9

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

Bottle, many thanks Mats! Black color with dark beige head. Aroma is chocolate, coconut, chocolate cake, vanilla. Taste is all the chocolate cake goodness, with great vanilla oak flavours, with a thick coconut taking over in the back. Oily mouthfeel with low carbonation. Fantastic!

8

Z plusikiem niewielkim

8

Duzo karmelowo-melasowych nitek, megaslodkie, ciut alkoholowe, migdalowo-waniliowe, generalnie kurde, pyszka tez

8

Nie takie slodkie, mocno owocowe, beczka slicza ciut szarlotkowa, duzo czekolado-bomboniery, gladziutkie. Fajnie inne od burbonowych, 4.3

8

Ta makadamia migdalowa... beczka tradycyjna dla BL. Disc agresywne. Jakies fajne kandyzowane nutki. Klasa acz chyba na lezak. 4.3?

8

Klasa beczka, czekoladowosc, waniliowosc, jakas mila owocowosc... generalnie pyszka acz nie to ze jakos ponad BL srednia

8.4

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

At this time, this is #27 on the list of Imperial Stouts. I've had it for at least 2 years, kind of forgot about it. Pours like motor oil, just a small bubbly head that fades quickly. Aroma is the sweetest most decadent vanilla and dark chocolate. Allowed this to warm up...wow, like chewing on a vanilla bean which is certainly overpowering It's not cloying but it does have a caramel chocolate bar sort of flavor or even 3 muskateers. yet not too sweet. Solid beer overall. I love the coffee throughout.

9.5

Well ain't that something. Lots of vanilla without getting metallic, buttery bourbon, smooth, thick and rich. Sweetness.. marshmellow?

6.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle - pours dark brown tan head - nose and taste of too much rum with bourbon, toasted pecan, vanilla and chocolate roast - full bodied.

8.1

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

Got in a trade with RaulMondesi. 500 ml bottle into snifter, 2018 vintage bottling. Pours moderately hazy deep ruby red color with a small fairly dense cream colored head with good retention, that reduces to a thin spotty lace cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of huge milk chocolate, cocoa, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, cream, marshmallow, strawberry, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, and brown bread; with light notes of molasses, raisin, cherry, leather, tobacco, herbal, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness. Some increasing booze in the aromas as it warms, but not overwhelming. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/bready malt, vanilla, lactose, strawberry, bourbon barrel, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop notes; with big strength. Taste of huge milk chocolate, cocoa, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, cream, marshmallow, strawberry, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, and brown bread; with light notes of molasses, raisin, cherry, leather, tobacco, herbal, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness. Light herbal/roast bitterness and bourbon/oak tannin spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk chocolate, cocoa, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, cream, marshmallow, strawberry, bourbon, coconut, toasted oak, brown bread, light molasses/dark fruit, herbal, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt, vanilla, lactose, strawberry, bourbon barrel, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness and bourbon/oak spiciness balance; with no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness and bourbon/oak spiciness. Light-medium carbonation and fairly full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready, and lightly slick/sticky/tannic mouthfeel that is great. Mildly increasing warmth of 12.9%, with minimal barrel booziness lingering after the finish. Overall this is an awesome barrel aged flavored strong ale. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt, vanilla, lactose, strawberry, bourbon barrel, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the huge ABV; with the mildly bitter/tannic/drying finish. Awesome balance of rich malts, strawberry, vanilla, lactose, and bourbon barrel integration; with solid earthy hop presence. Not overly sweet/heavy from lingering bitter/tannic dryness. A really enjoyable offering as expected. Very unique, but nails the expectations; while still being spot on for the base style.