 SuzyGreenberg (934), Seattle, Washington, USA
Jul 10, 2008
12 oz. bottle - received multiple bottles via trades in recent months and sampled thanks to after4ever about a month ago; shortly after that taste, i sat down and savored a bottle from batch 8183; pours thick and creamy brown; chocolate colored head fades quickly; roasty and bitter sweet; alcohol is obvious; thin texture and oily smooth, but packs a mouthful; drinks deceptively smooth for a big beer; flavors of coffee, bitter chocolate and sweet fruit; quite a bit of sweetness overall; dangerously smooth and a totally kick ass impy
jkaiser (77), USA
Sep 3, 2008 This beer is fkn big. A monster of malts and hops. Took me over two hours to finish. Blacker than black with average head but outragous lacing. Aroma is of cocoa and chocolate. Taste of intense creamy malts and medium to high hops. Good god!
bconley (14), Orlando, Florida, USA
Sep 3, 2008 Awesome! Lots of flavors come to mind, all of them are dark....coffee, chocolate, licorice. Really nice smell. Black in body, almost a redish brown head. Bells is my favorite brewer at the moment.
The_Jester (493), Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Aug 30, 2008 355 mL bottle. Opaque black with a small brown head. The aroma is stout-meets-IPA. And they become friends. The flavour has lots of licorice, espresso, dark chocolate, roast, dark fruit, and hops. Some alcohol burn at the end. Really smooths out and simplifies as it warms. Carbonation is perfect. Very full body. Excellent!
CaryTheDude (178), Ripon, Wisconsin, USA
Aug 29, 2008 Cellaring a few of them, but couldn’t help but give one a taste. Big in every way, with a finish that lingers and lingers, and every aspect seems to change and evolve with each sip. Remarkable beer. Challenges the Dark Lord. I’d like to try them back to back.
emerica56 (458), Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
Aug 24, 2008 The beer pours a dark black with a thick tan head. There is a nice streak or film of head residue left along the sides of the glass. The nose is a extreamly intense chocolate and roasted expresso with mocha. The flavor is so robust and has a malted milk ball smoothness on the palate. It also leaves a nice bitter hop finish that sticks on your tounge. The finsih is so creamy and full of rich coffee and dark chocolate.
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