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.

20 months 4.6 Excellent. Tasted vs. a fresh 2017, less spicy, and way more vanilla and chocolate. Much better than the fresh bottle.

4.35 still just as good

Still very good 4.25

losing some flavor at 6 months, I think.

Really really good, sweet smooth and flavorful. At least 4.5

great!

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

2.75 years 4.3 great taste, sticky sweet, but a lot of floaties

2 y.o. 4.25 sticky sweet, really good

4.2 very good at 18 months

4.25 really good - sweet and sticky/thick

4.25 Sweet, thick, flavorful - very good.

Very good at 1 year 4.25+

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

20 months 4.6 Excellent. Tasted vs. a fresh 2017, less spicy, and way more vanilla and chocolate. Much better than the fresh bottle.

4.35 still just as good

Still very good 4.25

losing some flavor at 6 months, I think.

Really really good, sweet smooth and flavorful. At least 4.5

great!

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

Still really good but not better after a year - maybe lost something.

20 months 4.6 Excellent. Tasted vs. a fresh 2017, less spicy, and way more vanilla and chocolate. Much better than the fresh bottle.

4.35 still just as good

Still very good 4.25

losing some flavor at 6 months, I think.

Really really good, sweet smooth and flavorful. At least 4.5

great!

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

2= y.o. 4.1 very good - smooth tasty.

20 months 4.1 very good - super smooth

3.75 2 yo vs. 1 yo mini vert. Not much difference besides no head on the 2 yo. Both no bitterness but not a lot of flavor/sweetness. Maybe a little cardboard oxidation?

1 year old much better than fresh in mini vert

3+ y.o. 4.1 very good - smooth tasty.

3.75 2 yo vs. 1 yo mini vert. Not much difference besides no head on the 2 yo. Both no bitterness but not a lot of flavor/sweetness. Maybe a little cardboard oxidation?

1 year old much better than fresh in mini vert

4.11/5 rDev +5.1% look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25 1 year old bottle L - solid brown, nice head S - very light, slightly sweet T - smooth, sweet malts, very nice M - nice, slightly sticky O - very good, no overly strong flavors, but smooth sweet maltiness

Way down from fresh 4/4.25

Definitely losing taste - less flavorful and more bitterness coming through.

I think it is dropping off. Some bitterness which is surprising - that should dissipate. Maybe the lessening coffee is allowing that to come through.

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).

4.12/5 rDev -3.1% look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4 A - light gold color, cloudy with big carbonation S - very nice - sweet malts and banana T - very good with the same sweet malt flavor and banana M - ok O - very good beer, very flavorful for a lighter bodied beer

8 y.o. 4 - surprisingly it's good again, sweet tasty

3 Not good. Smell is still sweet, but nothing in the flavor.

Still good, but not as sweet as I remembered. 4ish

4.45/5 rDev +6.7% look: 3.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5 2009 vintage A - Apple cider, cloudy S - Dark fruit, stone fruit, very nice strong aromas T - Same dark and stone fruit with a nice boozy flavor, with no alcohol burn M - nice fairly chewy O - very good, tasty and very smooth

4.32/5 rDev -3.4% look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5 year old bottle A - dark with a nice strong head - some big particles S - nice malty T - very smooth with sweet dark fruit malt flavors M - smooth not too thick O - very good, not sure I thought it better than fresh