 MrRoss (614), Delta, British Columbia, Canada
Aug 24, 2009 Not perfect, but awfully damned close. Not a great head, but everything else was supurb - aroma, appearance (like a dark, black ink), and taste. Really want more of this, but no longer available here in B.C. Also got to love the name as well as the excellent label.
Sonicdescent (373), Donora, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 23, 2009 Pours none more black with a thick and creamy tan head. Leaves a ton of lacing. Simply beautiful.
Smells strongly of coffee and chocolate. Hop presence found in the taste doesn’t have much place here.
Tastes of..coffee, chocolate, and a nice bitter hoppy finish. This is definitely a hop-forward stout.
Thick bodied and medium carbonation with a warming sensation.
Very good, very easy to find, but as it warms the hops tend to overtake the other flavors making it more difficult to drink as I prefer hops take a backseat if any seat in my stouts.
greig (169), Hamilton, New Zealand
Aug 22, 2009 Oily, warming, coffee, chocolate, treacle, bitingly bitter, but smooth and comforting. A great beer, and an excellent RIS.
TreborWhip (67), Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 21, 2009 Updated: Sep 22, 2009Beautiful dark stout that was perfectly balanced. Creamy tan head with dark brown, almost black, body.
direwolf9 (29), Dallas, Texas, USA
Aug 20, 2009 Bought 12 of these to share at a party. Drank one early and ended up stashing the rest for myself. Just another great stout. Still prefer the Stone Imperial Russian and the Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti but this is definitely in their league. Wish I was drinking one right now.
yalnikim (776), Wellington, New Zealand
Aug 16, 2009 Black magic. World class. Tending towards the British style of RIS, with lovely dark fruits, caremel and bittersweet chocolate and a perfectly balanced roast character, but this beer has a vitality and freshness that I’ve never got from any of the famous Brits... so incredibly drinkable at 9%abv.
Narnad (681), Wonder Lake, Illinois, USA
Aug 16, 2009 A very dark black brew with a tan head that tops it. Aroma is pretty sweet in the nose with the presence of chocolate, raisin, light cherry, coffee and lots of roasted notes. Flavor is very well balanced with a very thick chocolate, light coffee bitterness that balances the the sweetness from the chocolate and dark fruit notes. Alcohol is very well hidden behind the dense, oily , low carbonation mouth feel of this brew. Overall a fantastic brew and one I have enjoyed many a time and is well worth the price
mholdefer (5), Northport, Alabama, USA
does not count  Aug 15, 2009 Dark like Rasputin but not evil to the palate - a wonderful dark coffee chocolate treat that has a strong punch - wonderful taste treat
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