 merlin48 (354), New Tazewell, Tennessee, USA
May 8, 2008
12 oz bottle pours dark and opaque with a small light brown head. Aroma of dark chocolate, molasses, vanilla, coffee, and dried dark fruits. Taste is even more complex than the aroma, as notes of caramel, cherry skins, leather, prunes, and anise join the dark roasty chocolate and coffee essences. Excellent! This one belongs in the top tier of American impy stouts.
Sparky27 (607), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Oct 4, 2008 Bottle courtesy of Bobby91w. Pours a pitch black with minimal tan head that fades into a ring around the edge. Nose is roasted malt, smoke, dark chocolate and coffee grounds. Taste is dark fruits up front, with roasted coffee beans, dry cocoa and ash with a slight bittering hop finish. Medium creamy mouth feel. Alcohol is well hidden but ti does have a warming effect. A nice stout. Thanks Bobby!
beerbill (1322), Laurel, New York, USA
Oct 4, 2008 12 oz. bottle. I owe a thank you to yem25 for sending me a complete set of all five stouts. Pours a dense black with a moderate dark brown head that lasted through three-quarters of the glass and left a partial coating of brown film with each sip. Very pleasant aroma of roasted malt, chocolate and coffee. The flavor is equally nice with again roasted malt, chocolate and coffee. A hint of black plum also in the flavor. Mild roast bitterness at the finish. Fairly smooth mouthfeel and full bodied. No hint of the 12% abv. Having now tried all five stouts, I’d rank this one and the blueberry as my top two choices. Thanks again, Ryan!
Swolf3 (99), Elkton, Maryland, USA
Oct 3, 2008 Bottle Shared with Gabe. Poured black with nice big red head. Aroma was chocolate, roasted malt, and a little alcohol. Taste was chocolate , roasted malt, coffee, and caramel. Finished nice and smooth. Very good!
GMCC2181 (429), Bear, Delaware, USA
Oct 2, 2008 Last of the beers provided by stfun, thanks josh! Wow big head on this one. It was also red/toffee in color. Weak aroma compared to the rest of the line up. Taste was good though. Vanilla/caramel, coffee, chocolate and roasted malts. None of the above over-powered or dominated the taste. Pretty much well blended together. Smooth creamy texture that was easy to drink. No trace of the 12 percent alcohol in there. Another winner by Dark Horse. Thanks josh for all the beers!
Old_Mr_Crow (1046), Seattle, Washington, USA
Sep 28, 2008 Bottle.
Black pour, deep brown head. Mmmmm. Inviting aroma with chocolate and caramel, pipe smoke. Rich full flavors, berries and all of the coffee/chocolate toffee you can shake a stick at, humus....wow. Very, very nice. Alcohol well hidden; it’s a bit hot but more like 9% hot than 12% hot. Yummy stuff indeed.
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