 JMerritt (1120), Macomb, Illinois, USA
Dec 29, 2004
On tap at Emmett’s (West Dundee) served in a snifter. Jet black. Small, light-brown head is mostly diminishing down to a medium-sized ring. Strong whiskey notes in the aroma, with sweet chocolate, caramel and oak. Strong chocolate flavor, with whiskey, gooey marshmallows, and alcohol. Roasted, burnt nuts and bittersweet chocolate finish. A touch too thin, but this stuff tastes just too damn good to fault it too much. Liquid heaven. Rush out to find this!
kseecs16 (601), Westmont, Illinois, USA
Feb 18, 2008 2006 Vintage - bottle 140/254. Opaque brown with a thin cocoa colored head, viscous lacing. Strong devils food cake aroma with evident woody barrel character. Very full rich aroma. Smoky char flavor, nutty brown sugar, and barrel characteristics all mingle in a flavor that is complex and nice but not overwhelming. Palate is a bit oily and thin.
Ughsmash (3148), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
Nov 5, 2007 On tap at FoBAB 5. Poured black with a light ring and a dusting of deep brown head. The aroma picked up roasted darker chocolates with a very sweet bourbon presence.. a lot of barrel character, and fairly well-integrated. The flavor picked up sweet bourbon, vanilla, and chocolate at the core with even more bourbon and vanilla toward the finish.. full, malty, and quite tasty. Heavier-bodied with a nice, sweet barrel influence.. moderate roast worked as well.. fairly complex with a toasty, boozy finish. This was good, but came nowhere near the non-BA stuff.
Cornfield (4411), Oak Forest, Illinois, USA
Sep 11, 2007 Bottle #65 (out of 274) from a special bottling done by the Emmett’s folk in the Winter of 2006: This pours out of the bottle like dark brown motor oil. The "head" is merely some big bubbles that might actually have been caused by the pouring. Eventually, a thin tan ring appears around the glass. The aroma is dark roasted malt, Bourbon, aniseed, abd alcohol. The flavor is more complex having the additions of molasses, burnt brown sugar, bittersweet chocolate, and coffee grounds. Nicely blended. I should have bought two bottles.<br /><br /><font size=-4><a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Places/ShowPlace.asp?PlaceID=2124><u>Emmett’s Ale House, Downers Grove, IL</u></a><font size=-1><br />
RAYBOY01 (1654), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Apr 8, 2007 Impenetrable ebony pour with no visible head or carbonation. The nose was intensley roasted malt. Sweet coffee, espresso, brown sugar, molasses and bourbon are all there. The mouthfeel seemed pretty light for an imperial, I think.
SubstanceT (1087), Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Nov 11, 2006 #909<br /><br />On tap at the 4th anual Festival of Wood and barrel Aged Beer festival at GI Wriglyville Nov 4th, 2006.<br /><br />
Now when I found out that Emmett’s, one of my favourite breweries around Chicago, was going to be at the FOBAB I was hoping that they would bring this. To make a long story short I was out of town when this was released in December 2005 and showed up at the pub in West Dundee about 6 hours or so after it went dry. To say the least I was crushed. But was relieved to hear that they had some left over that they were going to release at a later date. This was it. <br /><br />
Totally black with no head. Almost looked like syrup with no carbonaton. The nose had lots and lots of bourbon with just a hint of vanilla. The taste was flat, almost excessively sweet, some hints of chocolate but mostly alcohol vapors and bourbon just a hint of vanilla. Too one directional and flat. This had to have been better when it was first released. And if they plan on doing this again I will be there to re-rate.
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