Not as commanding and monstrous as you might expect from a limited release imperial stout, this is a surprisingly easy drinking stout with a strong cocoa backbone and a gnashing spicy bite. This stout doesn't rewrite the modern American big stout recipe book, it isn't over the top, shockingly viscous or super concentrated and that's precisely why it succeeds. This monster is silky smooth, understated, very malty but even and effortlessly consumable - all cornerstone qualities no true stout lover would ever decry or protest.