 hopscotch (5558), Vero Beach, Florida, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 30, 2002 Updated: Dec 24, 2004This beer rocks!...The aroma is of Belgian chocolate, Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee and cinnamon.
Pours midnight black. No light works it’s way through this ’black hole in a bottle’ even when the pint is held up to a strong halogen bulb. Large, frothy, deeply tanned head. Mostly, but not fully diminishing with great lacing.
The flavor is of unsweetened chocolate, molasses, Carribean coffee and alcohol up front. Perfectly balanced and acidic with a hint of allspice on the backside.
Full-bodied with lively carbonation and a watery/silky mouthfeel. Long, dry, acetic finish. Cocoa and coffee at the wee end.
Another excellent stout from an excellent brewery.
jpknight22 (171), Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 12, 2002 Nose very reminiscent of St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout, tan head, with very smooth, roasted flavor. Traces of burnt caramel all over the place with a well defined bitterness. Good stuff.
BBB63 (4283), La Porte, Indiana, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 10, 2003 Updated: Apr 10, 2009Opaque with small tan head and good lacing. Smoky burnt malt aroma with hints of berry/plum fruits, wood, espresso, bittersweet chocolate, and interesting spice. Opens up with a large smoky and bitter taste, some malty chocolate sweetness appears midway through the swallow, and the finish is twangy and dry. Sweet stout my arse! Maybe we have a new substyle: smoked stout? I know one thing for sure, this would be a nice brew to have with smoked salmon. The palate is interesting as well, Creamy yet dry, fizzy yet soft, seemed to change each and every time I took a gulp. Overall, I found this to be a very good stout (does Bells really make a bad one?) but not quite to same level as some siblings.
Syd (911), Waconia, Minnesota, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Sep 24, 2004 Bottle pours a deep black with a big brown head with very good lace. The aroma is lactic, very roasted, and chocolate. The flavor is sweet, roasted, lactic, sort of like a beer milk shake or a coffee cooler. The palate is as thick as Canada Balsam Fir sap. Overall, very nice.
walleye (882), Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
May 5, 2004 pour black small brown head with very little lacing. aroma was a very pleasant sweet chocolate, carmel and molasses, my nose said thank you.got a nice coffee chocolate taste with a taste of raisins. end with the right amount of bitterness for me
kidwiththehair (45), Girdwood, Alaska, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Apr 8, 2006 On tap at the brewpub. This is a delicious stout. Very dark pour, with mocha head. Extreemly inticing roasted and nutty aromas. The flavour is nice and carmelized, with some nutty and coffee tastes in there. Nice after taste as well.
Bigassfish (140), Naperville/Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
May 5, 2005 Dark with tall light brown head. Rich dark coffee. Very creamy with excelent mouth feel. Toasted with roasted chocolate flavor. An excelent beer.
MikeMac (185), Wyandotte, Michigan, USA
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Feb 10, 2006 Batch6666 Poured Black with tan/brown head. Nice chocolate malt aroma up front Flavor was balanced with chocolate malt and molasses. Very good !
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