UPDATED: APR 11, 2024 Draft to taster at Cappy's. Now listed as 10.3%. Cola with minimal tan head. Nose dark roast, malt, mineral chocolate, cherry. Taste flavors from nose with additional raisin, prune, soy.

UPDATED: JAN 23, 2024 Pours black with a small tan head. It has a rich aroma of dark roast malt, coffee, and chocolate. The flavor is intense, a massive stout with enough resinous hops to cut the huge malt bill, leaving a balanced, full bodied brew that ends with a fairly bitter but still enjoyable taste. Excellent.

UPDATED: JAN 16, 2024 Can pour, dark brown almost black. Dark chocolate aroma. Full bodied, hint of sweet, lightly bitter. Notes of dark chocolate, coffee and charred oak.

UPDATED: DEC 25, 2023 Pours black into a snifter. Mocha head with good retention recedes to hug rim. Licorice, soy and cocoa aromas. Slick with hot chocolate, soy, licorice and date upfront turning to hot espresso in the warm, lasting finish.

UPDATED: AUG 26, 2023 0,75 litre bottle( 12% abv, as 2021 vintage) Black with brown head. Roasted malts, yeast, coffee, Chocolate, raisins, toffee, Smooth!

UPDATED: FEB 19, 2023 Flaska från 2018. Svart med fluffig beige krona. Old school och kärvt. Förvånansvärt fruktigt - drar åt svarta vinbär, viol och mörka vingummin. Även toffee, mocca, rostat och stor beska och humlekaraktär tillsammans med stor sötma. Stor och kaxig även med dagens mått mätt. Riktigt tjusig throwback och förvånansvärt relevant än. Gott och kul.

UPDATED: DEC 25, 2022 Christmas Eve party 2022 -- 2022 edition, 12% ABV, 16-oz can. Raisins, salt, chocolate in the aroma. Fabulous malt bill if this is really 85 IBU because this is super balanced. 2016 edition, 750 ml bottle. Cherries, chocolate with a creamy, sweet texture. Dark chocolate bitterness taste in finish but still balanced by sweetness. Both excellent.

UPDATED: DEC 25, 2022 Beautiful black pour w/ a tan head & excellent lacing. The aroma is chocolate malt. The flavor is more on the sweeter side with a pretty delicate mouthfeel at the abv. Damn good stuff!

UPDATED: NOV 4, 2022 Publick House draught, 10/22/22. Ebony, undetermined clarity. Small, light-tan head, moderate retention. Dark chocolate, light, not sharp alcohol, prune, raisin, vanilla. Yes, it's a strong, roasty perial stout. Why is this so highly rated vs the million others just like it? Can't tell. Soft, malty, heavy chocolate and roast, big prune and vanilla. Thick texture, not syrupy or cloying with good attenuation though pushing it on the heavy roast and bitter chocolate notes. A great example, for sure.

UPDATED: OCT 16, 2022 From bottle in tulip to celebrate John's nearly 91 years of life. Pours black w/dense tan head, aroma of cherry & dark choc. Rich balanced taste hides abv well, sticky bitterness to close