The last beer I had from this line was an Imperial Porter, if I recall correctly. It was very good. This one isn't quite as good, in my opinion. I like dry drinks much more than the average person, but this one has an aftertaste that even I find to be a little bitter. Still, it goes down very easy for a beer with 8.5% alcohol, and other than the strong aftertaste is fairly pleasant. Not particularly remarkable, it has a nice barley wine taste with a hint of some of the darker chocolaty flavors one finds in many darker beers these days.
Oddly enough, my only other complaint is about the packaging. Go figure. This is one of those beers that comes in the bigger bottle with the foil around the top. Last time it was fine, but this time there seems to be a bit of a mishap with whatever adhesive they used. It got all over the cap and around the edge. Made it a little difficult to get the foil off, and I feel like I can only drink from one side of the bottle because the adhesive is stuck right around the lip on the other side. And the cap was stuck on in such a way that even though this is a twist-off bottle, it wouldn't twist off. But the last bottle I had in this line was fine, so I'm guessing that was just a lone glitch in the last part of the assembly line.
If I had to choose which of the two from this line that I've tried to recommend, I'd probably recommend the other. But this one is one that I'm willing to finish off tonight while I'm working and writing. I was curious enough to google other reviews of this and the Imperial Porter while I was typing this, and I saw that beer advocate seems to agree with me. This one is in the B- to B-ish grade range, still good but not great. Whereas the Imperial Porter is in the B+ or A-ish range.
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