3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Faint cherry scent. Oily black pour with a thin mocha head. Flavor of cherry, mild hops, and full stout body. Fruity finish.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Black oily pour with a brown head. Aroma is roasted buy has a definit sweetness to it. Full bodied and thick. A stout start and a fruit beer finish. Interesting.
4.2 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at Churchkey in DC. Black as all hell with some sparse gray bubbles. Sourish nose that could be a mix of cherry and old cask, with roast coffee, bing cherries, tart cherries, day-old Merlot and brown sugar there too. Wow. A lot going on in the aroma. Tart cherry slap in the taste with understated dark chocolate and dark caramel. Really complex and pretty intense. Balanced and dangerous too. Cherry stem and dark chocolate aftertaste. Damned interesting and totally exceeded my expectations.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours a black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma with weak hints of cherry. Sweetish roasted malty chocolate and cherry flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish with hints of cherry in the aftertaste.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle: Pours Jet Black , with modest tan head. Smell is powerful, bittersweet. Flavors are overpowering, initially with a bit of roasted coffee and the like. The bitter cherry element seems to take over - this brew got better for me once i adjusted to it, but it didn’t quite work for me overall. Taste was hugely bitter, with an oily texture and bitter finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours very dark brown with no head. Nose is bittersweet chocolate, sour cherry, toasted malts. Flavor is chocolaty malts and tart cherry. Dry and sour finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours dark brown with a finger thick tan head. Sweet cherry and chocolate in the nose and flavor. Medium mouthfeel. A bit dry in the mid palate to finish
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
a bit more frothy than most stoutx. the combination of stout heaviness with cherry sweetness instead of the typical molasses makes this a good beer but much less stout. i?m more comfortable comparing this with the belgium red for instance.
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