 BMan1113VR (2755), Los Angeles (and Dallas), Texas, USA
Jul 25, 2008 2007 Bottle. Thanks to my amazing girlfriend for this great birthday present. This beer lives up to the hype. Pours like motor oil with a large, tight, dark brown head that leaves tons of lacing covering a pitch black body. Aroma has lots of rich cohocolate, vanilla, some oak, and licorice. Taste is amazing. Like drinking slightly bitter chocolate syrup. Very mouthcoating. Slightly burnt, but very rich and full with vanilla and licorice notes. I love it!
bierkoning (5987), La Tropica, Netherlands
Jul 22, 2008 2007 bottle @ DTS. Roastaroma, creamy, chocolate and a bit salty. Espresso flavor with dark chocolate and cream. Sweet but also salty finish with licorice and laurel. Well balanced beer.
dyetube (397), Dallas, Texas, USA
Jul 20, 2008 Thanks to Mar for this one! ’06 bottle. This beer pours a black with a thin dark brown head. The aromas are burnt chocolate roasted coffee’s and licorice. The flavors are the same with a strong pronounced alcohol to it. Well crafted imperial stou! Worthy of the hype! Cheers!
jerohen (1602), Bussum, Netherlands
Jul 20, 2008 Dutch tasting session Bunnik. Bottled. Opaque, brown head. Chocolate, malts, coffee. Very bitter flavour. Solid imperial stout.
Bhops (329), Dallas, Texas, USA
Jul 19, 2008 Bottle courtesy of mar. Pours dark black with no head. Aroma of licorice and chocolate.. flavor of burnt mals, oak, sweet malts... full bodied. Lived up to the hype.
jbrus (4835), Delft, Netherlands
Jul 19, 2008 Bottle@DTS. I think all has been said. A wonderful Imperial Stout. Main character is espresso, black chocolate and relatively very bitter in the finish.
RollinHard (748), Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Jul 17, 2008 Thanks to chef201atc for fetching this nice beer from Colorado! Pours black with a big brown head that dissipates only towards the end. Aroma of licorice, espresso, very dark chocolate, mint, and alcohol. Initial flavor is delicious fudge (which I love in a stout), dark chocolate, wood, dirt, light vanilla, and a bit of booze. Finishes with more vanilla, but it’s quickly overtaken charred wood and ash. That lingering unsweetened espresso aftertaste is a bit too ashy for me. Oh so drinkable, creamy and thick, a bit hot, and the carbonation is nice and soft. Very good beer, good flavor transitions and a lot to offer. I’ve got others I like more, but I would never say no to this.
omhper (12153), Stockholm, Sweden
Jul 16, 2008 Bottled at Petalax Beer Festival. Pitch black, firm dark brown head. Sweet and full bodied with tarry licorice and syrupy coffee. Almost completely dominated by sugar and syrup. The oak os in balanced levels, but the sweetness not. It gets inky with crude oil and tar, feels sticky and messy. I quite adore most of Deschutes beers, this is just, well not good.
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