Barley Johns The Dark Knight (Returns)

Gowler 300cl.
[ Trade by BDR ]. Clear dark black color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light brown head. Aroma is heavy malty, roasted, caramel, chocolate, coffee, alcohol. Flavor is heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, and a warme alcoholic finish. Body is medium to full, texture is creamy to syrupy, carbonation is flat, finish feel is moderate alcoholic. [20090724]

Auction. Wow, Incredible. Brown pour with minimal head. Definant chocolate and roasted malty goodness. A good bitter finish and a real good body. This might be one of the best porters in the world.

Black wth a medium deep beige head. The aroma with burned malt, coffee and dark bitter chocolate. Flavour was sweet with burned malt, chocolate and espresso notes. Finished sweet with warming alcohol. Nice one.

Courtesy of Fonefan, growler. It is pitch black with a fat, oily mouthfeel – yummi. The aroma has notes of bourbon, licorice, coffee and plum. The aroma has a light sweetness and notes of roasted malt, coffee, licorice, bourbon, wood, plum, raisin and the alcohols is well hidden. It is a truly nice and very, very harmonic beer.

In the madness of DLD09 a very kind soul appeared and shared some of this long sought after brew. Fortunately, this more than lived up to the hype. Pour was black with a medium sized tan head. The aroma was so good it was difficult to start drinking the beer. Bourbon, chocolate, roast, dark fruit, molasses, and vanilla. Once I decided to take the first sip I was rewarded with rich chocolate, roasted malt, caramel, bourbon, wood, vanilla, molasses, dark fruits,with some alcohol that does not distract. This continued to develop as it warmed a bit and proved to be a complex standout beer. This was right up there as one of the stars of the day.

Growler, many thanks to BDR.Black in color with a small coppery brown head. Aroms is heavy with bourbon and molasses. Also has bold aromas of coffe, dark chocolate, vanilla, wood, and prune. Taste is just as bold with coffe, bourbon, molasses, vanills and dark chocolate. Thick syrupy mouthfeel with an alcohol burn as it goes down.

Poured thick syrupy black from the tap, in a snifter with almost no head. Smelled of bourbon, bourbon, and a little bit of chocolate/coffee. Tasted of bourbon at the front with a huge alcohol taste that finishes with coffee and deep chocolate. Good, but too much alcohol taste for me.

Growler @ Bloggprovning Syd. Black with no head. Vanilla Bourbon explotion roasted malt coffee chocolate more vanilla more bourbon dark dried berries and fruit even more vanilla and bourbon no alkohol.