3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tap at O’Briens SD: Deep brown with a minimal head and just a touch of lace. The aroma has notes of ripe raspberry, fig, chocolate, smoke, grassy hops and an earthy element. The taste is quite yummy with tart raspberry covered in bittersweet chocolate. There is a smoky finish with hints of grains of paradise. The mouth feel is smooth, lush, and oily. This is pretty nice with the interplay of fruit and chocolate, Mikey Likey.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
on tap-pours a tan head and black color. Aroma is dark malt-chocolate, cherry. Taste is dark malt-chocolate, cherry.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap @ the Liar’s Club in Alpine back in early 01/08. I guess they’ve been holding back this keg for some time and I was lucky enough to be there when they tapped it. Thanks Louis.
Pours completely black with lasting mocha ring of foam and spotty lacing. The aroma is three things varying in strength depending on the aromatic sample: sweet cherries, dark chocolate and wood mixed with sweet and roasty malts. Wow, nice. The taste begins with a quick rush of tartness that bleeds into sweet cherry fruitiness and red wine. Another flavor level running along with the fruit is a rich chocolate maltiness, faint burnt malts and a hodgepodge of various roasted malts. Everything is melded together seamlessly with a hint of wood just noticeable from time to time. Well crafted beer.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap at Liar’s Club. Very dark brown, small head. Aroma of grass, tart fruit, earth. Funky tropical fruit flavors along with oats, dark malts, citrus. This was aged in red wine barrel with raspberries added. Crazy and fun.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap at Liar’s Club. Pours dark brown with no hear or bubbles. Aroma of chocolate and raspberries. Flavors of chocolate and raspberries. Very nice.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Draft at Liar’s Club. Dark pour with smallish head. Aromas were sour wood and chocolate. Flavors were still tart with more chocolate and some fruity finish. Raspberries and barrel flavors. Sweet and tasty. I liked it.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap at Liars Club in Alpine. Dark pour with no head. Awesome sweet smells of rasberry and some dark bitter chocolate. Well crafted and very good tasting.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap @ Liars Club (Alpine). Dark as night, smells like raspberry and chocolate. Flavor is the same - like a raspberry chocolate you would get out a box of sees candy. palate is kind of light. There is some wood in the flavor too. Apparently, this is Captain Stout with Raspberry added. It was supposedly aged in Wine barrels. Pretty good.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Date: 11/29/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: O’Brien’s
black, wispy tan head,
sweet roasted malt aromawith lots of black raspberries with a tart edge,
rich dark chocolate flavor with lots of tart raspbery and a dark caramel sweetness, little to no bitterness, touch of sweet alcohol,
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tap @ O’Brien’s. Poured black with a tan head. The aroma was roasty with chocolate and fruity notes of raspberry. The flavor was a smooth blend of chocolate and raspberry then some roast to finish it up. there was even some woody notes. Medium bodied.
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