A pitch black beer with a huge brown head. The aroma is sweet malty with a light roasted note. The flavor is very sweet - a bit too sweet for me, with an OK roasted character.

Bottled. Pitch black with pale brown head. Aroma of coffee with cream. Fairly sweet with dense mouthfeel. Roasty with licorice, chocolate and tobacco, a bit syrupy. Salty finish. Flavours does not really melt together. Feels like a beer diluted from a thick concentrate.

(Bottle 33 cl) Pours completely black and opaque with a good, retentive, light brown and lacing head. Aroma is full of hard roasted malt and coffee. The body is full with lots of sweetish, roasted malt, chocolate and dried fruit. The lightly burned malts also leave some bitterness. A very accessible and pleasant Impy. Extremely balanced, but never extreme.... 260407

Earlier rating:
(On tap) Completely black and opaque with a creamy, light brown head. Nose of roasted malt. Good, solid body with lots of sweetish, hard roasted malt. Unfortunately a vaguely fusty edge. Light bitter finish. I believe this could be a great beer in a cleaner version. 6/4/5/3/11=2.9 200506

33 cL bottle. Pours black with quickly disappearing head which looks brown. Fruity and malty aroma, wineous notes. Taste is hard roasted malt blended with bitterness and liqourice. Chocolates appears once the warms up. Finish is dry bitter. Good, but not the best there is of this type.

Draught. Black coloured with a beige head. Murky aroma with roasted notes. Roasted flavour with notes of coffee and wood.