 kmeves (967), Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, USA
Apr 13, 2008
Pours a opaque black witha a medium brown head and nice lacing. Aroma is moderately sweet cocoa, coffee, some cherry and vanilla. Flavor is molasses, chocolate, date, caramel, honey, some cherry, vanilla and a light alcohol burn. Finishes long and sweet with a burning sensation on the back of the throat. Creamy full body, medium carbonation.
lemasney (220), Trenton, New Jersey, USA
Jul 4, 2008 Glass: snifter
Purchased at: OakTree BuyRite, South Plainfield, NJ (Thanks, Jason and Matt)
Price: $8.99
Size: 12 fl oz
ABV: 16%
IBU: no frikkin idea
Estimated Calories:300 C
RateBeer Rating: 99
Aural: easy opening, little carbonation, dark, pretty pour
Aroma 10 out of 10
Intensity: strong
Balance: sharp
Impression: amazing
Malt Aroma: rye, pumpernickel, sugar, cinnamon toast, peanut, chocolate, coffee
Hops Aroma: moldy mud, marigold, tea, tar
Other Aroma: alcohol burn
Notes: A rich and deeply layered scent - if the taste is anything like the scent, I’m in for a ride.
Appearance 5 out of 5
Color: black
Clarity: opaque
Head Retention: wispy
Lace: poor
Notes: A bold, deep black, sans light, plus wispy tan head. Beautiful.
Flavor 10 out of 10
Intensity: strong
Balance: amazingly balanced
Impression: nice
Malt Flavor: wheat, barley, pumpernickel, chocolate syrup, whole wheat toast, peanuts, toffee, dark chocolate, espresso roast, dark coffee
Hops Flavor: dry dirt, cilantro, peppers, tar resin, lemon
Other: alcohol
Notes: The taste is unequaled in stouts. It has an acidic burn of alcohol, deep, dark rich chocolate, amber waves of grain, plums, apricots, ginger, soy, spinach. It’s amazing.
Palate 5 out of 5
Mouthfeel
Sensation: drying warming
Body: full
Carbonation: average
Finish
Length: long
Intensity: strong
Balance: bitter
Notes: Bitter depth of finish is one of the key reasons to find this beer again. It is murky with depth and history of flavors.
General Impression: 20 out of 20
Craftmanship: excellent
Freshness: fresh
Personal Taste: loved
Notes: Perhaps outshines even Mikkeller’s Beer Geek Breakfast.
jsquire (1833), St. Marys, Ohio, USA
Jun 28, 2008 Batch one. Dark beer in the snifter with a short lived brown head that shrank to a lasting whisp. Holy crap. This thing is a Demon. Huge nose of molasses, cinnomon roll, over ripe plums, and I’ll say vine-ripened grapes and chocolate covered cherries since I’m in a susceptible mood. This tastes like the juiciest, most alcoholic fruit cake your coolest grandmother ever sent you for Christmas. Dried fruit, rum, toffee, almost burnt caramel, molassess, Raisenettes, whiskey, alcohol, and so many other complex flavors. This is a real sipping beer; meant to be contemplated over a long period of time. Much like an abused spouse, I will want more of this.
Beerman6686 (504), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Jun 26, 2008 Pours black with a small brown head. Aroma is of coffee and bourbon, lots of bourbon. Flavor is somewhat tasty, but its hard ot overcome the overbearing alcohol. This reminds me of an attempt at DFH WWS gone wrong.
Ramenen (296), San Salvador, El Salvador
Jun 23, 2008 Drank it in one of the best world cup qualifying matches I´ve ever seen. We were down 0-1 (had lost the away match 1-0) in the 24th minute of the second half, and then in less than 20 minutes we ended up winning 3-1, and qualifying to the next round!! Final Score El Salvador 3 - Panama 1!!!
The stout was delicious, however, could only drink half as rcasta spilled it all when we scored the first goal. Anyway, this stout was way up there,wow!!! Maybe it will become my lucky stout.
rcasta (209), El Salvador
Jun 23, 2008 Gracias al gordo nos pusimos la azul y le cayo 3-1 a panama. Arriba con la seleccion, arriba con la seleccion.
La birria mucho aroma oscuro profundo y demasiado cargada.pura escencia. Mixa mixa con barrilito le doy mejor puntaje
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