 crizay (1050), Brook Park (was Tampa,FL), Ohio, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Apr 6, 2009
Deep black pour, small tan head. Aroma is deep and almost fruity, mostly roasted malt but with a belgian touch. Flavor is pretty sweet and sugary with lots of mild coffee upfront and a caramel sweetness that’s pretty big in the finish. Mouthfeel is thick with a lot of carbonation and a cloying sweet finish. Some smoke comes out afterwards to cut through the sweetness. Hop bitterness is there but does not affect the flavor at all, but the sweetness is a little too much. Overall a pretty good beer.
JulienHuxley (235), Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 23, 2009 Bottle. Damn, this is quite the night. Roasted coffee aromas, but not in the american or mikkeller way, a sweeter and meatier coffee. I also get grapes and alcohol here. Malty taste, quite sweet with a yeasty finish. Nice mouthfeel and overall very good beer.
nimbleprop (936), SouthWest, Washington, Washington DC, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 19, 2009 33cl bottle. I have been wanting to try this for many years. The DC Blizzard of 2009 seemed like just the right night. Pours a slightly oily, slightly viscous, completely opaque black with a creamy, frothy, lacing tan head. Aroma is BIG, even from a foot away: wood, liquor, coffee, brown sugar, candy, burnt toast, light smoke, chocolate, freshly baked cookies, wet earth, tobacco. Flavor has lots of toasted grains and freshly toasted bread, coffee grounds, wood pulp, some very strong sweetness, milk chocolate, molasses, sticky fruits, mocha, vanilla, booze. Finish is thick, almost like a milk stout, with some alcohol heat down the throat. I couldn’t really find the hops that other elite Imperial Stouts have. Still, there’s something very European about this stout.
5000 (2600), Hardened Liver, Washington, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 19, 2009 Bottle: Black as night, huge frothy light brown head, nice lacing. Grape skin and cocoa nose. Very slight barrel aging. Not all that roasty. Lots of purple grape popsicle like flavors on the tongue. Through in a few licks of the stick and I think that’s it. Roastiness is mild, the 13% ABV is non-existant. Wow, this tastes just like a grape popsicle as you get down to the wooden stick. What the hell?!?! Body and mouthfeel are average. It does feel a little silky though. Hmmm, certainly unique. Clean on the exit, malt sweetness gets a little sticky. Shows more stout like aspects on the finish. Good, but not what I was expecting at all.
Taverner (878), San Ramon, California, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 6, 2009 Bottle from The Trappist. Pours black with brown head. Licorice, licorice and licorice! Flavors of dark fruits, esp Plum and Fig, dried. Strong and alcoholic, yet smooth. Black Jack Gum - totally.
CaptainCougar (5527), Rockville, Maryland, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 6, 2009 Bottle sampled on 7/10/08: Pours a transparent dark mahogany with a well-lacing frothy dark tan head. Aroma of sweet dark caramel malt and some lactic character with plummy notes and bitter roastiness. Body starts fairly full and viscous with good dark caramel and chocolate sweetness with some alcoholic warmth and dark fruity complexity. Seems like it could stand to age a little while to mellow some.
patrickfannon (374), Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 |
Dec 5, 2009 Bottle. 11.2 oz. Pours dark black, but settles to a deep, opaque chesnut brown with a thin, velvety beige head. Aroma of figs, raisins, almonds, roasted malts, and hints of chocolate and espresso. Medium, insanely smooth body. Great, smmoth finish. Excellent imperial sout.
Joen (9), Zeist, Netherlands
does not count  | 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Nov 29, 2009 Updated: Dec 3, 2009A 33cl bottle (EXP 2013). It’s a very dark brown beer with a brown fine head. The beer has a port like odour with a hint of licorice. Whre you expect a sweet taste... it’s not there. Almost all the sugars are converted into alcohol.. Malty and licorice taste. With a nice bitterness which lasts. Very nice
LanceUppercut (133), Sweden
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Nov 28, 2009 A good belgian IS? I gotta admit I was a bit skeptical, even though I like other beers from Struise, mainly due to the fact that the foam resembled that of the Hercule IS that I didn’t find too exciting. The aroma was wonderful though, if only a bit sharp - Chocolate, liquorish and orange peel. The taste is subtle at first, and then the complex flavors creep up on you. Rum raisins, apples, calvados, red wine, chocolate and just a touch of alcohol in the finish. It’s elegant, fruity, and a bit acidic. An absolutely awesome beer! Works great together with Lindts chocolate with seasalt.
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