Holmen1 (13132) - Stavanger, NORWAY - AUG 9, 2023UPDATED: AUG 9, 2023 Fortsatt godt lesbare og relativt pålitelige notater fra GBBF-23. en 0,33 boks for å feire Stevens rating nr. 2000: brunsvart med lekkert cremeskum som varer lenge etter at vi har skålt for jubilanten. Nydelig dut\ft og smak - vanilje, kakao, kokos, mørke dessertchokolader, friskbrygget kaffe med en kork Baileys, hint av bjørnebær. So smooth, so delicious. Congrats, Cimbasso!
Cimbasso (2034) - London, Greater London, ENGLAND - AUG 2, 2023UPDATED: AUG 2, 2023 Can at the GBBF to celebrate my 2,000th rating! Very dark brown with a creamy tan head. Massive flavour of vanilla, coconut, chocolate and candy sugar. Quite sweet, but well balanced by a good, powerful bitterness. A good, if slightly sweet, Imperial Porter
Grumbo (20246) - Ipswich, Suffolk, ENGLAND - JUN 4, 2023UPDATED: JUN 16, 2023 3/6/2023. Can shared at SBGP3. From 10 Beer Bottles, Wivenhoe. Pours clear very dark brown with a small frothy off-white to beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, dark chocolate, toffee, dried fruit, cocoa, coconut, nut. Moderate sweetness, medium roasted bitterness. Medium body, creamy, average to soft carbonation. Slightly smoky finish. Very nice.
Beese (17400) - Tooting, London, Greater London, ENGLAND - FEB 13, 2023UPDATED: FEB 13, 2023 330ml can from We Brought Beer, Tooting. Black with a thin beige head. Aroma of liquorice, molasses and light cocoa. Moderately sweet flavour. Good, full body. Nice bit of bitter chocolate in the linger that offsets it.
jjsint (7776) - Leicester, Leicestershire, ENGLAND - MAR 9, 2022UPDATED: MAR 9, 2022 330ml can as part of a delivery from Hops & Dots and drunk at home. Mid- to dark brown and translucent with a small amount of khaki head. Toasted coconut to the fore in the aroma, with light notes of chocolate fudge cake and vanilla. Sweet taste, caramel and more coconut, turning lightly bitter/sour with gentle stone-fruit and blackberry notes. Wonderfully balanced finish. Medium to heavy body, carbonation on the soft side. A very tasty imperial stout.
nilsas (9438) - Bryne, NORWAY - DEC 22, 2021UPDATED: DEC 23, 2021 Lukt: Kaffe, bek, røsta malt, lakris, sjokolade.
Utseende: Sort.
Skum/kullsyre: Tykt dekkende skum, heng.
Smak: Kaffe, røsta malt, sjokolade, lakris, bitter.
Medium: Rating:747414, Boks@330ml, ABV@8,5%, Når@22.12.2021.
Hvor: Tasting kveld Bryne.
Kereru Imperial Nibs
Porter - Imperial Flavored
YantarCoast (4675) - Moscow, RUSSIA - SEP 21, 2021UPDATED: SEP 21, 2021 330ml can from Beers of Europe. Pours black with a tall beige head. Aroma is dark chocolate, vanilla, roasted malt. Taste is light to medium sweet, roasted malt, vanilla, dark chocolate. Light bitter finish. Creamy mouthfeel.
TET (6091) - Kaarina, FINLAND - SEP 11, 2021UPDATED: SEP 11, 2021 Almost black beer, a head is medium and beige. Aroma has cocoa, chocolate, light roastiness and liquorice. Taste has smooth maltyness, some chocolate and also bitterness, liquorice. Medium+ bodied. Tasteful.
tovesa (4578) - Pirkkala, FINLAND - JUN 29, 2021UPDATED: JUN 29, 2021 Can 330ml at home. From Beer Republic. Pours dark brown with beige head. Flavor has roasted malts, cocoa, chocolate, vanilla,
nickd717 (10342) - San Francisco, California, USA - JUN 29, 2021UPDATED: JUN 29, 2021 Can from The Oak Barrel in Sydney. Dark brown but not too dark with a small off-white head. Aroma is huge chocolate nibs, toasted coconut, vanilla. Extremely nibby flavor, medium sweet, lots of milk chocolate, light toasty bitterness. Medium full body, low carbonation. Ok, can’t say the chocolate flavor in this one is the kind I really enjoy.