UPDATED: JUL 14, 2019 Pours black with a small, creamy tan head. Aroma roasted malts, wood, vanilla, caramel and molasses. Ends up with a little chili flavor too. Sweet taste that ends up being slightly more dry. Full bodied, oily texture and soft carbonated. A great Impy. 🌟🌟🌟🌟

UPDATED: DEC 27, 2018 Bottle at home. Pours black with brown head. Loads of chocolate and roast upfront. Taste is slightly chewy and chalky with liquorice, chocolate, coffee and moss. Short, chocolate finish. Good enough.

Sampled at Ace&Kees. Pours black with a dark tan head. Roasty malts, lots of oak, dark chocolate, light bourbon, light vanilla.

Black with a generous foamy brown head. Big aromas of espresso, wood, chocolate, cocoa and alcohol. Roasted malts with pleasantly sweet chocolate and vanilla. Deep rich creamy mouthfeel.

Sampler shared by PowY, thanks!
Black body, with a medium, creamy, lacing, dark beige head.
Aroma of chocolate, cocoa, soy sauce, coffee, some citric hops.
Tastes similar, with even more hops.
Medium, oily mouthfeel, with a low carbonation.
Finishes surprisingly hoppy, a bit harsh, roasty, a bit dry, with cocoa powder, soy sauce, coffee, liquorice.

Very nice. Quite hoppy for the style, while also with lots of chocolatey and roasty notes. Becomes a bit unbalanced and harsh towards the finish though. Still an interesting sipper, but I prefer the regular version.

Score: 8 / 4 / 8 / 3 / 15

650 ml bottle at Werckmeisters place, vintage 2017. Pours a nearly black, red-brown with a light brown head. The aroma is medium malty and lightly to medium hoppy - roasted malt, cocoa, coffee, toffee, burnt wood, strong herbal notes, spices. Medium-full to full, creamy body with a light to medium sweetness, a medium bitterness and lightly spicy. Flavor of roasted malt - dark chocolate, cocoa, licorice, burnt wood, hints of wood, vanilla and spicy chili. Finishes with a medium but long lasting roasty bitterness and a light spiciness from the cayenne chili. Not bad, not exception - still pretty good.

Aroma: 8
Appearance: 4
Taste: 8
Palate: 4
Overall: 16

Black with a small brown head - Dark malt aroma with chocolate and some peppery notes - Dark malt body with some roasted notes and chocolate with some bitterness and there is some peppery heat in the back - The dark malt, chcooclate with bitterness and peppery heat goes into the finish that lasts - This was good

0,65l bottle at home shared by Powy, big thanks. Vintage 2017. black color, small very dark coffee colored head. smells vanilla, marzipan, earthy, bit nutty, bit parfumy, peppery, spices. nice smell. full body, light carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes earthy, very peppery, light chilis, spices, vanilla, grassy, chocolate. finishes medium roasty bitter with notes of pepper, chilirs and some earthy notes. bit weirdish, not the biggest fan of this, bit weird.

RBAG 2018. From a 650ml brown bottle. Dark brown and oily looking. Thin brown foam that fades out quickly. Nose has chocolate, nuts and wood. Taste - toasty malt, chocolate malt and nuts. Some wood notes in the finish and some dark malt/dark chocolate in the finish. Really didn't notice that sash of cayenne they say is in this, but really... this is a pretty outstanding beer.

Served on tap. Black color with a brown head. Chocolate roasted malt aroma. Chocolate vanilla oak espresso malt flavor. Heavy body. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone