 mpersinger (183), , California, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Nov 21, 2009 Tasted 7/24/09 at ratebeer tasting (thank you! Joey (?) ) from bottle brewed 9/02; Tobacco, chocolate, bread and salt aroma telegraph fully to flavor, with the addition of some smoke. Medium-bodied, nearly slick.
ekstedt (2446), Göteborg, Sweden
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 20, 2009 Bottle (50 cl) from Systembolaget. Pitch black with an enormous fluffy beige head. Roasted aroma with notes of weizen yeast, along with coffee and salmiak. Medium bodied, somewhat spritzy mouthfeel. Well balanced and faairly dry, salty.
allendodd (58), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 8, 2009 Initial nose is a bitter chocolate and the head is a quickly dissipating brown. Mouth feel is rough and roasty with grain flavors dominating. Mid-palate caught me off guard with a flavor I can describe as black raspberry followed by chocolate tobacco. Go figure - that’s what I wrote and I still remember being surprised. This one was a bit rough on the mouth and finished with a dry bitter chocolate. This bottle was two or three years old (I need to be more consistent about dating stuff before I put it down) so I don’t think that it is going to mellow a bunch with age. I love the story on the brewers, but with all the great Imp Stouts out there, a 3.6 or 3.7 won’t coax a return trip from me. Sorry guys.
Svesse (2682), Hässelby, Sweden
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 7, 2009 (Draught at Olympen, Oslo, 6 Nov 2009) Black colour with frothy, pale brown head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of chocolate, espresso, dark bread, cocoa and raisins. Malty, roasted taste with chocolate, cocoa, black coffee, dark fruit and a generous cocoa bitterness in the finish. Slightly vinous with a certain alcohol bite. Some wheaty sourness lurks in the background. Full body, balanced sweetness. Complex beer. Very nice!
Frovigalning (456), , Sweden
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 3, 2009 It poiured a bitch black liquid withy a small light brown foam that left some lacing. Smell of smoke, something burned and sour. Taste of coffey, smoke, burned, sour. Smooth and thick mouthfeel.
sigma23 (235), , Maine, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 29, 2009 pours jet black with no real head. aroma is sweet malt, soy, coffee, dark fruits, bitter chocolate. drinks slightly sweet up front with burnt malts, chocolate, coffee, soy, and smoke. definatly different but pretty damn good.
ChrisThomson (405), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 21, 2009 Bottle from CPH. Interesting beer! Pours black with tan head. Aroma is sour cherries, yeast and licorice. Body is creamy, taste roasty malts, smokey, quite sour. Bitter finish is satisfying. Great beer.
gyllenbock (309), Stockholm, Sweden
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Oct 21, 2009 Bottle.
Black with a brown head. Roasted tones, some coffee and chocolate. Also some smokiness.
Coffee and burnt tones, but also a certain sweetness. I also feel slight hints of vanilla and nuts. Pleasant bitterness. The relatively high alcohol content of 9%, I felt not at all. Fluid seemed rather dry and a bit thinner than a "normal" Imperial stout. A lot of chocolate in the aftertaste.
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