4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
35,5 cl bottle @ home. Batch #76, no BBE info
Aroma is stale and complex with licorice, some woody notes, cranberries and sourish cherries. Flavour is rather rich and somewhat tart with licorice, some dark fruits, cherries, orange peel and roasted malt. Also some oaky notes and vanilla. Leathery finish with some ashy notes. Unique and good!
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: FEB 4, 2012 Batch 81. Pours a dark brown, purpleish color, aroma of a chocolate covered dark cherry w lil caramel. Very sweet and tastes like if you smoke a cigar after a nice meal, black licorice as well...anyhow i was next to someone who smelled the molasses right away but its not something i would have recognized
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Draft @ HotD - Pours an almost black with a slight brown tint, off white head. Smell is rich dark fruits, vanilla, caramel. Taste is more ripe dark fruits, leather, tobacco, sweet molasses. Lots of depth and character. Very nice and wonderful as it warms to room temp.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Friends brought this one over - split with them. Poured a slightly cloudy brown color with virtually no head. Aroma was sweet, rich caramels, touch of chocolate - hop. Flavor was slightly bitter, not nearly as impressed with this one as the "Adam from the Wood" which I had immediately after this one.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Draft. Pours a dark brown with a light tan head. Nice lace. Rich aroma of dark chocolate, slight leather and smoke, and some dark fruit, ironically just like the description says! Nice medium mouthfeel. Starts smooth with a build up of flavors; most notably the dark chocolate. Lingering bitterness. The smoke is nice, but isn’t overly smoky. Very nice.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
12 oz, batch 82, hazy brown pour with a couple fingers of tan head that sticks around. Chocolate, honey, and smoke on the nose. Taste chocolate, caramel, dark fruit and it has a fantastic mouthfeel. Really a superb beer
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Murky amber-brown with nice solid tan head. Sweet malty deep aroma with a touch of smoke. Sweet maltiness, deep and rich with hints of chocolate and a subtle smoke edge. A fantastic, complex ale and quite drinkable.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a deep red-brown with a frothy light tan head. Aroma is dark fruit, caramel, vanilla, some alcohol, earthy, some citrus hops. Taste is really nice; sweet but not overly; VERY drinkable; herbal, licorice, caramel, roast, some fruitiness, bitter chocolate finish. Lots of lacing. Chewy mouth feel. Really nice.
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