 Headbanger (1591), Aurora, Illinois, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 27, 2009
12.7 oz bottle served in a snifter on 10/27/09 (Courtesy of ygtbsm94)-Pours a pitch black with a very small ring for a head. Aroma of soy sauce, molasses, coffee, and roasted malt. Taste of alcohol, coffee, roasted malt, and bitterness. This is fairly light in body for an Imp stout and a bit sweet. This is still very tasty but a bit off balance. Worth a try but comes in a green bottle.
awiseman01 (366), Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 9, 2009 Going full circle with this rating. Bottle from downtown crown. Pours unfiltered deep brown with oaky edge and light layer of tan head that bubbled on the pour and then faded to a thin covering. Nose is brilliantly rich molasses, elegant dark malts, luscious chocolate, one of the nicer noses I’ve gotten off a beer. Flavor, oh man! Sweet, smooth, silky chocolate cream-spice, wonderful molasses and mouth watering raisin/plum hints. I passed this one too many times; it’s time has come and thus I’ve gone full circle (rating #360).
mastabass666 (39), California, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 7, 2009 black hole sums up the color of this brew. no head. coffee, roasted malt, dark berry aroma. flavor is predominately coffee, dark chocolate, dark fruit, some alcohol in the back.
BierBauch (647), Cape Coral Waterfront Wonderland, Florida, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 3, 2009 11.7oz Bottle fom Total Wine. Pours black and extra dark like 85% cocoa. No head but none expected either. Just a light swirling layer floating on top. Smoky, roasty aroma with espresso and bitter chocolate. A faint hint of vanilla appears as it warms. Medium to full body that is a bit syrupy. Flavor is a fantastic blend of smokey roasted malt delights, dark chocolates and vanilla bean. This is an outstanding Imperial Stout. Delicate and classy decadence in a bottle. Completely impressed!!!
MrManning (1652), London, Ontario, Canada
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 2, 2009 Bottle 1 of 2- This one thanks to Hogtownharry. Cellared for about a year. Very dark pour, black, letting no light in. Pours a thin mocha foam that leaves a constant ring around the glass. Nose is all out coffee and dark chocolate, mildly fruity, with an earthy undertone. But really, it just smells like fresh black coffee. The taste was not as coffee oriented as I suspected. Mild roasty coffee with pit fruits, some licorice, sweet burnt sugar, woodsy and earthy. Quite bitter with a good dose of hops. Finishes dry, astringent, good. Thanks Harry!
royalliquors (9), Kansas City, Missouri, USA
does not count  | 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 1, 2009 Pours black, black, black. No descernible head. At 13.1%, the alcohol is really well hidden. Wood, licorice, and charcoal from the nose to the mouth and finished like a port. A sweet, full, thick beer that just goes on and on...
LearninBeer (209), Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Nov 26, 2009 Pours very dark brown with virtually no head. The aroma is figs, cassis, molasses, licorice. The taste is sweet, mellow, light bitter, cherry, coffee, a little alcohol.
MrGGen (231), Italy
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Nov 22, 2009 Colore nero. Piacevole aroma di malto tostato e luppolo. Buon corpo,in bocca scalda , la forza e l’equilibrio perfetto di sapori, caramello, cioccolato e malto tostato, liscio, direi ottima.
pellegjr (24), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 21, 2009 Light nutty brown pour w/moderately thick & resilient mocha head, HUGE aroma w/ dried fruits, some cognac, confection, lots of other elements but little roasted malt, flavor is complex but very sweet, almost cloying, with some bitterness @ finish, mouthfeel is very smooth, velvety, alcohol is nearly imperceptible
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