UPDATED: JAN 10, 2022 750 ml. Aroma has notes of cinnamon, dark bread, chocolate, vanilla. Pours inky black with no real head, just a thin collar of tan foam. Taste is moderately bittersweet with flavors like the aroma. Chili peppers are pretty faint, with the pepper heat building on the palate gradually. Nice velvety mouthfeel. Beautiful beer.

UPDATED: JAN 1, 2022 75 cl bottle served in a snifter. Poured black with small half finger mocha tan head that dissipated immediately. Aroma: burnt chili peppers, toffee, cinnamon, chocolate, vanilla, coffee, smoke, dark fruit, raisins. Taste: chili peppers, caramel, toffee, cinnamon, vanilla, bitter dark chocolate, dark roasted espresso beans, fudge, nougat, burnt muscovado sugar, molasses, plums, sultana, dates, licorice, dried figs. Chewy and silky mouthfeel. Full body with a roasted chilipeper bittersweet finish...awesome stuff! Now I have to taste the barrel aged version!!!

UPDATED: OCT 16, 2021 Opaque black beer with a slight brown head. Heavy aroma; taste starts heavy sweet and ends slightly bitter and dry. Vanilla, fruit, chocolate, roasted malts and cinnamon. 9/5/9/4

UPDATED: OCT 9, 2021 Lukt: Kaffe, kjeks, kanel. Utseende: Sort. Skum/kullsyre: Ikke skum. Smak: Kaffe, kjeks, kanel, chilli, vanilje. Medium: Rating:848416, Flaske@750ml, ABV@11,5%, Når@02.10.2021. Hvor: Tasting kveld Bryne. Perennial Abraxas Stout - Imperial Flavored / Pastry

UPDATED: MAY 24, 2021 750-ml bottle from rare beer club. good foamy head, roasty sweet vanilla cinnamon nose, creamy, milk chocolate, restrained booze, vanilla cinnamon, sweet fruit, earthy maybe from the ancho chile.

UPDATED: MAR 13, 2021 2019 vintage bottle. Black pour, miniscule ring of head. Dark, roasty aroma. Taste is a straightforward roasty stout, peppers show up in a small way, adding some heat. Deep and rich. A true classic.

UPDATED: FEB 27, 2021 Bottle. Moderate molasses and toasted for the malt, light resin and earth for the hops and yeast, with dark chocolate, soy sauce, vanilla and lots cinnamon. Head is small, frothy, light brown, with good lacing and good legs, and is mostly diminishing. Color is very dark brown. Flavor starts heavily sweet and slightly acidic, then finishes heavily sweet and slightly bitter. Palate is full, syrupy, with a sticky finish. A really tasty Flavored Imperial Stout, maybe a touch too much cinnamon, but every other aspect is outstanding.

UPDATED: JAN 31, 2021 Bottle - vintage 2020 - apparently had this at dark lord day... Nose is cocoa and chilis. Lot going on. Lot of chocolate. Expected more heat.

UPDATED: JAN 9, 2021 It pours black with a dark brown head. There are cinnamon flavors with some sugary elements. There are also roasted notes with low pepper. It is velvety smooth. There is also very low vanilla and chocolate.

UPDATED: DEC 27, 2020 Bottle (2019 edition) pour. Appearance is syrupy opaque black with nice sparkle at the edges of the glass, nice viscosity, finger-width light-brown head with poor retention and no lacing. Aroma is roasted malt, vanilla, cacao. Taste is moderately strong sweet roasted malt, dark fruit, vanilla, chocolate, milder cinnamon and chili spice. Mouthfeel is full bodied, thick syrup texture, soft carbonation, mild chili heat, and finish as taste. Overall, like the others in the series, I think this sat too long--drink within first 6 months! I experience the quality but it would have been best a while ago.