earthy smoke and chocolate. Taste is roasted malts, a light peppery tingle, and a really nice amount of smoke that isnt overwhelming the base beer. Good stuff.
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