3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
500ml bottle (Porvoo Harvest/Dark Beer Festival 2007)
Near black, thin tight head. sweet dark berry, cranberry or raisin, aroma. rich burnt malt taste, dry and bitter. slightly watery but that clears the palate for the simple long burnt finish. great for 4%.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
50 cl bottle @ home, BBE 17.03.2012
Tasted in vertical with Bath Dark Side, this was worse
Looks a lot like cola drink with big-bubbled and disappearing head. Slightly sour aroma has toffee, goldings-like hops, coffee, some roastiness. Palate is too thin and a bit watery. Flavour is rather light with coffee, harsh roastiness and hints of toffee with goldings. Unlike Dark Side, this was too watery and light.
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark blackin colour,offwhite head that quickly dissapated. Smooth fruity flavours with rasin/coffee hints. Nothing adventerous, just a great stout.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Medium beige head. Nearly opaque black body goes deep dark red at edges. Roasty grainy prunes aroma with soy sauce notes. Dry-sweetish earthy chocolatey taste is very mild. Soft, smooth mouthfeel. Mid-bodied. Dry roasty mineraly spicy aftertaste with earthy notes. Delicate and rather elegant. Very nice and highly drinkable. (0.5l bottle from BeerMerchants.)
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
50cL bottle. pours a coffee brown. smells of roasted barley. tastes of roasted malt and a slight bit of chocolate and coffee. smooth, but a little thin at the offset. A pretty drinkable stout.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
500ml bottle. Poured a very dark brown with a quickly fading beige head. Buttery, toffee & roasted malt aromas. Toffee, diacetyl buttery-loaded again backed by a dry, powdery chocolate sweetness & roasted malt bitter finish. Light to medium body and medium carbonation with a dry, relatively short malty bitter end. Wouldn’t have had this down as a stout but it might’ve been due to the dominant butter character.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle from Beermerchants. Pours very dark brown with a small beige head.Aroma of roasted malts, some chocolate. Taste is smooth roasted malts,light bodied, watery mouthfeel. A bit too thin for my likings, but enjoyable .
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2010, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.
Clear dark brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, cold coffee, light toffee. Flavor is light heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100806]
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
6th January 2009
Very dark brown beer - just about clear. No real head. Nice dark ale - smooth, subtle toasty malt, subtle chocolate. A distinct nutty flavour and a little porterish tang. Not bitter or dry. Low carbonation but goes down easy.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
500 ml bottle. Rated @ 29.10.2009.
Dark brown colour with a small beige head. Fruity on the nose with dark berries, syrup and toasted malts. Toasted malts on the flavour too with coffee and chocolate notes. Dry toasty finish. A pleasant and easy to drink stout.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Keg, Salamander. No head. Dark brown. Slightly liquoricey dark malt aroma. Liquoricey taste with milk chocolate and light toffeeish accents. A nice mild. Would benefit from being on cask.
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