 PaulHegedus (466), Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Aug 29, 2008 Bottle at Volo in Toronto, August 2008. No strong aroma, faint chocolate perhaps. This has thin body, and the head disappears quickly. There is little of the complex roasted flavours I associate with the style: it starts watery, skips right to the finish, which has nice chocolate and dark cherry. One dimensional.
guzzler67 (1279), Hanover, Maryland, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 24, 2008 Nearly black appearance with a large beige head that fades quickly and leaves little lacing. Aroma is roasted malt, molassas and dark fruit overlapping pine nuts. Flavor is also roasty, with an earthy, slightly sweet, maltiness. Medium-bodied with a lingering finish that is more harsh than smooth. Kind of laid back for the style.
Aquilo (265), California, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Aug 19, 2008 Dark brown with a dismally small head. I expect a darker, thicker look if they’re going to call it an imperial stout. Smell is fresh baked bread. Maybe some chocolate in there somewhere. Flavor is a tad watery. I can taste yeast and some roasted malts. That’s it. Palate is watery too. Look, I have no problem with a beer deviating from style a bit, but there is no way that this is an imperial stout. A watery belgian perhaps. But there’s just not much going on here. I am very disappointed.
BrewDad (2370), Olympia, Washington, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 5, 2008 22oz Bomber - Trade - Daknole
Aroma – Huge dark malt aroma. Nice hops backing with the chocolate and coffee aromas lingering.
Appearance – Dark Brown in Color, Thick head and hazy.
Flavor – Big Dark malt flavor with the bittering of the hops and the coffee and chocolate flavors this beer had it all. It was thick and just awesome. The alcohol was high but came through nicely and not too overpowering.
Palate – Good Mouthfeel, chocolate like texture with a dry finish.
Overall – This was #1600 for me and a great beer to add to my beer I have had. Wow what a great beer. Love to try this with cherries and other berries and even on some ice-cream.
fiulijn (7150), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Aug 5, 2008 It has a dark brown color, almost black; the head disappears quickly. Quite nice aroma of dark caramel. Medium body, even thinner at the end, with some caramel flavor, a bit nutty, I may imagine some liquorice too, but really lacking complexity. It even seems less bitter than expected, and the final is strangely empty. I prefer the IIPAs/ASAs from Lagunitas.
hiphop (84), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 3/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Aug 4, 2008 Bomber. Nearly black (garnet on the edges) with a nice tan head. Strong nose of chocolate and coffee. Mouthfeel moderate for a stout. Flavor has a little sweetness, with more hops showing through more than you see with many stouts. A little light for an Imperial Stout, but overall a quite decent offering by Lagunitas.
smith4498 (894), Miami, Florida, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Jul 15, 2008 Pours dark brown with tan head. Aroma of roasted malts. Mild sweet burnt flavor with some coffee and chocolate. Medium to full body with minimal carbonation and a creamy mouthfull. Good for the price.
Cybercat (797), Georgia, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Jul 14, 2008 Aroma is strong, of roast (not burned) coffee with an undertone of unsweetened chocolate. It pours a dark mahogany with a thick tan head. The flavor does not measure up to the aroma’s promise, being about average for a stout and having less smokiness and chocolatiness than the aroma, but is still palatable and pleasing, and has a definite hoppy tone. Texture is smooth and a teensy bit thin for a stout. Worth a try nevertheless.
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