Having this Texas Imperial Stout as a Duo with Ryan on my father's birthday. Sure miss him. Another one of Martin House's two beers to a box specials. You can smell bananas as soon as you pop the top. Strong aroma along with an intense alcohol. Pours into the glass like a cola, semi-transparent but becomes opaque in the snifter. A small amount of head but it disappears quickly. Swirl it in the sniffer and it coats the glass with a crystal clear film. First sip is that banana. Strong. A sweet banana flavor that reminds me of the banana toffee candy I had as a child. The alcohol is also strong, definitely whiskey, no bourbon. As the middle arrives so does the milk chocolate. The finish adds just the smallest amount of bitterness as the chocolate whiskey flavor becomes dominant. This is an unusual beer in that each flavor seems to push the boundary to the edge of what is acceptable. It's really sweet but not too much. The alcohol is intense and pushing the limit, but doesn't cross the line. The chocolate should be a dominant flavor but it does finally arrive in the finish. Somehow it stays within the boundaries of being balanced, but just barely. It's like, we're going to kick ass and see what happens. So, they made a big alcohol beer, 14.6%, threw in a ton of flavor and through caution to the wind. Is it a great beer? Nope, but I did enjoy it.