UPDATED: DEC 10, 2017 Stout equilibrata, giuste note di caffè e cioccolato, molto piacevole al palato ottima per tutti gli abbinamento

Uzupełnienie profilu notatki. Piana obfita, wynikajaca z mocnego nagazowania, po chwili znika. Kolor czarny. Aromat gorzka czekolada, kakao. Smak czekolada, kawa, lekka słodycz, karmel, suszone owoce w tle, ostry finisz (papryczki) oraz cos jakby tytoń, ciekawe. Nasycenie wysokie, ożywia piwo. RIS nie jest z tych ciężkich, dobrze szybko się pije. Bardzo Dobre.

Sample at BAJT cons 2017-10-22 Göteborg as part of Porterveckan AR: heavy smoked, roasted malt, wee coffee F: heavy smoked, rich carbonated, black peppery, roasted malt, caramel, dry sweet mouth feeling

UPDATED: OCT 21, 2017 Kolor czarny jak smoła. Piana bardzo wysoka, jest barwy brązowej, niestety szybko się redukuje, niepozostawiając po sobie żadnego śladu. Aromat czekoladowo likierowy, przypomina pralinki ze słodkim likierowym nadzieniem. Kawowa paloność jest nieco wycofana. W smaku wiodące są nuty kawowe, palone, które nieco przyćmiewają likerową słodycz i czekoladę pralinek. Finisz minimalnie ostry, pieprzowy, może czuć tu nawet chili. Goryczka ma charakter gorzkiej kawy i delikatnych akcentów popiołowych. Bardzo dobrze ukryty alkohol to kolejny mocny punkt tego stoutu. Wysycenie niskie, pasuje. Piwo charakteryzuje średnie ciało, fakturę ma oleistą.

18-Sep-17 (330-ml bottle, Best By 15-Mar-10, Lot # 246: Obtained 09-Jun-09 in trade with bodgi1, thanks Juha!)
This Imperial Stout pours a black body and a thin, bubbly, tan head that settles quickly to a bubbly ring. The nose is moderately roasty, with notes of molasses, dark chocolate, ash tray, lightly roasty coffee, and lightly burnt meat. Very enticing. On the palate, roasty and chocolatey flavors abound, with molasses, ash tray, licorice, a hint of spicy heat as if there were some hot peppers here. A quick check on the ingredients, and apparently they did add chili peppers, so not only is it present, it's gentle rather than heavy handed, so the heat remains just a perfect background touch. The beer is full bodied but not heavy, the carbonation is light-medium, and the mouthfeel is smooth yet slightly zesty from the chili pepper. Overall, this is a very nice Imperial Stout from Italy. I haven't had much luck with Italian beers, so this has been a very pleasant surprise. Roasty, chocolatey flavors are enjoyable and the chili addition is a nice touch.

33 cl. no bottling date evident. Ebony with a thin creamy film on top. Nose is dark chocolate, bread dough, molasses, fig and a touch of soy. Tastes of fig, dark chocolate, bread and toffee with a nice drying undercurrent of earthy roasted pepper and tingly capsaicin. Medium-plus bodied with smooth medium fizz and a delicate, drinkable balance with the dry finish provided mostly by the dark roast and chilis.

Dec. ’16. On tap at Be.Re, Rome, with ippopotamo36. It poured a hazy dark brown body with medium sized, brown head. Very fine and complex aroma of chocolate, cappuccino, dried fruit, brown sugar, wood, cinnamon, pepper and some similar spices, licorice and some sweeter liquor barrel, bourbon or brandy. Flavor was lightly sweet at first with cooked dark fruit and chocolate, fine caramel, licorice etc. with light spicy herbal and peppery note rapidly building up to a hot spicy chili bite in the finish. Although much more modest than aroma would suggest, it was a full bodied brew. Quite an interesting IS, not coffee oriented, rather sweeter, straightforward chocolate dominated with an extra surprise in finale. Quite pleasant, thumbs up!

the aroma is caramel and chocolate with hints of robust, cocoa, toffee, licorice and brown sugar... the taste is caramel and fruity with notes of roasted malt, brown chocolate, toffee, pimento, coffee, toast and some spices... the aftertaste is sweet, dry and very spicy...

Dark brown beer with lot’s of very thick and sticky brown head, stays. Aroma is malt, coffee, alcohol, spices, chocolate. Taste is a bit sour, little sweet, malt, chocolate, lot’s of pepper. Aftertaste is hot chilly, coffee. Full body. Very interesting beer, though it is not a typical Imperial stout. Drinkable but that chilly aftertaste is very long.

toast, alcohol, licorice, woody, smoke, earthy, roasty, cognac, brown, hazy, minimal head, tan foam, light sweetness, medium bitterness, salty, medium body, creamy, oily feel, flat, bitter hot peppery finish,