 awaisanen (1198), Irvine, California, USA
Oct 2, 2008
<i>From a 750mL Bottle.</i> Pitch black, opaque obsidian colored pour with a two finger head of large bubbled, fizzy dark tan. Aromas of chocolate, roast, and molasses malt characters along with a moderately strong, pithy hop note. Alcohol presence is clear, but not overly harsh. A more subtle, charred raisin bread chewiness adds some depth to an intensely roasty malt character. Medium bodied, moderately high carbonation level with a somewhat chalky texture. Over-carbonated for an imperial stout, but not to the point of interfering with the flavors; it just kind of sizzles off the tongue where you expect it to coat and linger. Lots of roast characters, mainly dark chocolate, along with burned toast, tobacco, and prune. Very roasty, lightly fruity, and moderately alcoholic. Some hop bitterness lingers faintly in the finish. It’s good.
hrking (64), Muncie, Indiana, USA
Jan 3, 2009 This is a unique stout. I pick up an almost cocoa something like suntan oil sweetness from this stout.I like the fact that it steps outside the norm of all others with the flavors not being to overwhelming to any one area. Nice balance with roasted malts and seems like there is some added sugar here as well. All in all a great offering...
kramer (2030), Sunbury, Pennsylvania, USA
Dec 30, 2008 25 oz bottle. Pours a pitch black body with a dark chocolate brown head. Rather fizzy looking head, lots of visible carbonation. Huge roasty nose with some chalk, burnt malt, dark fruits, yeast, light alcohol, even a little licorice. The more I smelled it the more a big milk chocolate aspect arose. Very burnt roasty flavor, some roasted peanuts, heavy dark candied fruits, kinda chalky on the finish with a little alcohol heat. A lot of bitterness going on here. Heavy thick texture with too much fizzy effervescent carbonation that actually kind of ruined the overall experience for me. Sticky alcoholic finish. Big for sure, but certainly not better. Not impressed with this effort.
Cletus (3602), Connecticut, USA
Dec 30, 2008 Pours dark brown with a light brown head. Smells of dark fruit, some sweet caramel, soy sauce, coffee. Tastes sweet and bitter with a ton of coffee on the finish.
BigBang (173), Indiana, USA
Dec 25, 2008 Pours black with deep brown 2 finger head. One of the darkest heads I have seem. Aroma and flavor are similar - roasted malt, licorice, coffee, chocolate. Licorice is very apparent at the front of the tongue (not my preference) but aftertaste is coffee and chocolate. Mouthfeel is thick and lush. If the licorice was not so dominant, I would have rated this higher. All in all, not bad, and I enjoyed the full 750ml.
hellbilly (1016), scottsdale über alles, Arizona, USA
Dec 22, 2008 pours opaque black with a fairly dark brown one inch head which has some purple hues in it. crazy retention and slug-like lacing.
lots of rich roasty malt aroma without a lot of astringency or char... molasses, chocolate, tar, mellow nutty coffee and some black raisins.
the flavor on this thing is a monster... very robust mix of roast, dark bitter chocolate, belgian-esque yeast, black raisins, spice, florals and phenols. it is sweet but not overly and is well suited to match the bitterness. nearly full bodied but the airy soft carbonation gives it a creamy light mouth feel on the tongue. it*s very feminine yet very powerful.
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this is significantly less chocolate-y than it was a year ago but the roasty bitterness is developing nicely. when it was fresh it could be poured over shaved ice to make a chocolate flavored snow cone!
8/4/8/4/17/4.1
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