3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours an opaque black with really nice head. Leaves lots of lacing on the glass. Aroma is strong hops but earthy and not overpowering. Taste is black malt and chocolate covered by hop bitterness. Finish is dry. I’m not a hophead, but this beer is actually well balanced considering the hop content.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from Ølbutikken, Copenhagen. Pours a beautiful onyx black body with a big enduring creamy light khaki-hued head. Nose is licorice, ground coffee, leather and hints of soy and dark chocolate. Taste is ice coffee up front, then grassy hop tones come forth for a brief visit before a massive, long-lasting bitter licorice palate dominates. Leather, ashes and roasted coffee in the finish. Moderate, yet lingering bitterness in the aftertaste along with sweet licorice. Full-bodied and thick palate with moderate carbonation. Balanced and very nice, and though nothing truly original is happening here Black Flag is a well-made brew - stout enough for most buccaneers and worthy a hoist o’ Jolly Roger for! I’ll come lookin’ out fer more brews from Beer Valley fer shure matey! Aarrr! :-)
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
#1207 bottle; nose is decent sweet licorice, little alcohol, weak oak, feel is fat, carb is mediumlow, taste is sweet licorice, decent malt, then some wood, little alcohol, earth
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Great beer! And great name. Seems a lil intimidating at first. Has a great robust smokey flavor. Would go well with a cigar and a smokehouse burger with bacon.
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3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Flaske: Brunsort øl med et tætsiddende skumhoved der er let mokkafarvet. Hård duft af brændte malte og en smule lakrids. Mundfylden er meget hård igen med en del brændt malt. Smagen er fin nok, klassisk amerikansk velhumlet imperial stout, men den er for hård i kanten til at være rigtig god.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle, shared with Parksy after the Terrapin Big Daddy Vlady. This poured lighter, but still a very dark brown colour, by comparison. Rather small tan head. Aroma and flavor are both more toasty and more hoppy than the Vlady, but still with chocolate and coffee making the backbone. Bit of an ashy quality here too. Bigger bitterness in the finish with a bit of warmth. Tasty, bu I preferred the Terrapin I think.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle shared by bsuedekum. Thanks Blake! Pours dark with a finger thick tan head. Aroma is toasted malts, nuts and chocolate. Flavor is nutty, toasted malts and earthly hops. Has a surprisingly bitter finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
22 oz. bottle shared by bsuedekum- thanks, Blake! Pours a dark, not quite opaque brown-amber color with a medium khaki head. Aroma of earth, nuts, toasted malts, and brownies. Flavor of earthy hops, toasted malts, leaves, nuts, and tobacco. Medium-bodied, with moderate carbonation and a surprisingly bitter, earthy mouthfeel. Some of the bitterness might be from the 11.5% ABV. Unusual imperial stout.
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