 SDbruboy (1832), San Diego, California, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
May 6, 2006 12 oz. bottle, shared by cquiroga - thanks Chris! Pours ebony and opaque with a small, tannish head. Aroma of bourbon, dark roasty malts, creamy sweet coffee and bitter dark chocolate. Smooth, rich flavor, chocolate, more coffee, bourbon and kahlua, roasty bitterness and a brash alcohol presence. Smooth, liquid velvet mouthfeel with gentle carbonation. Yowsa, this is good!
badnewsbeers (1026), Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Aug 14, 2007 2006 bottle--thanks to allaboutstout for sending me this amazing brew! rating 800--and this beer will be in my top ten! pour black with no head..nice milky chocolate aroma with subtle hints of cream, vanilla, oak tannins (wonderful, and inviting!)..this beer is a massive kick to the teeth--huge chocolate, vanilla, bourbon/oak, and lactose malts...creamy and dense, this beer is almost perfect...massively dark, tremendously good...beware though, this is a meal in a bottle!
french tickler (642), Aylmer, Quebec, Canada
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Jun 29, 2007 Bottle from soonah Pitch black poor with a dark brown thin head. Incredible aromas of coffee, plums, prunes, licorice, molasses, vanilla, madeira, bananas... WOW... Oily, lactose enduced mouthfeel... Heavy bodied, nicely effervescent for an impy... Perfect balance between bitter and sweet. Added flavors of molasses, hickory, semi-bitter chocolate with a nice licorice finish. Reminds me of an old triple bock i once taste and Kuhnhenn’s impy... very good!
nhorween (640), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Nov 9, 2006 Updated: Jun 15, 20082006 bottle, another big thank you to sersdf. Jet black with a caramel brown head. Smells like bourbon, oak, alcohol, brown sugar, dark fruit, anise (no chocolate or coffee in there for me, a surprise). Nice flavor, lots of coffee and chocolate, vinous, almost has a chocolate liqour taste to it. Complex but not. Hugely thick mouthfeel, kind of like hersey’s chocolate syrup, but I like that right now... Overall, super dry, super rich, and lots of chocolate flavor. Bourbon in the aroma is nice, but the alcohol is a little too much. Still, I love stouts, and I love bourbon, so I have trouble giving this bad ratings. Great carbonation for a barrel aged beer too. I like it, not everyday, but it’s worth having. Rerate... interesting beer. Lots of malt in the aroma. I still like this beer. Great for/with dessert.
hopslovin (181), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 19/20 |
Jan 6, 2007 Big bourbon aroma. Motor oil pour with hints of crimson in minimal head. Smokey/bourbon flavor that goes down very smooth. Awesome.
spector (906), Lancaster, Ohio, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Jan 31, 2007 Aroma’s are of chocolate,vanilla and bourbon.Pours dark black with a medium tan head.Lots of chocolate and vanilla in the flavors with a good bit of the bourbon that comes through.Full mouthfeel with a very smooth chocolate finish.
EHopper (348), Minnesota, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Mar 22, 2008 Updated: Mar 28, 2009Very complex beer. The flavor is like walking through a very old forest, where light and shadows plays, sounds of birds and bugs, aromas of earth, trees and brush and decay demand attention. It is hard to focus on everything at once, and several of the things you sense may on their own be unpleasant, but taking in all at once, concentrating on the whole and not the parts, is an experience not soon to be forgotten. I am happy to have experienced it, but also will not desire it again, at least for a very long time. (The time has come to re-rate. My first was 3.8, and either I was crazy, got a bad bottle, or have just changed. I love this one, and have put up a few. Huge malted milk ball flavor with hints of bourbon. Alcohol well hid, but with pleasing warmth. Great aftertaste, like what is left in your mouth after a fantastic chocolate malted mild shake.)
Homer321 (127), Rockledge, Florida, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Aug 4, 2008 poured form bottle into matilda "M" glass. pours pitch black with minimal lacing. I think all of these were bottled the same day, but this one had 10-11-07, 105 on the label. rasins in th enose with a thick almost tobacco like taste. hints of teh wood come through as it warms, very chewy and leather-like. slight saltiness, alcohol warming is minimal. an awesome beer!
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