UPDATED: JAN 3, 2024 03-01-2024; can; at the Swedish house (bought at Systembolaget, Karlstad, Sweden). The looks of the beer are delicious. The beer is nice and dark. It is almost pitch black. The beer is very opaque. On top there is some nice beige colored foam. Foam retention is average-low. Hardly a drape is left. All in all, it looks lovely. The aroma of the beer is very nice. Malts give nice aromas of chocolate and coffee, with some nice notes of caramel. There is some nice added espresso. Hops give some earthy aromas, with some leafy notes. Yeast gives some fruity notes. Not bad. The taste is also good. Bitter hops and bitter espresso with a nice roast bitterness. The malts give a nice sweetness, so does the alcohol. There is a nice espresso acidity. The beer is well balanced. The mouthfeel of the beer is also good. Medium-full body, smooth texture and medium-low carbonation. The finish of the beer has nice espresso roast and a nice acidity of the coffee. Nice toasty bitter finish. Amazing.

UPDATED: OCT 10, 2022 On tap @ Great Divide Denver. Schwarzes Bier, brauner Schaum. Es duftet sehr kräftig nach Espresso. Grüner Kaffe. Antrunk weich. Mokka, Milchkaffe. Bittere Schokolade Röstmalz. Auch im Abgang rund. Erstaunlich gut.

UPDATED: DEC 23, 2019 Lagrad. Bäst före feb 2012. Fullständigt svart brygd med en silkig viskositet. Ett tunt skum stannar kvar. Doftar kraftigt av malt, choklad, trä och vanilj. Smaken går i samma toner men med lakrits och framträdande kaffe därtill. Etersmaken är trevligt besk utan att bli för kraftig. En stor och smakrik, men lättdrucken, imperial som sannolikt har balanserats över tid. En härligt oljig textur och en mild kolsyra.

UPDATED: OCT 18, 2019 On tap at the Ginger Man, 2015 vintage. Pours black. Coffee, espresso, biscuit, toast, red fruit. Good body. Good.

UPDATED: APR 24, 2019 355 ml bottle. Very dark brown with a small brown head. Full-bodied with a malt and roasted taste, accentuated by the coffee.

UPDATED: APR 5, 2019 Aromi on täynnä kahvia, mokkaa sekä hasselpähkinöiden ja tupakan muistiinpanoja. Keskikokoinen, kermainen runko, jossa on alhainen hiilihappo

UPDATED: MAR 8, 2019 Aroma: balanced malt and espresso Appearance: perfectly black, tan head, sudsy lacing Flavour: hint of grain side note with mocha malt sweetness Palate: thick and finishes carbon and balanced

Enjoyed sharing a bottle of this around a backyard firepit last night, paired perfectly with a cool Autumn night! This particular bottle was aged 18 months, and it turned out to have matured particularly well into a smooth medium-bodied and complex imperial stout variation! Poured a completely opaque murk dark brown, some khaki foam, still a healthy amount of mild carbonation to it. The aroma was surprisingly not all that charred and roasty, and rather was a very smooth espresso bean flavor. The taste followed as a well-balanced medium roast espresso coffee flavor, mellow roasted malts, notes of vanilla and chocolate. Not vinous at all or tannic from the oak aging in my experience as others have said, the only barrel flavor I tasted was the vanilla. Not really any hoppy flavors to note, but I wouldn't expect the hops to stay around after being aged for such time. There was still a subtle hop bitterness in the finish. The aging seems to have smoothed out any potential booziness to this beer. Overall a fantastic espresso-infused stout!

On tap at Belgium Chimipalooza. Aroma is very dark chocolate, dark roasted coffee, ash. Dry, lots of wooden notes in addition to strongly roasted coffee.

Draught. Acidic, sour, heavy roast, lacks body and balance. Tannic, "wood aged" on a cognac side. Overcarbonated. Poor. 3.4 Fruity a bit