4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Draught @ Moeder Lambic during the Stone vs Moeder Lambic event. Pitch black with a light brown head. Smells hoppy, chocolate and coffee. Tastes hops and chocolate.. amazingly well balanced. Full body, great carbo.
4.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
From a 12 oz bottle ,Brownish head,smoke, toast, roasty, black, peppery and spices, full body, pretty damn good for the price.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Deep brown with a quickly disappearing head. Chocolate and boozy aroma along with toasted nuts. Bourbon, fig tastes, a peppery ending. One of the smoothest beers I’ve ever had.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Black color with a medium head. Outstanding aroma. Very fruity, lightly herbal. Some caramel and toasted malts. Juicy, fruity fig taste, rich barley, and just a slight bit of acrid, burnt malt. Full bodied. Wonderful.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from Ledgers. Excellent Black IPA! Pours a black with tan head. Nose is dried figs, malty roastiness and a little heat. First taste is peppery and coffee like. Finishes clean with a slight burn.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours black with a dark brown head. Aroma is of malts, nuttiness, roasty, and coffee. Flavor is loaded with malts, dark chocolate, molasses, and roasted scents. Leaves a roasted malt finish. Good stuff.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
bottle from awesome girlfriend.. again.
pours VERY dark for the style, I like it. Almost no head, whatsoever. Quick swirl fixes that right up, actually more tha I thought it would.
nose has chocolate, and some woody and nutty in it. Very unique. actually has a bit of the palo santo smell in it.
taste, the only thing I can say at start was odd... it furled my brow. this beer has many phases. on the front there is nuttiness and a lot of anise... no other beer has touched the tip of my tongue like this has. it morphs through fig on the flat with a mild pepper flavor, and ends very dry with another flavor I can not quite put my finger on...
can not even fathom that this is 9.5% I can taste it nowhere.
This is a very unique beer, find it, get it. totally worth the under $3 price tag. Wish I had more.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Black pour, tan head. Aroma is much like a stout but has some extra oomph from hops and additional ingredients. A nice mix of herbal hops and chocolate with some boozy notes peaking thru in the nose. Flavor is full and really a harmonious balance of dark malt, aswesome hops and the figs and spices are a welcomed addition. Nice beer. Very nice. Certainly one to seek out.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle from Whole Foods in Chandler. Live rate. Pours a roasted coffee color with a reddish brown head of foam -- looks great. Smells of ash, cocoa, sweet malts, peppercorns, and figs. Very earthy. Tastes of each with added notes of savory spices, grape skins, and barley. Good stuff.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
On draft at Stone. Dark black with nice tan off-white head. Aroma was very sweet with some spices and vanilla/chocolate. Taste was very roasty, chocolate, spices, oak, and a bitterness that sticks around the pallet. Medium nice silky pallet. Overall very good.
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