fresh - good but a bit too barrel hot 6 mo old - very good, a bit a aged old ale sherry type sweetness with still strong barrel presence 1 year - very good, smooth, especially in a vert with fresh

still great

Still strong coffee flavor

very good, very smooth, no bitterness at all

excellent coffee and chocolate, but a slight bitterness at the finish - is there a sweet spot where this dies off before you lose the coffee too much?

4.58/5 rDev +0.4% | Avg: 4.56 look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5 Fresh as possible - 4/1 release, purchase and consumption A - Super black with a tremendous tan/brown head S - Very strong and pleasing coffee and chocolate T - Delicious with coffee flavor dominance, very slight bitterness at the finish F - Thick and oily O - Fantastic coffee stout - results meet the hype. Lucky enough to have landed 11 more that I'll consume over time (up to one year unless it starts lose too much coffee).

3.86 thin and light for an IS. More like a coffee brown ale.

4.37/5 rDev +9% look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25 A - dark black, nice tan head S - awesome mint dominated with chocolate - think Girl Scout Thin Mint T - very good - mint, chocolate, roasted sweet smooth M - nice thickness O - very good, I was worried it might be too much mint, but so not at all

4.29 Excellent RIS. Very smooth. no bitterness. About 15 months.

Still great!

4.85/5 rDev +10.7% look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5 A - dark with nice tan head S - really nice sweet roasted aroma T - WOW, so good. amazing flavor with no burn. There is a delicious familiar flavor - I think it's camp fire roasted marshmellows. M - nice thick but not sticky O - it's hard to day a 12 oz beer is worth this price, but it is at least once. One of the best beers I have ever tasted

Good - maybe 4.0

3.9/5 rDev -7.8% look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75 A - Dark nice big tan head S - Nice coffee aroma T - Good, very strong coffee flavor, but could use some more complexity to the flavor beyond that M - A bit thin for an IS O - Good coffee forward Imperial Stout

Good - maybe 4.0

4.05 Light thin compared to other limited release coffee/chocolate ISs. Good but not worth chasing.

3.84 Good but not great. Too light and subtle - not an Imperial Stout, caramel flavor was good but light and could not pick up the salt.

about 4 months. vanilla aroma very prominent and nice. coffee is down a lot in nose and taste. 4.5

still just as good - a bit more cinnamon in the taste

4.41/5 rDev -0.7% look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25 L - nice dark black with a big tan head S - Coffee, chocolate,vanilla and barrel T - Layered with the same as the aroma with cinnamon coming in lightly late in the taste through the finish M - nice, not too heavy but somewhat sticky O - very good, a great complex BA stout and a value for the price

4.24/5 rDev +19.8% look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25 Bottle aged six months, but very similar to my thoughts on the two times it had it on draft A - dark brown/black with a thin tan head S - sweet malty aroma T - very smooth, sweet malt, dark stone fruit flavors M - excellent, very thick for a quad O - exactly the flavor I would want of a very good quad with a particularly good mouthfeel

4.57/5 rDev +7.3% look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.75 2010 consumed April 2016 A - Brown with a reddish hue, effervescent head S - stone fruit - plums raisons T - Delicious. So smooth and sweet with strong plum/prune/raison flavors. M - Nice slightly sticky O - Just delicious

about 4 months. vanilla aroma very prominent and nice. coffee is down a lot in nose and taste. 4.5

still just as good - a bit more cinnamon in the taste

4.41/5 rDev -0.7% look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25 L - nice dark black with a big tan head S - Coffee, chocolate,vanilla and barrel T - Layered with the same as the aroma with cinnamon coming in lightly late in the taste through the finish M - nice, not too heavy but somewhat sticky O - very good, a great complex BA stout and a value for the price