3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle at home.
Light hazy orange-brown with a beige head, nice lacings. Aroma light malty (roasted), heavy hoppy (spicy). Aroma light to moderate sweet, heavy bitter. Light to medium body, kind of watery.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Looks black in the basement. Very fruity and a bit roasted malt aroma. Sweet fruity, roasted and some hops in the flavour.
[Bottle at Schouskjelleren in Oslo, Norway]
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle.
Black with a huge tan head. Aroma of fruit, hops and malt. The same in the taste, also some licorice and notes of roasted malt. Descent stuff.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle:
Medium very vast light brown tan head on top of a dark ruby colored beer.
Smell bit dusty with honey, sweet darker fruits, toasted sticky barleys and malts, light hoppy, some citrus, floral
Taste hoppy, herby, medium bitter, malty, toasted malts, hint of darker fruits.
hoppy low bitter hetby aftertaste.
Low carbo, soft mouthfeel, full body and a creamy texture.
Very good considering the low alcohol percentage.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle at home. Pours a clearish dark brown with a light beige head. Smells of sauvin and caramel. Bitter with aromas of hops and roasted caramel. At first also terrible aroamas of cykelslange and petrol. Also hints of plant sap. Medium bodied. Medium carbonation. Bitter finish with aromas of toasted malts.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottled from Bierkompass. Dark brown color with medium beige head. Aroma of, coffee, black currant, caramel and surprisingly elder flower. Taste, malt, hops, pine, lemon. Nice bitter finish with pleasant elder flower touch. Excellent beer.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Carbonation strong big biege head dark ruby red pour aromas citrus floral apricot caramel earthyness flavours resinous citrus hop citric bitter chocolate dark grapefruit apricot pineapple pine bitter tastes like citrus pips finish good black ipa bitter lasting strong hop and malt lasting flavours
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Aroma is very roasty with strong blue cheese hops. Some liquorice and caramel. Flavour is dry and roasty with a mild hop note. Need to try a fresher bottle for the hops to shine I guess. Still very nice though.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle (purchased in Aust, drunk in NZ). Delicious dark chocolate on both the nose and the palate. The tropical fruit from the hops isn’t overpowering but does a great job of lifting the overall flavour. A more subtle ’Black IPA’ that most these days, and all the better for it.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Bottle @ CASK Pub & Kitchen. Sweet pine hoppy aroma. Very dark brown colour with reasonable head. Strong sweet hoppy flavour with lingering aftertaste. Smooth & good.
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