3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20 scanovajr (600) - Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL - DEC 9, 2006
bottled. Pours very dark and creamy with medium size head that fades gradually. Roasted malt and smoke in the aroma. Flavor is coffee, wood and roasted malt. Medium to high bitterness.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 jmm1 (127) - Andorra la Vella, ANDORRA - OCT 12, 2006
From 600ml bottle (exp. 28/02/07) in Rio de Janeiro. Pitch black body with a brown medium head. Roasted malts and burned chocolate aroma with some smokiness. Sweet intake with some bitter chocolate and roasted coffee appearing in the middle of the tongue. Grassy finish with some hops appearing with burned caramels. Medium-low carbonation do not overtake the complexity of this beer while keeping it light enough to enjoy it even in the hot brazilian weather. A nice dark stout.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20 TheEnemy (562) - Chicago, USA - MAR 26, 2006
600ml bottle. Pours a nice opaque black with medium tan head that recedes gradually and leaves lovely bits of lace in its wake. Aroma is roast grain, coffee and grassy hops. Flavor is roasty-dark grain, bitter coffee, medium hop bitter with faint hints of grassy-sour hops in the middle of the tongue. Medium-heavy mouthfeel with creamy-smooth palate and dry coffee aftertaste. A perfectly competent dry stout.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 jonas (5041) - Garching b. München, GERMANY - DEC 11, 2004
Sampled at the RBESP 2004
Chocolate and wood aroma.
Dark brown, fine creamy brown head.
Smoked and wooden flavors, dry wood edge in the end.
Medium body, oily mouthfel.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 16/20 Ungstrup (26251) - Citizen of the universe, DENMARK - SEP 6, 2004
An opaque black beer with a fine though disappearing chocolate brown head. The aroma is sweet with notes of chocolate, roasted malt, and coffee. The flavor is sweet chocolate with notes of coffee, and a dry roasted end, but the body is thin.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 Oakes (10941) - Savusavu, FIJI ISLANDS - AUG 11, 2004
Dark brown with some legs on the glass. Coffeeish, nutty, slightly tart-like aroma. Body is slightly thin, tar-like with occasional roasty notes.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 rickgordon (3815) - Göteborg, SWEDEN - AUG 9, 2004
Bottled.
Muddy brown colour. Cocoa up front, followed up by cognac. Roasty malt, a little smokey. Smooth palate. Rich flavour all along. Some late bitterness.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 madsberg (8790) - Søborg, DENMARK - AUG 1, 2004
Bottled: Brown black coloured. Brown medium sized head. Cocoa, coffe, smoke, malt, spices and sweetness in the aroma. Flavour is coffee, cocoa, light roastyness and malt. Quite smooth. Is light bitter and smokey in the end. NIce one.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 Nate (3326) - Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA - JUL 28, 2004
Wonderful chocolate-coffee malt aroma. Some smokiness to it. Tootsie Roll. Black body with thin tan head. Thick oily body with light-medium body. Dry sweet stout. Smoky with chocolate, coffee. Very little bitterness, nice sour tinge.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 jazz88 (2467) - San Francisco, California, USA - MAY 10, 2004
Bottle. Thanks to omhper for sending this my way. Black as the night with a foamy dark brown head. An intense roasted malt, burnt wood, and bitter chocolate flavor. An unexpected delight from Brazil.
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