 Drink4Satan (585), Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
May 26, 2009 Thanks to FlssmrBrewAlum for this black beauty! The pour produces an oily impenetrable black colour with a late forming mocha head that fades to a ring, leaving spotty lacing. The nose is rich molasses, dark chocolate, vanilla, wood, and some coffee. The flavour is extremely roasty with pungent, piney hops, almost charred malts, wood, espresso, intense impressions of anise and molasses, as well. The finish is very bitter and roasty, with a sweet cherry molasses undertone. The mouthfeel is full-bodied and creamy with prickly carbonation to make it not feel like chocolate milk. A deliciously brutal imperial stout!
TampaBrew (726), Tampa, Florida, USA
May 25, 2009 08 courtesy of Ibrew2or3. Pours black. Nose is roast malts, caramel, molasses, coffee and cocoa. Flavor is much of the same, Great malt/hop balance. Nice bourbon notes. Excellent beer.
ZackTsc (3), Oceanside, California, USA
does not count  May 23, 2009 This is my first beer rating, so it will likely change as i become more attuned to the dynamics of beer tasting and the meaning of the lingo. That being said this Imperial Stout tasted and smelled choclatey and was pretty sweet. The sweetness become stronger with every drink. I will order The Abyss again when I have the chance.
HOPSHUNTER (376), Tampa, Florida, USA
May 20, 2009 Updated: May 27, 2009Bottle. ’08 Many thanks to Ibrew2or3 for sharing. Black beer with a dense creamy brown head. Lots of coffee, chocolate and booze in the nose. Flavor is burnt malt, anise with some coffee and heavy bourbon overtones. Quite boozy but velvety smooth full body. Great beer. Please send me more!
MoDog (909), Griffith, Indiana, USA
May 19, 2009 22oz wax-topped bomber (2008 vintage) served in a snifter. Pitch black pour with a cakey head of slowly fading dark tan foam. A thick coat of lacing was left around the glass. The aroma had rich chocolate, molasses, bourbon, and also some cherry pits and plum. The flavor had milk chocolate wrapped in mellow bourbon and vanilla. Mildly roasty with some caramel. Some PNW hops hiding in the finish as well. Velvety smooth full-body with very light carbonation. No doubt, this is a well made beer. The only drawback was that the flavor seemed to be missing a little something.
rpattinson (83), Amsterdam, Netherlands
May 17, 2009 Look pretty nice with a black body and a deep tan head. Metal, burnt and grape aroma. Sweetish/bitter flavour with toffee, caramel an liquorice3 aroma. Finished very bitter with liquorice, roast and toffee aromas. The finish is way too bitter and too many dark malts muddy the flavour. Not something I’d drink out of choice. Intensity does not equal comlexity or quality.
BgThang (118), Texas, USA
May 14, 2009 to me the 2007 was a better year for this beer. the 2008 seems a little more tannic and a little thineer than last years version. I will rate the 2007 version.
This pours black and like the name suggest "The Abyss" makes you contemplate if you were to jump in to the glass you may never return due to the black hole it forms in your pint ware!
the head is a nice tan head that escapes the blackness to linger around for a while. The taste is that of roastyness, cholocate, coffee, dark fruits.
This beer has it going on
cprochak (388), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
May 11, 2009 Draft at Back in Black ’09 at Brouwer’s. Pours a jet black with lingering dark tan head. Sweet aroma of the malts that reveals chocolate and a mild roasted coffee. Taste of rich caramel and molasses with subtle coffee undertones. The hops come through well and provide a little bitterness to this sweet beer, has a slightly long finish but incredible overall.
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