 Snojerk321 (1937), San Diego, California, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Sep 27, 2009 12oz bottle. Pours midnight black with a big creamy deep tan head, great lacing. The nose first hits you with fresh coffee followed by cocoa dust. Flavor is very chocolaty a good amount of coffee and toasted malts to back things up. Finish is bittersweet chocolate and quite creamy. A little more coffee in this one than I was expecting, damn good overall.
TreborWhip (79), Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Sep 26, 2009 Bottle poured into a tulip glass produced a frothy, cinnamon-colored head that lasts and a dark brown, almost black body. Aroma of chocolate and coffee. The taste is a wonderful mixture of roasted coffee and bittersweet chocolate with a touch of bitterness in the finish. A most delicious stout.
lamas (713), Adams Morgan, Washington DC, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Sep 24, 2009 Bottle. A jet-black, oily pour with a thin mocha head. Loads of RICH, roasty coffee, chocolates, and caramel maltiness in the pungent aroma. Grapefruits are apparent as it warms up a bit. Full-bodied and pretty smooth. The flavor starts off with a bit of sweet caramel and milk chocolate and quickly transitions to a bitter dark chocolatiness. A further bitter finish with loads of roasted coffee qualities. Some citrus at the end too. I’m a little disappointed with this beer. It took me so long to finally have the opportunity to try this and I kept building this beer up in my head, almost putting it up on a pedestal. In the meantime, I’ve had plenty of other coffee-ish impy stouts and this just doesn’t (or couldn’t) live up to my expectations. Whatever. Rating #700 biatch!!!
kcdoom (17), merriam, Kansas, USA
| 4.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 10/10 | 5/5 | 20/20 |
Sep 24, 2009 aromas of cocoa and coffee with dark chocolate. this beer is a great way to taste the best coffee stout ever. the appearance is black with a creamy head that flows into the aromas of coffee. the taste is all kona coffee and oats with cocoa on top.
Nicko (190), Ashfield, Australia
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Sep 24, 2009 Bottle courtesy of Oslo, Ratebeer tasting under the Bridge 12/9. Ebony body and small tan head. Aromas of dark chocolate and coffee. Taste is dark chocolate, bitter roasted coffee, a little oats and a bit of nuttiness. Top notch, i wish i had another to try for brekky.
matthewjk (57), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 23, 2009 Very nice overall, but not as good I thought it would be based on ratings.
greenhorn1 (460), Mission Viejo, California, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 19/20 |
Sep 21, 2009 12 ox bottle. OK, so I was in Wisconsin visiting my folks and figured I must pick up a bottle to see if this really lives up to its name. As I poured the beautiful blackness I could smell the coffee permeate the air. As I dug my nose in deeper, you can really appreciate the hints of chocolate, roasted malts, and a slight sweetness. Flavor is made only for true beer lovers and I felt slightly guilty that I was not really worthy to rate such a complex beer. Flavor is blended so well with coffee, oats, and chocolate. A slight bitterness in the finish and just enough warming to make one truely fall in love this beer.
highlandlad (1258), Sydney, Australia
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Sep 20, 2009 A Rolls Royce of an imperial stout, smooth, refined, sophisticated. Creamy mouthfeel. Coffee, chocolate and alcohol - what’s not to like? A sweet impy and very moreish. Would love to have regular access to this one in winter. (Bottle courtesy of Oslo - thanks buddy - at the Milson Point park session September 09)
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