Magicdave6 (5383), London, Greater London, England Dec 3, 2007 Bottle at ultimate glasgow tasting. Aroma is madria, mead, toffee malts and tart fruits. Taste is very intence roasty mead sweetness, but theres a hint of tart darker fruits that make it quite nice. cgarvieuk (4159), Edinburgh, Scotland Dec 2, 2007 Bottle at Toms Ultimate Glasgow Tasting ... Deep black ... little iodine in a sweet nose ... Rich smooth roast malts but again iodine. I thought this had been stored in a whisky cask. kyzr (1119), Belgrade, Montana, USA Nov 30, 2007 Very dark pour with brown head. Big roasted coffee nose. Nice espresso notes up front with some sweet malt that is followed up by dried fruit. Medium body with a nice warm finish with the higher alcohol. dmtroyer (407), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Nov 26, 2007 12oz. Pretty typical pour for the style. Mostly espresso and alcohol in the nose. Mostly roasted malt in the mouth, especially as it warmed. Some welcome sweet malt and awesome carbonation make this extremely drinkable for the style, especially on the colder side. Lacking only in complexity. PhillyHomeBrew (176), Forest Hills, New York, USA Nov 21, 2007 Dark blackish brown body with a dark tan head. Very little toasted malt scent with a tiny bit of citrus and hops. Flavor is a very nice mix of chocolate and coffee- nice an roasted. TheBeerOrg (1563), Kentucky, USA Nov 21, 2007 Pours pitch black, thick and viscous with a fully receding mocha head. Aroma of coffee and foamy roast. Taste is mild roast, light smoke, chocolate, and hints of vinous qualities. Mouthfeel is heavy bodied with a light alcohol note and soft carbonation. A well done, solid ImpyStout. My only complaint is that it’s almost too easy to drink. An enjoyable beer, but perhaps not one to contemplate. Speedle (262), Mid-Atlantic (Tour 2007-2008), Virginia, USA Nov 20, 2007 black with thick brown head...roasted coffee aroma, chewy malts...nutty, chewy, dark chocolate, spiced, rich, light sweetness but not overpowering...slight alcohol finish ... lingering smoky/burnt aftertaste...great stout ... flavors intensify as it warms..relaxing, calming and warming DruncanVeasey (2690), The Penguin’s Arms, Europe, Warwickshire, England Nov 20, 2007 Nav imported me this one from NYC, bless him, and I drove 30miles to pick it up. It was worth it. Aroma is raw spiritous alcohol at first, giving way to intense autumnal fruit, in-your-face heady stewed apple and raisin, deep drinking chocolate cocoa powderiness and incinerated malt. The head on this beast is immense. Quite the filthiest toffeish collar of froth I’ve seen on a beer. Oily pitch glugging with black milk silkiness. Intense smothering cocoa, creeping lactic touches, vanilla, prunes, apple strudel, a teaspoon of brine. Sweet but not syrupy. Bitterly roasty bonfire finish lingering like cigarsmoke. Alcohol evilly disguised beyond the snout by creamy charred espresso malt. Finely poised sourish fruit and smoke. Feeling like I could session this black silky beast, and I’d be sorely mistaken. An intense, balanced and satisfying stout from first sip until last. Fantastic, uncompromising beer.
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