NayTron (30), Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Oct 18, 2009 Pours black with tan head.Smells sweet with vanilla, caramel, licorice and some chocolate. Taste how it smells with a tiny bit of alcohol. Finishes dry with a sweet bitternes that lingers and is very pleasant.
 dimenhetfield (156), , Florida, USA
Oct 16, 2009 Aroma of chocolate and maple with a touch of malt. Pours jet black and a little syrupy. Smooth and refreshing and doesn’t over power the palate.
gunnar (486), Sandnes, Norway
Oct 13, 2009 Bottle. Served to cold, so had to wait 20 min. Pours almost pitch black, with a frothy tan head. Aroma of coffee, dark chocolate, caramel,liquorice, vanilla and roasted malts.
Taste is much of the same, but also some smoked tar somewhere in between the others.Dry hoppy end.
NJJereme (261), Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
Oct 10, 2009 Bottle. Pours a nice coffee black color with a nice tan head. Aromas and tastes of coffee, chocolate, roasted malts, and a hint of cherry to the nose. Medium to heavily bodied. A nice bitter edge. Very good stuff.
njmoons (52), New Jersey, USA
Oct 6, 2009
As with all Samuel Smith beers that I have had. An excellent, spot on to catagory, beer.
Poured dark brown/black. Two Fingers of foam from a vigorous pour, which slowly dissipated.
Smell of malt, heavy fruits (cherries, plum), and a hint of coffee.
Taste was slightly sweeter on the front end and more bitter on the back end than I expected, which is fine for an RIS. But overall the beer was nicely in balance. The malty heavy fruit ale taste is slowly taken over by the bitterness leaving a nice finish for a heavy beer.
The mouth feel is think and heavy as would be expected, with just a note of alcohol burn.
I could drink a few no problem, but would need a ride home
Geokkjer (256), Kristiansand, Norway
Oct 6, 2009 330 ml bottle.Pours black with a creamy beige head.Fruity aroma with notes of apples and roasted grains of course.Roast and coffee flavors with some bitterness.Medium to full bodied.Nice one.
jonno (538), Brisbane, Australia
Oct 3, 2009 A very good stout. Not what i would call Imperial in this day and age. Poured with a big foamy tan head and pitch black. Lots of deep flavours, coffee, licorise etc with a thin to medium body. Solid drinking without being mindblowing. A well crafted beer which reflects a lot of heritage.
soapbox (14), Alabama, USA
Oct 3, 2009 Pours a strong dark brown with a tan head. Has a strong aroma of mainly caramel and roasted coffee. Has a strong coffee taste with a syrupy feel. Just a great beer; way too strong for a beginner.
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