 aplusbreaks (330), , Colorado, USA
Nov 29, 2008 12oz bottle. Pours pitch black with a long lasting chocolate milk colored head. Decent lacing. Aromas of roasted malts, coffee, chocolate and a touch of hops and alcohol. Flavors are roasted burnt coffee, roasted malts, chocolate, and a decent hop presence. Some alcohol is present. Palate is smooth, velvety, and wonderful. As the previous rater said, for a widely available, and fairly priced RIS, this is hard to beat.
Travlr (700), Washington, Washington DC, USA
Nov 29, 2008 Black. Thick tan head. Burnt coffee aroma. Flavors of coffee and chocolate, not subtle at all. An over-the-top, in-your-face stout.
poolboy (66), Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Nov 29, 2008 Excellent for a widely available imperial. Not a complex brew. Malt, coffee, and some chocolate. Has some alcohol taste. Smells clean, not a strong nose. Burnt aftertaste.
drjay44 (758), Salida, Colorado, USA
Nov 29, 2008 12 oz. bottle. Pours a thick, tiny bubbled, tan head with long duration, and heavy lacing over a dark blackish brown body, with minimal light penetration....nose redolent of roasted malts with heavy coffee and chocolate overtones.....taste is well balanced with heavy malts offset by heavy hops with a pleasant bitter finish....wonderful chewy palate. 11/23/2008
azlondon (656), Fribourg, Switzerland
Nov 26, 2008 Appearance: Basically black. Lots of nice tan head.
Aroma: Dark malt/fruit. Burnt, roasted. Blackcurrant?
Taste: Burnt, roasted. Dark malt. Quite smooth. Nice.
Info: 355ml bottle, 22/11-2008, 196/300, 205/500
WakeandBake (422), Greenville, Michigan, USA
Nov 21, 2008 Typical dark black stout color with a huge creamy coco head that lasted a long time and left lacing all the way down.Aroma is of coco,coffee,a hint of tobacco and by golly a whiff of hops.The flavor of this brew blew me away.Just the right amounts of all the goodies,alcohol,coffee,coco,hops,and I keep getting a hint of fresh tobacco either in the aroma or flavor but in a good way mind you,very balanced.Creamy mouthfeel,with tiny amount of carbonation and a little hop kiss at the end.
I drank two of these bad boys from a mug while doing the last of my yard work for the year in the falling snow. My mission is to find more of this and soon. I deem this "DA BOMB"
pootzboy (1037), Hawgville, Ontario, Canada
Nov 20, 2008 Bottle from trade:
Pours black, light will not penetrate through the glass, Rich mocha colored cap that lasts and laces.
Aroma is ambrosia: dark cocoa, coffee, plumbs, burnt toffee and a deep grassy tone over some sweetness.
The flavor has all the tastes expected in an imperial stout but in spades, and this makes for a very complex amalgam of flavor mid palate and this changes as it warms with every warming sip giving a new set of tastes impressions... here are just some of the notable tastes: dark chocolate, mocha, cherry pipe tobacco, burnt toffee, licorice, anise, figs, prunes, toasted bundt cake, smoked cherry wood...wonderful complexity.
Big full bodied with a viscous mouth fee hugely complex. The best American Imperial.Russian stout.
DandyWolfFloyd (331), Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, USA
Nov 20, 2008 Aroma is not as bountiful as the flavor, but definite dark roast and alcohol. Appearance is a dark black color, with a fluffy brown head. The taste is a dark roasted malt, brimming with some alcohol. The taste is a rich full burst. Akin to drinking a campfire, minus the burning wood, some tobacco. A bit a astringent, but with a perfect burnt toast feel.
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