 KimJohansen (6676), Copenhagen V, Denmark
May 22, 2008 [To celebrate my 2000th rating] Pitch black with medium beige head. Aroma has roasted malt, smoke and whiskey notes. Sweet flavor with fairly hard roasted malt, caramel, smoke, wood and Islay whiskey notes.
leaparsons (4659), Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Apr 24, 2008 Cask, Leicester Fest 08. Black with a beige head. Aromas are earthy roast coffee with spices and lots of alcohol. Flavours are rich strong bitter coffee with liquorice and medicinal notes. Bitter on the finish. Good but not quite as good as I expected.
DuffMan (2719), the land of bitumen, beef & beer, Alberta, Canada
Apr 16, 2008 Bottle, batch 006. Gorgeous blackish pour, no head other than a fine brown patina of bubbles. Amazing aroma of smoke (like corkboard), leather, whiskey, and peat. Rich burnt malt, chocolatey, smokey, peaty, but then a sweetness reveals itself mid-palate that lifts everything up and adds a slightly fruity element. The finish is long and bitter, and the alcohol is completely unobtrusive and nearly undetectable. Despite the size of this brew, it is compulsively drinakble. Truly outstanding!
johninmelb (688), Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Apr 2, 2008 Powerful, powerful, daunting nose. Pours oily black with no life - more of a threat. And then the flavour. God damn. It’s freakin amazing. Vinous, rich, deep, dark, and the whole underpinned - unsurprisingly - by a peaty whiskiness that nigh on brings a tear to an old Islay peat dog’s eye. Elements of fresh grass battle with clods of tombside earth to produce a beer that challenges rather than kowtows - and ultimately rewards one for the effort.
johndoughty (2150), cheslyn hay, West Midlands, England
Mar 22, 2008 Bottle. dark and pored with a small head. Full bodied without the overpowering sweetness that beers of this strength sometimes have. Smooth, earthy and slightly fruity. Excellent
rjsdoyle (4), England
does not count  Mar 17, 2008 Had batch 006 at the Leicester CAMRA festival, March 2008. As a lover of imperial stouts and islay whisky i was looking forward to this. I was not disappointed!
daniele (1642), Italy
Mar 10, 2008 scura schiuma poca e non persistente senori tipici di una imperial stout caffe tostato liquirizia vinoso poi affumicato legno in bocca molto simile prevale l’affumicato piuttosto viscosa ma l’etilico si nasconde bene
RichardGretton (3131), Leicestershire, England
Feb 26, 2008 Bottle. Black beer with a deep roasted and liquorice aroma. The flavour is deep, treacle and malty dry. Overall a reasonable strong beer.
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