UPDATED: JAN 24, 2024 12 oz. bottle labeled 'Winter 2023' from Total Wine in Tustin, CA. Both milk and dark chocolate in the aroma. Very opaque black body with just the slightest amount of dark brown/ruby color under a bright light. Topped with a foamy tan head that starts off milkshake-like and ends up quite small. The taste is again milk and dark chocolate with some cocoa, charred grain, and espresso coffee. There's a decent bitterness here which I'm guessing is both from dark roasted malt and hops, as well as the relatively light sweetness present here. This is not a dessert stout and is quite dry by imperial stout standards. Also, the body is quite thin for an imperial stout. The 10% ABV is *really* hidden somehow and I would have guessed it to be about 7-8% initially. It starts to show itself more about halfway through as it warms up, although it still seems lighter and therefore easy to drink (aka: dangerous in large quantities). Finishes with a bit of a bitter bite that lasts on the front (of all places) and sides of the tongue, and lots of dark chocolate and cocoa powder. This is a very good imperial stout that I'd like to get a couple of bottles to age next year and try again after a year or two. See you again in 2025 or so!

UPDATED: AUG 23, 2023 Old Untappd checkin, December 25, 2015. 2015 vintage. Brown glass bottle. Pours opaque black with no head. Rich aroma of dark, bitter chocolate and roasted malts. Tastes similar with some faint notes of coffee. Full flavored, thick mouthfeel, slightly warming, and pleasantly bitter - absolutely fantastic.

UPDATED: AUG 13, 2023 Gezapft im Brauhaus in New York. Sehr dunkles, fast schwarzes Braun, ein dünne Schicht Schaum. Aroma dunkle Schokolade, etwas Kaffee, etwas Karamell. Geschmack mittlerer Süße, dezent bitter, dunkle Schokolade, Kaffee, Nuss, Karamell. Wunderbar cremiger Antrunk.

UPDATED: FEB 21, 2023 G. A- O. Sharpie black with army camo head. O. Dark chocolate, bakers chocolate, cloves, coffee, whipped cream. D. Brooklyn brewing company, Brooklyn New York usa. B. 10%, IBU 51, 300 est Cals. E. Mozzarella sticks, medium rare steak, oatmeal, pizza , breadsticks, tacos, sushi. E. This is my first beer from Brooklyn New York. My wife Lindsay purchased this beer for me. I’m very happy with the taste and it paired so wonderfully with the mozzarella sticks I was snacking on. R. Yes I would love to have this beer again.

UPDATED: FEB 11, 2023 Pours black with a half inch of tan/brown foam. Aroma is roasted malt and dark chocolate. Taste is the same, roasted malt and dark chocolate, maybe a touch of coffee, and a slightly bitter finish. Alcohol is pretty well hidden although it comes in a bit at the end.

UPDATED: NOV 27, 2022 Pours a midnight black with a very nice tan head. Aroma is dark chocolate and vanilla. Taste is dark roasted malt, dark chocolate, notes of espresso, and the bitterness associated with a dark roasted coffee or barley. This is over the top good!

UPDATED: NOV 22, 2022 12oz bottle. Somehow not rate until now, though this had to be among the first ten Imperial Stouts I ever had...25 years ago now. Roasty, chocolatey, viscous, creamy. Has some hops in the back, which pretty much all the new school stout world manages to forget. Really drinkable, and just a classic example of the style. Really glad I revisited this one, and will cellar a few for sure.

UPDATED: JUL 5, 2022 LCI. Uit de fles geschonken. Aardige stout, chocola en rokerige smaak, wat vlak, weinig body, had meer power mogen hebben.

UPDATED: MAR 22, 2022 Aroma di malto tostato, cioccolato e frutti scuri. In bocca sentori di malto tostato, caffè, cioccolato e frutti scuri. Corpo pieno e retrogusto leggermento speziato. Ottimo mouthfeel e molto ben bilanciata.

UPDATED: JAN 20, 2022 Fles 35,5cl thuis. Koffie, chocolade, kers, klein zuurtje, roasted malts, caramel, licht liquorice, zacht, vrij romig, redelijk bitter, zoeten, wat droog. Goede balans. (20-1-2022).