 WisconsinBeer (526), St Paul, Minnesota, USA
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Oct 24, 2009
Bottle. Pours a deep black color with a medium head. Flavor is thick and deep, notes of dark chocolates and fresh brewed coffee. Toffee, cognac, alcohol, coco wheats, this beer is insanely deep and welcoming. Full bodied and well done. Top notch.
SpencerDB (88), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 14, 2009 Sampled this standing out in the cold at the ORF release thanks to kp. It was more like smelling my morning coffee than a pungent 12% imperial stout. Poured pitch black with little head. Aroma had mostly coffee with a small amount of the dark chocolate malt. Taste was overpoweringly coffee to the point that my palate was shot for the day. Couldn’t taste anything but coffee for the next hour. Definitely complex and nice to drink if that’s all you’re going to be drinking for the day. Too in-your-face for me. Would have like a bit more drinkability instead of one sided coffee.
jstraw (773), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 13, 2009 Black with good, creamy cappuccino head / Nose of dark roast coffee / Medium body, acidic, with good hop balance and dry finish / Flavors of dark roast coffee with vanilla notes / Very good, but a bit one note for me.
ChrisThomson (405), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 13, 2009 Shared 750mL bottle. Thanks Dan for tracking this one down! Pours black with lasting tan head. Nose very coffee. Taste of more coffee, not too sweet. Notes of bitter chocolate, liquorice, with nice bitter finish. Great beer!
Pipper (251), Ohio, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 11, 2009 The pour on this was straight-up gorgeous -- like a prettier and immediate version of the Guinness-cascade with dark red around the edges. Dark brown/black with an aggressive dark coffee head. You definitely get the coffee in the taste and flavor, the rest and dark, sticky fruits like some boozy dates/figs. Slick over the palate but not too coating with a bit of coffee aftertaste. Awesome beer from Alesmith.
cmonster (109), Portland, Oregon, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 6, 2009 Saved this one for my 100th Rating. 750 served in a snifter. Shortish dark tan head sits atop a coffee colored body. Aroma is roasty and toasty coffee, and dark chocolate with some caramel-molasses sweetness. Also has a doughy quality and even some hints of pit fruit and vanilla. Full bodied, very thick and creamy mouthfeel. Flavor is coffee, roasted malts, caramel and resiny hops which linger on the bitter finish. The big alcohol is cleverly concealed. I’m not giving this my highest rating, but its certainly a top-notch concoction. I will see how this develops as I empty the bottle. I imagine the barrel aged version would be amazing.
MrPickles (120), Wisconsin, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 5, 2009 Shared Bottle, 2009. Nearly black with a cappuccino head. Wonderful chocolate and malt smell with slight vanilla notes. Smooth and full taste. Taste begins with roasted malt, moves to coffee and ends with a bitter dark chocolate. Great beer I hope to get more of.
noncaloric (621), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 1, 2009 Aroma of figs and raisins, with a heavily roasted undertone, smoke, licorice. Pour is brown-black with a sticky tan head. Flavor has lots of dark fruits to it, cherry pits, more figs, floating above a dark chocolate malt base whose sweet spices (licorice, etc.) meld nicely with the alcohol heat. Full bodied, warm and lively on the palate. A very nice impy.
RealPoser (30), Tampa, Florida, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 1, 2009 Bottle Courtesy of Senor Wambolt: Pour is ink black, with burnt toast head. Head dissipates quickly, no surprise, but laces beautifully. Nose is definitely a JAVA blast, but I also picked up sweet fruits (like dark cherries or maybe plum). Flavor is dark roast dominated, with the uber coffee tone. As it warms to proper temp, I pick up faint vanilla and brown sugar hints. But this is definitely a coffee bomb. The malts are bitter, but not astringent. The alcohol is noticeable, but only slightly so. Mouthfeel is full bodied with a nice dry finish. The finish lingers... and here you can pick up some of the more subtle characteristics. Overall a very drinkable & tasty imperial... maybe too much so.
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