Snegurochka (69), Tromsø, Norway
| 1.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 2/10 | 2/5 | 3/20 |
Oct 6, 2009 Updated: Oct 8, 2009Dark as a winter night above the Polar Circle. Promising scent of licorice, cinnamon and tobacco, but taste of vinegar, horse blanket and cough syrup. I was not able to finish my glass. To drink this beer and like it, I guess you have to be a medievalist , like one of the people I shared the bottle with at a beer session in Tromsø 02.04.09. (Thanks to Rune)
 JK (2952), Richfield, Minnesota, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 4, 2009 Very good, but definitely not for everyone. In a British style, with high alcohol. Black, and very little carbonation at all, nearly flat. Big malt aroma. Simple flavor, sweet and heavily roasted malt and grain. The alcohol isn’t really hidden, I can taste it and feel it on my tongue. Rich, thick palate. A slow sipper. It is quite expensive.
Vac (2389), San Diego, California, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Oct 1, 2009 Pours with a dark brown body topped by a thin to medium thick head with little lacing. It’s slighlty sweet with notes of anise, roast, smoke and chocolate. Medium to full bodied, well carbonated and a touch warming.
Ober (1191), Bommelerwaard, Netherlands
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 1, 2009 A pitch black colored beer, with a thick foamy dark brown head. It disappears quickly. The aroma of smoked malts with coffee with some chocolate with dark fuits like berries. The taste is bittersweet. There is smoked malt with a little sweet fruits. Notes of chocolate and alcohol in the back. The aftertaste is dry bitter.
JMFG (1514), Florida, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Sep 29, 2009 Pours black with a thick deep black head that resides after a few minutes. Crushed oreo cookie, roast, and alcohol on the aroma. Nice palate, deep roasty taste, the alcohol lurks in the background, but never gets overbearing. A very nice brew.
CaptainCougar (5455), Rockville, Maryland, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Sep 29, 2009 Pours an oily opaque with a creamy dark tan head. Has a sweet dark
caramel and roasty dark chocolate nose with a hint a of plums and
smoky peat. Starts with good fullness and sweet smoky dark caramel
well balanced with roasty bittersweet coffee and dark chocolate in the
finish. An enjoyable and fairly drinkable imperial stout that hides its alcohol well.
sayravai (3731), Helsinki, Finland
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 27, 2009 (Bottled) Almost black with a smallish but firm, medium-brown head. Very roasted-malty aroma with molasses, salty licorice, dark chocolate, touch of alcohol. Very roasty, somewhat burned-ashy, sweetish-malty flavor with a touch of licorice, berries, and black coffee. Alcohol feels warming and slightly burning. Medium to full body, slicky palate with lowish carbonation. Ok, but too burned for my taste.
sloth (1672), Ceciltucky, Co., Maryland, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Sep 27, 2009 Medium statured choco brown head upon a black body. Retention is very good with decent lacing left behind. Pleasently roasty, chocolatey nose, light smokiness. Med/full bodied brew. Oily on the palate, slick and viscous. Chewy chocolaty flavors along with lesser notes of caramel and toffee, faint licorice and of course the dominant roast factor. Well balanced and enjoyable especially @ 11% ABV. Slick roasty finish.
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