Tap at the Brewpub: (Nitro) Pours near black with a thick/dense khaki colored head. Nice smooth roasted coffee aroma- creamy body. The flavor encompasses dark chocolate and burnt fruits underneath. There’s a touch of licorice as well. The roast in the finish is reminiscent of quality coffee. A solid Imperial Stout.

Noir opaque avec un beau collet mousseux. Goût de café et d’alcool avec une bonne amertume en finale.

WOW! Hands-down the smoothest, creamiest, slightly sweet choco/java stout I have ever tasted. The menu did not mention cream/milk, but I suspect this brew has some in it. Initial tap has bubbles dispersed throughout, settling to a thick creamy head of about 1/2" within a minute. Settles into a constant 1/4" head that just hangs in there, even when you only have a 1/4" of beer in the botton of the glass. Beer is a nice opaque black/brown - looks almost as good as it tastes. No bottles or growlers for take-home, so I had a second pint. Will have more any (every) time I return to Montreal.

1/15/08 notes: kinna like a subdued version of Brooklyn’s chocolate stout, minus the grainyness. Some espresso, some chocolate, some nuts and caramel. All in all, flavor leans towards sweet, until the finish. Overall, pretty solid stuff, nothing too novel, but I would definitely drink it again. Pretty damn accessible for a Impy Stout.

Draught at the brewpub. Deep almost-black with a tan head. Big, roasty aroma of sweet malt, chocolate, and charred grains. Smooth body. Flavour - wow! - sweet and roasty with notes of coffee, chocolate and burnt caramel. Hides that 7.5% so well, it’s frightening. I could drink a lot of this. And then I would fall down. But I would be happy!