4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle, bought @ BarleyWine, Cph.
Pours almost completely black with a great, staying, creamy, beige head. Aroma is lovely hoppy, citrus, pine, grapefruit. Lightly roasted malts behind it. Medium carbonation, impressive dry and creamy mouthfeel. Flavour is very hoppy, lightly roasted, some slight coffee and chocolate notes. Grapefruit, citrus and pine dominate the lovely bitter hops. Aftertaste is lovely dry, with some clear roasted notes. Really lovely.
4 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Very aromatic hops aroma mixed with grass and hay. So aromatic you can almost taste it before the beer leaves the glass. Dark brown colour with light brown head. Nice bitter flavour elegantly mixed with malt sweetness and coffe flavour. Medium body.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle at home. Black - Offwhite head. Aroma: Hops and Pepsi Cola (no baking yeast - thanks).
Taste: Burned, bitterness, berries, grassy, nice hoppy, burned dryness, nice malty, coffee, licorice, high burned. Lovely.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. High creamy and lasting light brown body. Very dark brown body. Strong hops dominance of the aroma. Apart from that roasted malt and coffee add up in a very nice mixture. Grapefruit pine and hops bitterness in combination with roasted malts make this beer bitter and yet smooth because of a light touch of caramel. Low carbonation. Long bitter aftertaste.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle 50cl.
Clear dark red brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is light heavy malty, dark roasted, sweet malt, burnt caramel, heavy hoppy, citrus, grapefruity, perfume. Flavor is light heavy sweet and moderate to heavy burnt malt & hops bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090913]
3.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: OCT 1, 2009 Bottle@Nörrebro.
Apperance: Dark brownish with a medium-sized, beige, head.
Aroma: Hops, Roasted malts, Chocolate, Citric notes.
Flavor: Hops resin, Roasted malts, Citric notes and caramel.
Palate: Perfectly balanced, black, hopjuice with nice bitterness at the end.
This was just so fresh and wonderfully hoppy when i had it that it made me all happy inside. Lovely black hopjuice! Big thanks to Shaun E. Hill for sharing his bottle with me.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at Papsø.
Dark brown coloured with a medium sized beige head.
Hoppy aroma of grape fruits and pine needles with roasted notes.
Hoppy flavour of grape fruits and pine needles with notes of grass and roasted notes.
Dry hoppy finish.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
50 cL bottle. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malty and solid hoppy. Bitter and citric. Roasted malt and solid hoppy with a nice bitterness and dry hoppy flavoured into the dry and slight spiced finish. Crisp and dry hoppy finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled. A pitch black beer with a lazing tan head. The aroma is very hoppy combined with notes of straw, grain, and malt. The flavor is sweet, malt, and caramel, leading to a bitter finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
pitch dark, smooth brown head.
aroma is fruity, strong, hoppy, flowery.
flavor is sweet malty, hoppy, great balance between floral and dry and bittter hops, also nice contribution from sweet malty flavor. faint chocolate?
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