UPDATED: SEP 19, 2021 Can. It pours jet black with a creamy tan head. Deep roasted malty with notes of coffee, chocolate, ash and licorice. Bitter roasted finish. Creamy texture.

UPDATED: AUG 2, 2021 11.2% ABV 2020 vintage.
Hold their stout as one of the best in Oz, so have high hopes for this one. Into a snifter at cellar temperature. Inky black and almost lifeless with good legs around the meniscus. Head tightly compacted, creamy tannish foam that holds for the length and weaves a thinnish lace. Perfumed, heated nose. Supple berry fruitiness atop a lot of dark chocolate mud-cake and ganache, molasses, leather and heated, spicy alcohol. On the palate it is creamy and viscous but not huge in body. Very softly carbonated and well rounded with a lengthy, warming malt finish. Rich and sweet front balanced by meaty umami and fresh baked goodies mid-palate. No bitterness pf malt or smokiness but it has an earthy rawness and level of charbroiled umami to give it depth. A lovely drinking Impy. Not an overly complex ale, but a damned good Imperial. Loved it!! (44cL can, PKD 21/06/2021, The Liquor Shed Jandakot)

UPDATED: AUG 15, 2020 2019 RIS. I love this beer. Pours like milk and has aromas of cocoa, coffee, licorice, bread and a little grapefruit and pine. The King. Or, should I say, the Czar.

UPDATED: MAY 1, 2020 2018 edition, but says bottled 31/05/2019. So 1 year old. Pours black with a large tan head. Nose shows cocoa, bready malt, slight oxidised notes, toasty malt, and heavy roasted malt. Flavours include more heavy cocoa and roasted malt, a bit of a liquorice hit, a fair bit of bitterness from the roast but also a decent whack of chocolate syrup-like sweetness to balance it out. A bit more of the oxidised note. Very decadent. Booze is pretty well hidden. Starting to show it's age just a little, wouldn't necessarily recommend any further aging.

UPDATED: JAN 14, 2020 Aroma: rich dark malt, some mocha and some fruit cake Appearance: pitch black, tan head Flavour: rich mocha, some hop Palate: long mocha finish and metallic hop

UPDATED: MAR 17, 2019 Bold black with a tan cap, very deep in flavour. Chocolate, coffee and toasty matched with a slight sweetness which is well balanced

UPDATED: NOV 28, 2018 2015 vintage served on tap at carwyn. Rich and dark with concentrated notes of dark chocolate and sultanas

UPDATED: NOV 28, 2018 That be black. And boozy. With vanilla notes. And fancy chocolate nibs cation. In my mouth it is luscious. All cuddly and friendly. Drink this, but not mine.

UPDATED: NOV 28, 2018 This is a special beer. Its boldness will take you to the outer reaches of the universe. Yes it will. Tasty, good mouth feel. Big beer but its a russian imperial stout. She meant to knock you on ya ass.

UPDATED: NOV 28, 2018 Lots and lots of bitter chocolate - if anyone from heargraves reads this - do a chilli version.