bipolar1 (267), Hancock, Michigan, USA Oct 11, 2001 Updated: Mar 31, 2005This beer is a pot roast in a bottle. Some stouts fall short on flavor after extended drinking...not this. Aromas and flavors of black licorice, dates, motor oil, and burnt meat. You should almost cut it 50/50 with club soda. This is truly an awesome beer, and I’m going to cellar a bunch of it. trappist12 (200), Kansas City, Missouri, USA Dec 24, 2001 Best stout ever. At first, I failed to pour it correctly so it appeared incredibly flat. I then experiemented with the pour. Fantastic MOboy (382), Kansas City, Missouri, USA Jul 13, 2002 Ok, let me take a deep breath and calm down. This beer pours blacker than night with a head equally, if not more beautiful than A. Le Coq. The nose is so thick and sweet I can’t stand it anymore, I must taste this! I think I just came. Thick as melted chocolate. Great smoky taste and complex malt/hop combo. This beer leaves me with a feeling that someone out there really does care. damn this is good shit! raindog (525), Evansville, Indiana, USA Jun 16, 2002 Updated: Jan 2, 2006Draft:This was the best Imperial I’ve had.I like it much more than the bottle.It was cleaner,rounder,and the flavors lingered forever.I wanted to drink this all night. Bottle:.Extreme motor oil maple syrup appearence.slight carbonation leaves a quick to leave brownish head.Aroma I didn’t even know existed to mankind. The palate is a bombshell of chocolate,coffee,burnt sugar,roasted malts,and a noticable hop finsh. heemer77 (3609), North Liberty, Iowa, USA Mar 22, 2004 Updated: Jun 5, 2007It had a little, orange head. Has a rich coffee and toffee aroma with some ginger. There is also a hint of vanilla, very rich. Flavor is slightly sweet with a little alcohol kick. Coffee, toffee and deep roasted flavors are hiding in here. Some slight vanilla and mushrooms are also here.There was no lacing in my glass. Excellent all around. I have had this many times and I am impressed more each time. It has more balance than a lot of impy stouts. Because of the consistentcy of this great beer at various stages, I am bumping up my rating. This is THE definitive imperial stout.
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