3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
12 fl oz bottle. Pours dark brown to black with a huge brown head, nice lacing on the glass. Aroma is roasted malty and caramelish. Sweet toffee malty and caramelish flavoured. Vague coffee note. Light bitterness lurking through. Roasted, caramelish and sweet into a medium dry finish.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle pours pure black with a small khaki head and poor retention. Aroma is licorice, chocolate, vanilla, some caramel, earthy hops, no real coffee character to speak of. Taste is chocolate, vanilla, tobacco, leather, burnt oak, sweet caramel/licorice, salt. Body is light-medium, below avg carb, sweet salty finish. Overall, very atypical for an oak aged ale but very drinkable and delicious.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Purchased at Hyde Park Wine & Spirits in Cincinnati, OH; enjoyed after a long, hard first week back at work. Appearance is a very rich black with a creamy off-white head. Aroma of oak, chocolate, coffee, a bit of mint, a bit of alcohol, definite vanilla presence, lactose, really is a good amount going on and it’s all balanced pretty nicely together. Taste is really smooth and surprisingly doesn’t pack a punch, somewhat deceptive. Great balance of chocolate malt with vanilla, the oak adds a nice smoothness to it, slight bit of sweetness, rather creamy and milky, but the balance in this one is really the key, it doesn’t taste like they threw a bunch of good crap together, it all balances out nicely. I tip my cap to the brewer.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bouteille de 341ml. Merci Patrcik. Imperial stout dont la robe n’a rien de dérangeant, elle est noire avec une mousse brune. Le nez est de cacao, chocolat, il y a le rôtie du café. La bouche est agréable, la vanille de bois est bien intégrée, elle est ronde. La finale par contre est courte, la chute est abrupte et il y a une touche médicinale (iode). Une bonne introduction au Imperial Stout vieillie en fût de chêne. 6+/10
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Black with a large, creamy light brown head.
Aroma: chocolate, cocoa powder, toffee, roasted.
Taste: chocolate, licorice, bourbon, cream, vanilla, roasted.
Medium-bodied, smooth.
If I have to complain about something, this is a bit simple and one-dimensional. Still a nice one though.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours dark brown almost black with small beige head. Aroma is oak, vanilla, dark chocolate and bourbon. Taste very similar with roasted chocolate malt, vanilla, oak, bourbon but quite thin on the palate compared to most imperial stouts. Still very drinkable though.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Very dark brown with small brown head. Flavour, roasted malts, chocolate, little coffee, liquorice, bitter, wood, little sweet, vanilla and bourbon.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle:
Dark blackish brown pour leaves a black beer with a vast medium tan to medium brown head.
Smell is pretty soft and smooth: coffee, wood, hint of alcohol, dark spices and a hint of dogfood.
Taste is a pretty thick oily soft silky smooth mix of coffee, full bitter, cacao, burned malts, a hint of coal/tar, hints of sweets like liquorice and dark chocolate, something light woody and at the end a nasty malt bitterness with herbs and grass comes through.
Unfortunately the aftertaste is dominated by a nasty malty bitterness.
Low carbo, soft silky mouthfeel, full body and an oily texture.
Expected more from this one.
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