3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap. Pours with a black body and a tan head that lasts for a bit. Aromas of roast, vanilla, light esters, coffee and dusty cocoa nibs. Flavors are sweet, chocolate, licorice and a lot of dark fruit. Creamy and a bit warming. Medium bubbles, full bodied. Lingering dark fruit esters. Good.
4.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: DEC 13, 2011 tap, chocolate, coffee, roasty, black, tan foam, light sweetness, medium bitterness, average carbonation,
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
12 oz bottle
A: chocolate, burnt sugar, spicy, raisin/plum
T: chocolate, raisin/plum, caramel, roasted grains
This is a big beer with a lot of malty notes. A bit on the sweet side, but not bad.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cocoa aroma. Black in color with tan head. Cocoa-chocolatey, not my favorite chocolate tones.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at the Canyon Club: Such a surprise to find this beer on tap at such a random tiny bar especially since it’s in San Diego. Anyways, poured a dark black liquid and was topped with a thin half inch of foamed head. It was too hard for me to pick up on the aroma since this place has a kitchen and people smoke cigarettes in the door way so I will have to guess with a 7. The flavor is dominated with dark roasted malts that give off a syrupy taste in conjunction with a warm presence of alcohol. I only drank 2 pints of this before I began waving the white flag. Good stuff and this definitely needs to go into bottle production.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Draught at Brewfest Encinitas. Very dark brown with almost no head. Sweet fruity chocolate aroma. Sweet and fruity flavor with light hops and not a lot of darker malt flavor. Full bodied and lower in carbonation. Just a little bland and sweet on the whole with out a lot going on. Not my kind of stout.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap @ Goat Hill Tavern.
Black brew with a decent amount of tan head. Lots of roasted malt aroma with some chocolate and coffee. Flavor is sweeter than I would have liked with more dark chocolate and roasted malt.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tap at Ritual Tavern, San Diego. Rich and chocolatey with hi carbonation, sort of like an Italian chocolate soda. Better fit for pairing with dessert than drinking alone.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Tap at Ritual Tavern, San Diego. Rich and chocolatey with hi carbonation, sort of like an Italian chocolate soda.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft. A dark nut brown beer with a lazing orangey head. The aroma has notes of sweet and roasted malt. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of roasted malt and alcohol, leading to a dry, roasted, and bitter finish.
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