UPDATED: SEP 15, 2023 Can. Man, dark as night pour, with dark froth! Aroma of coffee, ash. Sweet cocoa, vanilla and coffee. Rich thick ashy mouthfeel. Real nice. It’s sweet, but I feared it would be moderately sickly. It isn’t. Great beer.
Earlier Rating: 9/15/2014 Total Score: 4.1
Thanks to eaglefan538 for sharing. Poured in a red solo cup. Smells like chocolate. Lots of chocolate, some coffee notable. Really, really sweet but shockingly drinkable. Not sure how they did it. I’m sort of impressed. But a bottle split among 4 is about the right serving size.

UPDATED: AUG 18, 2023 This big bottle is coming from the sterk, Amsterdam. Opening it and savouring this creamy nectar, two days ago, at home, Epalinges. The body is deeply black, white and brown foam, light carbonation, normal for the style. A powerful imperial stout, really smooth and sweet, syrupy, roasted malt, note of pancake, toffee, vanilla, light touch of coffee, some discreet flavour of hop and bitterness at the final, boozy, intense aroma some sweet and more mineral phases, really good, to drink step by step.

UPDATED: NOV 6, 2022 [11341-20190129] Can. Sweet caramel roasted aroma. Black body with a quick foamy white head. Bitter roasted sweet caramel flavour has a lingering sweet aftertaste. Full body. Good. (7/3/7/3/14) 3.4

UPDATED: MAR 7, 2021 Data puszkowania: 11/15/17 r. Wygląd: Barwa czarna, nieprzejrzysta. Piana brązowa, średniowysoka, głównie drobnopęcherzykowa, opada do ostatniej warstwy pozostawiając lekki lacing. Przy nalewaniu i po zamieszaniu szkłem zauważalna oleista faktura. Aromat: Średnio lotny. Przed szereg wysuwa się przyjemna kawa, espresso, tuż za nią czekolada gorzka i deserowa na średnim poziomie. Na drugim planie, na średnioniskim poziomie ciemne pieczywo, wanilia, ciasto czekoladowe, melasa, lekkie migdały i lukrowy akcent. W tle nuty ciemnych owoców, suszonej śliwki, rodzynek, daktyli, marmolady śliwkowej. Smak: Podobnie jak w aromacie, z delikatnie wyraźniejszą marmoladą śliwkową. Alkohol niewyczuwalny. W ustach słodkie, ale nieprzesadzone. Treściwość średnia, gładka i oleista, wysycenie niskie. Goryczka niska, gorzkiej czekolady, krótka. Finisz słodki, gorzkiej czekolady, suszonych śliwek, czekoladowych babeczek. Ogólnie: Zdecydowanie najbardziej brakuje intensywności, na czym cierpi również złożoność (czuć, że na aromat/smak wpływają różne nuty, ale przez niezbyt intensywny charakter ciężko wypłać poszczególne elementy). Autosugestia podpowiada pączkowe nuty. Na plus nieprzesłodzony smak i zero alkoholu.

UPDATED: FEB 27, 2021 (Bottle) Black colour with brief, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of dark chocolate, black coffee, black rye bread, ashes, prunes, caramel, treacle, prunes, tamarind and some vanilla (sprinkles on top). Malty, roasted taste with coffee, cocoa, black rye bread, prunes, liquorice, caramel, toffee, a touch of tamarind and a balanced cocoa bitterness in the finish. Full body, with a certain sweetness. Not at all as artifical and sweet as I feared. Really tasty, complex and quite powerful. Very nice.

UPDATED: DEC 26, 2020 Bottle from Etre Gourmet, served at home in a snifter glass. Black colour, medium beige head with short retention. No lacing. Aroma of chocolate, cognac, molasses, notes of raisins, licorice and almonds. I can´t find coffee. Medium body, sticky creamy texture, flat carbonation. Taste follows the aroma. Interesting but I really expected some more.

UPDATED: DEC 15, 2020 11/15/17 Aromat czekolady toffi, kawy, wanilii, ciasta piernikowego, kukułki Piana brązowa, czarne nieprzejrzyste Goryczka na średnim poziomie, słodycz wyraźna Nagazowanie duże, ciała sporo ale bez przesady. Gumiaste, lepkie. Finisz czekoladowy, alkoholu nie czuć za bardzo. Ogólnie dobry z różnymi smakami w tle, ale w sumie nic specjalnego.

UPDATED: NOV 23, 2020 Black, small tan head. Vanilla, cream, tobacco, cocoa. Rich and balanced, tasty and drinkable.

UPDATED: OCT 29, 2020 Fat @ Himmeriget, Köpenhamn. Svart öl med ett stort gräddigt brunt skum. Doft och smak av rostad malt, kaffe, mörka bär, mörk choklad och mörk sirap.

UPDATED: AUG 18, 2020 Ridiculously rich dark brown, and almost an oily black glow, all with a fairly thick, three centimetre tall rich brown head that fades fairly quickly. Aroma of strong vanilla, roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, earth, molasses and purely burnt sugars with a funky kick of mushrooms, soy sauce and some deep earthy, umami notes that don't really hint of fried dough or sugar, but rather that of fried meats or mushrooms. Full-bodied; Deep and strong pure sweetness from molasses, toffee, treacle, plums, prunes, figs and some of the smaller notes of fried donuts theoretically comes out, but just in terms of caramelised sugars with some oil and lipid notes. Aftertaste shows the deep malts with a rich body of the roasted malt along with some earthier, nuttier and definitely sweet grainy notes that has some bitterness, but more of the sweetness coupled with a pastry-like and vanilla-y bite at the end that shows more of a finish of sugars and malts than deeper alcohol and burnt malt notes that give the idea that a light aging and some tempering of the pungency has worked a touch. Aftertaste shows the pungent malts and pure sweetness with some softer vanilla, icing sugar and especially pitted fruit notes with still some noticeable alcohol, grain and especially meatier and mushroomy pungencies at the end. Overall, a deep and super strong beer, even after two years of aging, which probably was expected at 11,5 per cent alcohol, but the sugars, malt and especially meatier and umami notes persist and don't let up, even with all the softer lactose, icing sugar and vanilla notes which are still picked up. I sampled this sixteen ounce (even hard to get THIS one down!) can purchased from Whole Foods in New York, New York (TriBeCa) on 13-August-2018 for US$7,99 sampled at my house here in Washington, just over two years later on 17-August-2020.