UPDATED: JAN 16, 2024 440ml can from We Brought Beer, Tooting. Pitch black with a brown head. Nose of fudge, vanilla pod, liquorice and burnt sugar. Super smooth. It’s got big flavour and depth, but it is really, really quaffable for 10%. I get the vanilla. I wouldn’t say coffee leaps out more than would be expected for a roasty Impy, but it’s a very nice, if quite dangerous stout.

UPDATED: APR 28, 2023 Canned (Alko Web). Pitch black colour, small brown head. Aroma is coffee, chocolate, some lactose, mild vanilla and also some alcohol sweetness. Flavour is roasted malts, some coffee, chocolate, vanilla, dried fruits, mild ashes and some toffee as well. Very dark chocolate in the aftertaste.

UPDATED: MAR 27, 2023 440ml can as part of a delivery from New Zealand Beer Collective and drunk at home. Blacker than black and viscous with a small ring of khaki head. Massive aroma of vanilla-laden caramel, espresso beans and maybe a tiny bit of liquorice. Taste is so, so sweet, like cold oversugared coffee (but still somehow really amazing) and some light toasty bitterness in the finish. Full, full body with light carbonation. Works incredibly well.

UPDATED: FEB 12, 2023 Appearance is oily black, with a half-finger tan head. Aroma is lots of coffee, dark roast malt, rich dark chocolate, vanilla, treacle toffee, vanilla, leathery dark malt. Bit of liquorice. Taste is rich dark chocolate, brownie, roast dark malt, burnt toast, sugary lactose, coffee, burnt dark fruits, hints of ashy roast, bitter dark chocolate in the finish. Lots of coffee.

UPDATED: FEB 3, 2023 Poured from 440mL can. Near black with minimal beige head. Rich coffee and lactose, touch of vanilla. Decent.

UPDATED: FEB 3, 2023 440ml @ Matt's new place. Appearance: very dark brown with a beige head. Aroma: sweet, malty, some chocolate, coffee, smoky. Taste: nice body, moderately sweet, smoky, coffee, a bit of leather. Overall: nice one.

UPDATED: FEB 3, 2023 14.9 oz. can, pours jet black with a tiny beige head. Aroma is full of medium roasted coffee upfront, followed by plenty of lactose, and a tiny hint of vanilla. Flavour is very rich and sticky, with lots of coffee and lactose sweetness upfront. Sticky, oily, rich, and yet balanced well. Very nice.

UPDATED: JAN 17, 2023 Can. Pours a pitch black in color, moderate body… Aroma of dark chocolate, roasted malts, black coffee, vanilla…. Flavor of roasted malts, charred over roasted coffee, moderate coffee bitterness, hint of vanilla… slight sweetness from lactose, decent stout

UPDATED: DEC 27, 2022 Can. Malty aroma and taste, roastyness, chocolate, coffee, lactose, vanilla notes, light swetish notes, medium bitter. Medium body, smooth texture, malty choco and coffee bitter finish. Good.

UPDATED: DEC 26, 2022 Una super bomba, davvero. Bella presenza color nero con assenza di schiuma. Naso caffettoso e cioccolatoso. In bocca è davvero potente, rotonda e importante. Ottima