8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can. Pitch black colour with a small beigeish brown head. Aroma is sweet malts, vanilla, chocolate, lactose and mild peppery tones with some alcohol sweetness too. Flavour is sweet malts, chocolate, vanilla, alcohol, some cinnamon and mild peppery tones.

8.8

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

440 ml can, as Moersleutel Smeerolie Mexicake Imperial Stout, at Cardinal, Stavanger. ABV is 11%. Pitch black colour, large brown head. The aroma has notes of roast malts, coffee, dark chocolate / cocoa, vanilla and cinnamon, hints of smoked chilies. Smooth, warming and rich mouthfeel. The medium sweet flavour has the same elements as the aroma, but there is now a more distinct chili burn, and moderate bittering hops. Outstanding beer!

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

44 cl. can @ home, bought @ Kulenborgse Bierhandel.
Balck with a big orange-brown head. Chocolate aroma, with vanilla and cinnamon. Sweet taste with a mild heat from the peppers. Sweet smooth finish with some chocolate bitterness. Well done.

7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Tap at the junkyard Nottingham. Jet black colour with a tan head. Aroma and taste are malty chocolate and light warming spice. Smooth body.

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

21st June 2021; monthly Beer Share in Chez Sophie. Just the four of us this time around. 440ml can brought my me (not Simon, as minutemat claims). Black bodied, tanned foam on top. Chocolate and Cinnamon front to both the aroma and rich taste, nice viscous feel to the body, mini-heat in the finish.

8.6

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Can at Home

Black coloured. Roasted malts, chocolate 🍫, slight pepper 🌶️, cacoa, vanilla. Fairly bitter, slightly sweet. Medium-heavy bodied. Slow sipper.

Purchased at Mitra Schouwburgring Tilburg, Berrie Peek

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can from Deconinck. Cloudy black with a thin, beige head. Strong aroma of chocolate biscuit, vanilla cream, cinnamon, bourbon, green apple, date, meringue, chocolate sauce, dark fudge, espresso.Taste has sweet date & fig in a thick, chocolate-fueled body, hint of fudge & biscuit too, accompanied by spicy cinnamon & a touch of creamy vanilla. Only very slightly earthy-umami into the peppery hoppy finish, more chocolate & cinnamon & spicy chili in the end but softened by the sweet chocolate aspect. Warming bourbon alcohol in the throat. Full body, creamy texture, soft carbonation. Heavy stuff, rich but structured.

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8.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

I guess it was only a matter of time before Dutch stout specialist De Moersleutel came up with the old Aztec-themed imperial stout, so here it is, flavoured with chipotle peppers, cocoa nibs, cinnamon and vanilla. Thin and immediately open, yellowish beige ring for a head, black robe with thin mahogany edges. Aroma of strong cinnamon upfront, black chocolate sauce, caramel sauce, dried chilli flakes, black peppercorns, hazelnut liqueur, marzipan, indeed a whiff of vanilla, whisky, vague incense note, brownies and a background structure of roasty black coffee. Intense from the start, sweet (candied date, blackberry coulis) with a light sourish edge, softly carbonated, very thick and syrupy body; deeply black-chocolatey malt core, the ‘chocolateyness’ strongly accentuated by the added cocoa, over layers of walnutty and toffeeish aspects and working towards a coffeeish roasty bitterness – yet the chocolate factor remains dominant. Vanilla beans and – much more clearly so – cinnamon pop up in the end, while the cocoa lingers alongside a peppery hop kick, merging with chipotle heat (though quite mildly so) and a whisky-like alcohol effect, very emphatic and flirting with wryness in the very end. Quite an intense ride, even if the chili heat could have been even stronger for me – this was altogether mild, compared with a similar, American product by Hoppin’ Frog I had right after this one. Still very well done, rich and layered, with all of the added ingredients coming through beautifully and in the right moment – which is seldom the case in flavoured stouts, now that I come to think of it. Moersleutel’s tribute to the legendary Hunahpu’s, in a sense, delivering what it promises.