 jerc (3114), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dec 12, 2004 Updated: Jan 13, 2008
January 2008. Bottle shared by HogTownHarry. Silver foil in a green bottle. 2005 or 2006 Vintage? Black body with a small khaki head. (3+) Sweet rich malt aroma, mild hints of roast and coffee/ (7+) Flavour is surprisingly sweet and rich with malt and notes of caramel and cocoa. Coffee and roast have receded significantly and left a glorious remainder in my opinion. Light muted coffee notes lingers in the aftertaste. Smooth medium to full bodied palate. (4+) Wow. So glad to try this one again, thanks Harry! 7+/3+/9/4+/17 - 4.2
<P>December 2004. Bottle. Black body without much head, a swirl of the of the glass rouses a small chocolate coloured head from its slumber like a lethargic teenager. Nice mild roastiness and a bit of chocolate in the aroma. Flavour is a huge bitter coffee kick in the pants up front. Some malt in the middle is the only thing to snake past the coffee and eventually gives way to more coffee bitterness in the finish. Very warming, leaves the mouth and palate feeling dry like you have just used mouth wash - wow. Drastically thinner body than I anticipated and frankly require of a stout of this magnitude. Alcohol is remarkably restrained aside from the warming effects. Nice in its own way but if I wanted coffee... Thanks for the chance to try this one rudolf. 7/3/6/3/16 - 3.5
djtimeless (43), Florida, USA
Sep 7, 2008 Pours out black with small brown head. Smells of roasted coffee and grains. Taste chocolate, coffe, and molasses. Rich full-bodied stout.Has layers of flavors, complex. Crisp and clean finish with slight alcohol burn as warms. Great Imperial style.
blklab2007 (538), Connecticut, USA
Sep 6, 2008 750 bottle that I have stored away for four month myself after receiving fresh. poured into a snifter has a black color and a half inch brown head that took some vigor to produce. aroma has rich chocolate malt, lightly roasted bold coffee, alcohol, and some molasses sweetness. rich and chewy. mouth feel is medium full with light carbonation that is just enough to keep it from becoming too much. flavor has smooth dark and chocolate malt intermingling with the dark roast coffee. sweetness is just enough to fend off the bitterness underlying. the alcohol is certainly present but not overbearing being 12% and all. a touch of hops pokes in from time to time and the flavors grow as it warms but it stays smooth. a tasty treat that is very well done.
mtjoseph (24), Murderapolis, Minnesota, USA
Sep 4, 2008 Bottle. Nice dark pour with no head what so ever. Just a slight like ring of foam around the top. A fairly pleasant aroma of chocolate, coffee, and roasted malt. Upon tasting, caramel really came to the forefront. Wish there was more of a coffee flavor, because it is masked a little bit by the bitterness of the chocolate and sweetness of the caramel. Overall, a fairly solid imperial stout, but a little over hyped.
Frauditor (127), Hagerstown, Maryland, USA
Sep 3, 2008 Big bottle at OTR thanks to devin. this one started a fire under the canopy. tried to put it out with multiple cans of coors with no luck.
fredandboboflo (507), East Setauket, New York, USA
Sep 3, 2008 Bottle. Aroma of alcohol, bitter chocolate, standard coffee. Flavor was coffee, the chocolate, and lots of very nice vinous qualities. Mouthfeel was a bit off for me, odd tingly carbonation, unusually clean for an impy, not at all rich and creamy, even when I tried to swirl out the carbonation that was throwing me off. All that vinousness reveals this beer to me as unquestionably worthy, but I can’t say I was nearly as impressed as a 4.35 would suggest.
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