Evil Twin Brewing Lil’ B Imperial Porter at 11.5% ABV (C$3.83 at Bishop’s Cellar, 341 ml, no bottle date or best before)
Appearance: opaque black with one finger of dense mocha head demising gradually to a thin skim, no lacing. (4/5) Aroma: boozy dark fruit, liquorice, coffee, burnt sugar. (7/10) Taste: moderately strong sweet, moderate bitter. (7/10) Palate: full slightly oily body, low carbonation, warming bitter finish. (4/5)
A little hot initially, but it mellows nicely as the taste buds numb. OK, that may be a little unfair – it’s actually a pretty smooth imperial porter, but the ABV presence is certainly emphatic, verging on solvent. Decent complexity of flavours on the nose and the tongue. Definitely not subtle. (15/20)
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