 obguthr (1227), Poquoson, Virginia, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 5/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 20, 2009
Nice cinnamon, brown sugar, and fig aroma. Clear ruby brown, thin beige head, some lacing. Well balanced coffee and blackberry flavor, alcohol evident. Charcoal, bark, and grass finish.
Dedollewaitor (4166), Odense, Denmark
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Mar 20, 2010 Bottle @ Liva, Kolding. Pours black with a small brown head on top. Nose and flavor has lots of roasted coffee. Cold coffee, fresh coffee bean like. Smooth and medium palate and carbonation. Very pleasant and drinkable.
SHIG (2099), Aviano, Italy
| 2.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Feb 28, 2010 Bottle: Poured a black coal color with a tan color head. Aroma is light. Taste is gritty coffee bean with a slight bitterness.
esox (335), Oulu, Finland
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Feb 22, 2010 Bottled. Pours very dark brown, slightly ruby. Thin, light beige head is quite creamy and it has some lace. The aroma starts sweet, chocolatey, moderately roasted, slightly bready and raisiny. Later on it developes darker, bittersweet chocolate, a hint of tar and licorice. Some alcohol warmt in the finish. Taste is malty, sweetish and chocolaety and strong. Bitterness from the hops is quite light but sourness of chocolate beans and light roastedness balance the sweetness just enough. The palate is full bodied, low carbonated, ejoyably thick and oily. Good, strong stout with just enough character to maintain your interest and yet easy enough for relaxed sipping.
Overml01 (97), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
| 2.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 8/20 |
Feb 6, 2010 Interesting holiday stout that is a little too bitter and a bit lacking for a holiday stout. A good one to try once, and then forget about.
TheCaptain (588), Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Feb 1, 2010 Bottle. Poured very dark with small simmered head. Dark chocolate aroma.
Bittersweet with a thin malt body and bitter sugars. Some alcohol warming but seemed thin and low carbonation.
rmasa (176), Vantaa, Finland
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Jan 18, 2010 Poured ruby black with no foam; aroma of roasted malt with hints of chocolate; feels a bit thin with practically no carbonation; flavor about the same as nose with notes of salty licorice; no bitterness.
maeib (4877), Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Jan 12, 2010 Bottled (The Life Before Man Session) A black beer with a very short lived tan head. A silky smooth sweetish stout with lovely licorice notes and nice fruit in the nose. An oily texture with sweet fruit and more licorice. Very easy to drink and very tasty and a good example of the style.
smcolw (426), Wayland, Massachusetts, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 2/5 | 13/20 |
Jan 10, 2010 Impressive three-finger head with some lasting time; great ring lace. Dark brown (as opposed to black) color--some light passes through.
Lots of yeast in the smell; very mild dark malt aroma; no hop.
First sip, I notice how thin this beer is for a stout. Strong alcoholic warmth. I’d describe it as a porter, but it doesn’t have the chocolate notes. While it does have some of the black patent flavors, it isn’t bitter enough
This is an easy to drink stout--perhaps a good introduction to the big boys.
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