 JoeMcPhee (3815), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
Mar 25, 2007
Tap at Hamilton’s, San Diego. Pitch black with a thick dark brown head. Incredible aroma with loads of cocoa, chocolate and dry coffee character. Intensely sweet on the palate with the dark sweet malts balanced by roasty notes from both the coffee and the roasted barley. Very coffee dominated in the flavour with a bit of salty soy/leathery notes in back. Despite all of the coffee flavour, it’s what’s not here that makes the beer work so well, nothing vegetal and no one component dominating the others. Silky smooth on the palate leaving alternating waves of sweet coffee, chewy malts, dark chocolate, and roasty bitterness all over my palate. An impy that’s worthy of its reputation. I can’t write too much that others haven’t already said, so I’ll stop here.
Moosington (15), Costa Mesa, California, USA
Oct 11, 2008 750 at room temp. Oil black pour with similar viscosity (overstating a bit to be sure). Thin head with staying power on the edges and light lacing. Tons of smoke, chocolate and coffee in the nose, with obvious malt. Coffee dominates the flavor with a smoked chocolate finish, alcohol is very well masked, but it’s definitely there. Drank with a nice steak and it was phenomenal.
BREWMUSKCLES (798), WEEHAWKEN, New Jersey, USA
Oct 11, 2008 nice and strong and warm alcohol presence combined with a malty and smooth coffee taste. toasted sweet caramel flavors balanced with deep chocolate. pitch black and toasted head the brew is complex with a wonderfully full body. a real treat! description is to be believed.
mmm///beer (578), Austin, Texas, USA
Oct 10, 2008 2008 750 mL bottle in trade from Snojerk321- the man with more hookups in SD than a dozen pimps!!! Served in tulip as suggested on the bottle- with so many things going on right now for me, I figured it to be an opportune time to crack this puppy open! Poured blacker than the abyss of outer space, foamy dark tan with shades of brown one finger thick formed and left bubbles on the side of the glass. Huge aroma of coffee, dark roasted malt, dark bakers chocolate, and old fashioned beer awesomeness. Hits the mouth with a body wide enough to drive a Kenworth through easily, malt is highly enjoyable, hearty coffee with notes of caramel and cream in the middle, finish is lasting and has enjoyable warming experience. Not as good as my personal fav, but still hits a 10 on my awesome meter!!!
AskForJenny (447), Ontario, New York, USA
Oct 8, 2008 0.75l - Smoky, cocoa nose, thin tan head, some lacing. Creamy, milky stout, then mint, then some smoky hops. Good not great.
dogfish120love (78), west hartford, Connecticut, USA
Oct 5, 2008 Poured black with a thick rocky 3 finger head that is burnt sugar at first then tan in color. Aroma is over poweringly coffee and chocolate, which dominate any other aroma. The tase is magnificant, huge chocolate and cofee flavors, combined with alcohol. The coffee and chocolate seem to mask the high ABV. This is the best beer I have ever had it is official.
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