3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20Bottle from Sams. They replaced a terrible old label with a terrible new label. Pours fairly average-looking near-black with a minimal tan head. Nose of dark fruits and chocolate. Didn’t really get much coffee action. Taste is relatively complex, but marred by its sweetness.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle pour opaque black with brown tones. Nose of coffee and roast. Taste initial dark fruit, coffee, dark chocolate, and roast, close to burnt. Nice mouthfeel and bitter finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Black with a small head. Medium body and slightly sweet. A straightforward and pleasant stout.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
12 Fl. Oz. bottle. pours black with a small tan head. Aroma of coffee, malts some chocolate maybe some spices (vanilla maybe???) the booze is also present there. Taste is smokey from roasted malts, chocolate and coffee. Very nice beer, drinkable and enjoyable.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. 4/8/13. Pours oily and dark as night with a thin yet somewhat resilient brown head. Aroma is vanilla, banana, candi, floral, grass, wood, roasty, nutty. Taste is boozey, chocolate (truffles), lots of dark fruit, berries, spicy, nice bitterness; dark chocolate finish. Well-balanced. Nice lacing. Mouth feel is thick and creamy; coating. Medium-low carbonation; works. Really nice; can’t complain too much about any element in particular. What struck me most was the aroma. This beer smells amazing. Not to take anything away from the taste, appearance, etc. The aroma was my favorite experience here.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
290313. Bottle at home. Pours black with a nice creamy head. Aroma coffee, roasted malts, nuts. Very smooth and not that dry. Full bodied. Not Bad.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle, shared with Sofus. Roasted, high malty aroma. Lactose? Bready, smooth cocoa buttery texture, very light coffee. Ok but ....
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Firkin at Real Ale. Pours black with some tan head and lace. Note of roasted malt, chocolate, dark fruits, coffee.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
One of my favorite wyerbachers, well balanced. Littl ebit of coffee, some chocolate. Creamy, nice body. Solid, not surpreme but great.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
355 cl. bottle @ home. Procured online. Not the biggest fan of the rather tacky label, didn’t care to much either about the cap which I didn’t even bother keeping. Pours not the darkest of black but black never the less black, little vanish mocha head. Nose is alcohol and bitter coffee grounds, light chocolate and chocolate milk, touch paint thinner. Taste is chocolate truffles, cacao powder, light bitterness, grainy, light chocolate milk, light bitter grounds and touch roast bitterness, cheap powdery espresso, strong bakers fare, something odd, almonds, uneatable berries? Bit lighter, almost touch fizzy. Some mixed feelings here, bit odd, not sure if this is supposed to be like this, bit off but not entirely bad either but than again it seems to be hard to make a bad RIS.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours pitch black with a long-lasting, foamy brown head. Slightly smoky, sweet aroma of chocolate and toast, with a hint of alcohol. Some fruitier aromas come through as it warms. Very toasty flavor with chocolate and sweet malt as well as notes of coffee and a warming alcohol. The mouthfeel is a little thin and watery for an imperial stout. The dry, roasty finish is long and slightly bitter. Overall, I would look for it again.
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