 Veer (355), Landskrona, Sweden
Nov 7, 2009 Aroma: very nice. Roasted, fresh cinnamon, cloves, aniseed, citrus & noble hops. Dark chocolate malt. Smoked.
Flavour: interesting. ’Greybearded’. Roasted, slightly smoky, coffee-sourish bitterness, caramel. Almost liquorice-like. Coffeebean-organic... Really fantastic. Long flavour! Great balance.
Palate: fluffy, fizzy, big. Really wonderful. Carbonation is perfect. Many small bubbles making the beer strangely refreshing.
Appearance: reddish brown black body. Very, very dark. Beige toward brown thick, beautiful lacing & foam.
after4ever (2711), Brier, Washington, USA
Oct 30, 2009 750, corked, baled, and foiled. Possibly thanks, Maria, but I think this is either from John’s Market or even a Seattle establishment. But it’s certainly a year old at least. Pours jet black with a positively colossal creamy tan head. Sheets of woolly lace coming down the sides. Nice roasty nose with dark chocolate and some herbal hops, even a bit of weed in the aromatics. Creamy, feather-light body. Effervescent carb. Chocolate, true roast, herbal hop, and that demon wacky tobacky again in the mid-palate. Mild, slightly salty, slightly tangy chocolatey finish. Good stuff.
saxo (3510), Højbjerg, Aarhus, Denmark
Oct 27, 2009 Sample at Esbjerg beerfestival. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, chocolate, licorice and coffee.
Fin (3372), Merton, Oxfordshire, England
Oct 25, 2009 At the Ølfestival, Esbjerg, Denmark 22-10-09. Pours very dark brown, sticky in mouth, but hops ever present. Nice, soft mouthfeeel, good roastiness, but there is also a nice slight sourness at the edge, very nice stuff. Loz really enjoyed this A7 A4 F8 P4 Ov15 3.8
rederic (1785), montréal, Quebec, Canada
Oct 1, 2009 750ml bottle, pitch black color, with a thick tan-colored head, leaving a veil of lacing, nice mild spicy nose of clove, nutmeg, cinnamon, anise with some sweet caramelized, toasted, roasted, chocolate malt accents, with some mochaish, fruitcake, fruity burnt dark dried sultana raisin, date aromas follow through on a medium-bodied palate with a yeasty, syrupy, roasted, chocolate, caramelized malt, spicy character of clove, cinaamon, light star anise, coriander, with some mild fruitcake, black coffee, burnt toast, dark chocolate, mochaish, chocolate pudding flavors, and some molasses, brown sugar sweetness, leading towards a warming, spicy cinnamon-like, fruity, chocolatey, milky, roasted bitterness finish.
trapez (764), Hilleroed, Denmark
Sep 28, 2009 Bottle. Liquprice. smoke, dark chocolate and roasted malt in aroma. Very dark brown colour with light brown head. Smoked, spicy flavour with roasted malt. Soft oliy texture. Bittersweet afteretaste.
CaptainCougar (5374), Rockville, Maryland, USA
Sep 25, 2009 Pours an oily opaque with a well-lacing creamy dark tan head. Aroma of sweet dark caramel and chocolate with roasty coffee notes and a touch of light fruity tartness. Starts with good fullness and effervescent carbonation with some licorice and clove flavors and mild toffee sweetness well balanced with some light tart fruitiness, smoked malt and coffee in the finish. A pretty enjoyable and unique imperial porter.
wavers1 (110), novato, California, USA
Sep 4, 2009 pours a thick black with a large dark brown head that leaves a coating on the surface the entire glass. some strange fruity notes in the aroma, plus the bitter choco and coffee flavors with some strong hints of spearmint. taste is very smooth with a bitter finish. fairly creamy full mouthful, was hoping for a tad more. very nice aftertaste and burps. strange nutmeg like quality to it, very spiced up, a nice spiced imperial holiday porter! strangely, the coriander thyme hints remind me of hitachino xh! bazaar!
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