UPDATED: NOV 17, 2021 Taken on the launch of of WOW Mastery, this powerful drink took me 4 hours to sip on this original adventure, shared with my better half. Some bitterness and overwhelming coffee.

UPDATED: FEB 6, 2021 Słodki aromat klonowo-kakaowy oraz alkohol. W smaku słodkie wyraźnie gorzkie zalegające i ściągające alkoholowe i kwaśne.

UPDATED: JAN 3, 2021 Pours a pitch-black coloration with a huge, foamy, mocha-colored head. Smells of caramel malt, brown sugar and molasses, with just a hint of gasoline also coming through. Taste is a terrible balance of caramel malt, huge brown sugar notes, molasses, toffee and lighter dark fruit, with just a hint of chocolate and a really unpleasant, boozy gasoline presence in the aftertaste. Finishes sickly sweet, with some brown sugar and gasoline lingering in the aftertaste. Full mouthfeel with a very rich body and low carbonation. While this isn't quite as boozy as I had feared, apparently reducing the ABV down to 15% from 17.5% had at least some effect, there still is a certain gasoline aftertaste to it, while the sheer, sickly, syrupy, caramel and brown sugar sweetness that drowns out everything else is what truly makes this unbearable, with the Cassonade sugar obviously being WAY overdone here. I drain-poured it after just enough sips to finish this review, absolutely disgusting, how anyone can rate this above 2 is absolutely beyond me, This is just such a typical example of going for shock value at all cost without giving even the slightest regard to balance, it's the very antithesis of what a good Imperial Stout should be all about, while I've had one 17% and plenty of 15% Imperial Stouts that were a lot better balanced than this as well. Basically tastes like a ton of brown sugar dissolved in gasoline, which only gets worse as this warms, absolutely dreadful.

UPDATED: NOV 21, 2020 Wow, what a hammer stout. Roasted malt, harsh flavors. Dry-bitter finish and long lasting finish

UPDATED: JUL 19, 2020 How bad can be 16.1% alco beer? :D Smell-medium strong, roast, maybe bit of dark bitter chocolate. Foam- roast, the bitter, herbal, sour alcoholic mess in the first sip, with some sweetness in. Wtf is this? The head is small, dark brown color. Appearance-generic bottle cap, golden-ish, simple label with 黑 on it. Looks like sake.. maybe that is intension? Color is black, no carbonation. From - snifter Taste - sweet, bitter, roast, sour, herbal, alcoholic mix. This is very weird and feels quite over-roasted. There is sweetness somewhere but the roast.. cmon, it kills it too much. Mixed with orange juice, it is drinkable then.

UPDATED: APR 29, 2020 Aged approximately 2.5 years. Pours (surprise, surprise) black with a massive, frothy coffee head. Seriously, this one almost overflowed out the glass. Nose is brown sugar, caramel, liquorice, coffee, brown bread and soy sauce. Palate is thick. Taste starts off ridiculously sweet. Loads of brown sugar, turkish delight, raisins, chocolate, fudge. Huge, bitter hop finish. Too hoppy for my liking.

UPDATED: APR 25, 2020 Beer tasting @ fillepolo 25/4-20. Bottle Mikkeller webshop. Roasted malty and sweet with chocolate and almonds. Body full, the finish roasted, sweet and bitter.

UPDATED: APR 25, 2020 Bottle from mikkeller web shop. Roasted malt with notes of almonds, wood, chocolate and alcohol. Dry bitter finish.

UPDATED: FEB 14, 2020 [Fairbar - Aarhus] Aroma: strong coffee, alcohol, licorice and roasted malt Appearance: Pitch black with a small slowly disappearing brown head Taste: Moderate-intense sweet and moderately bitter, strong coffee and licorice ending in a warm alcoholic finish Mouthfeel: Oily texture with soft carbonation Overall: It's quite sweet and the alcohol makes it hard to drink :)

UPDATED: FEB 6, 2020 On tap in de Bierboom, Brugge on 31st Jan 2020 (at 18% ABV). It's black, tanned head and heavy!