jvmiller (285), Bel Air, Maryland, USA Jul 24, 2007 Updated: Aug 10, 2008 Pours incredibly dark and oily. Very thick and viscous. Alcohol and roasty chocolate on the nose. This beer is simply incredible. It starts out with this amazingly creamy mouthfeel, and wave of velvety-chocolate flavor. A fairly substantial sweetness that reminds me of dark fruits like plums or figs. Finish is long and roasty. Only complaint is that is the roastyness is a little bitter in the finish, but this is a very small complaint. Overall, this beer is so smooth, rich and velvety that I was blown away by every sip. The price is reasonable too (I paid $3 for a bottle), especially when compared to other stouts or high abv beers. Simply the best beer I’ve ever had.
badlizard (1473), San Diego, California, USA Sep 7, 2008 Thanks to Martha for this delicious beer. Black with a brown creamy head. Coffee chocolate and roasty and floral aroma. Sticky syrupy palate. Sweet very roasty bitter dark chocolate taste with nice cherry notes, juniper berries, and chocolate malt tastes to the finish. Lubiere (3266), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Sep 6, 2008 A deep dark black stout with a thin dark brown head, viscous and menacing. A pleasant sweet caramel chocolate with funky creamy character, dried dark fruits, and soy sauce. In mouth, an intense bitter chocolate, coffee, vanilla, warming alcohol and dried fruits, a mother of a stout, with class and clout. Tasted Dec. 2006. sebletitje (270), Tampa, Florida, USA Sep 6, 2008 Pours an oil thick black with thick brownish head.
Aroma reminded me of soja mixed with chocolat matls.
Taste sweet (some vanilla), sugary, very thick and heavy beer. This is close to a meal in a bottle.
Mouthfeel of has a good alcohol presence and leaves a nice light coffee aftertaste. Lightly hoppy with some chocoloate bitterness, some barley, malty.
A great brew that you want to enjoy slowly and not cold. TearsforBeers (3), Ohio, USA does not count Sep 5, 2008 Aroma was odd - sometimes a great coffee, chocolate, cararmel smell, but occasionally it would smell horribly of ethanol. The appearance was black, thick, oily, with very little head. Flavor was fantastic - varied flavors emerge and all of them taste dark. Very thick, meal-like beer. Just great. jkaiser (79), USA Sep 3, 2008 This beer is fkn big. A monster of malts and hops. Took me over two hours to finish. Blacker than black with average head but outragous lacing. Aroma is of cocoa and chocolate. Taste of intense creamy malts and medium to high hops. Good god!
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