A true first! A metal-canned Imperial Stout with all the expectant viscous tar-like thickness and hefty 10% alcohol intensity needed to please connoisseurs. Reminiscent of molasses-sapped milkshake on sweet side and burnt espresso on bitter end, tan-headed mahogany-hued full body latently drops tobacco chew, sticky anise, and cocoa powder illusions atop charcoal-smoked flaked oats.

Intriguingly bold blackish stout boasting “ridiculous amount of dark-roasted barley” complements aromatic bourbon-port-sherry-barleywine perk and lusty cherry jubilee sweetness with frighteningly elevated honey-syrupy 18.8% alcohol warmth. Fluctuant raisin-fig dryness, pithy cognac influence and sticky licorice-liqueur soothe retained to creamy chocolate brownie finish of excellent sipping beer perfect for fireplace dessert.

Bold black-as-oil Estonian-styled Russian Imperial achieves iconoclastic status by melding dry port tendencies to chewy prune-ripened chocolate liqueur illusions. Reigning 9% alcohol pungency enhances lingering sweet barleywine richness countering burnt coffee bitterness. Beer equivalent to a slow sipping port wine not for weak-hearted.

Rich 8% alcohol stout rejects expectant chocolate-coffee traits for unanticipated port wine skewer. Ester-y red grape core, soured prune vestige, and minor cherry notion stabilize creamy malt foundation.

Immensely complex oak-aged Old Heathen dry stout (with maroon-highlighted deep mahogany hue) scatters bittersweet black chocolate urging across charred hop frontage as tannic grape-soured cherry tartness infiltrates Black Forest cake illusion. Further sips reveal sherry-port kick at lingering lacquered vanilla finish, though stabilized aftertaste recalls marshmallow-imbued chocolate liqueur. Updated 2013 version ‘aged in whiskey barrels’ brought deeper wood-smoked bourbon tenacity to oaken cherry and tannic grape pucker – overriding chalky mocha thrust.

Ruinous ethanol-like 9.5% toxicity and murky chocolate malting drag down suspect ebony-hued Russian stout. Slick hop oils severely taint parched cocoa, molasses, and prune astringency as well as tertiary licorice, espresso, cola, and hazelnut illusions. On bettered second passing, bittersweet black chocolate stead picked up maple-sapped wood-burnt bourbon vanilla soothe, black cherry flash, and anise hint, increasing its rating a whole point.

Viscous oats-charred lactic stout lands sticky molasses-soaked anise punch, overwhelming thick black chocolate, vanilla, and espresso creaminess as well as tertiary plum-raisin-fig souring. Chocolate liqueur, black cherry, and burnt cedar illusions also intensify anise impetus.

Complex black-hued stout pours like 10W40 motor oil. Heavy molasses, rich chocolate, and tangential coffee bean ascent combine for luxuriant facade. Sweet sherry, ripe fig-raisin, and vanilla juxtapose vinous oaken cherry slip to the thoroughly satisfying, fully formed, hickory-smoked cocoa-nutty finish. Better than espresso as after dinner treat.

Mighty fine off-dry cream stout flaunting signature roasted coffee sourness gains chalky cocoa bitterness, milk chocolate richness, sweet toffee insistence, dry burgundy richness and maraschino cherry piquancy to juxtapose coarse wood-smoked hop char. Perfect espresso alternative. ’13 version: dark-roasted black chocolate contingent rides above dry beechwood-like smokiness and floral-tinged pumpkin spicing.

Cascading tan bubbles surface above re-fermented hop-moderated brown-bodied dry stout. Burnt coffee resilience sours caramelized black chocolate cake overlay, powdery cocoa bitterness, black cherry tartness, and creamy liqueur assertion, deepening cola-hazelnut-walnut scour as grain-roasted oatmeal thickness amplifies. Woody bottom awakens thick sherry grandeur for fine digestif feast.

Fixed black cherry-currant nose complements prune puree thickness and syrupy maple malt resolve of weighty ebony stout. Toasted hop dryness deepens robust black coffee-chocolate finish, gaining burnt wood hint by third passing.