3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Had it in the train in Scotland, small glasses. Black colored brew. Aroma is rye, roast. Flavor is Sweet, chocolate, grainy.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
12oz. bottle, Batch #9370. Roasty, lightly smoky aroma, coffeeish and spicy with notes of burnt grain, earth, faint cocoa and dark bread. Deep, dark brown in color, nearly black, with a fine, lasting, tan head. Flavor is primarily dry, roasty and moderately bitter, with suggestions of citrus, peppery spice, coffee, bready malts, carob, black bread and an underlying fruity, raisin character. Some faint dark sweetness and earthy, herbal hop tones help round things out a bit. Mouthfeel is thin and very lightly acidic, with light-medium carbonation and a medium-full body. Really improves as it warms. Interesting and tasty stuff.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Wow wow wow! On tap at Bell’s in Kzoo on Eccentric Day. Sharp as a New York Style Cheddar on the tounge...an absolutley stinging gustatory experience. I loved it!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Label features a pencil sketch of a sullen old women, casting her eyes downward, perhaps grimly reflecting on a miserable life, soon to end, or sadly summarising the pathetic events she has yet to endure. Haven't these guys learned anything about marketing from the Swedish Bikini Tean????
Perfect ebon color, large fizzy brown head. Aroma is richly roasted and spicy, with hints of graininess. Heavy mouthfeel, but smooth on the palate. Sits sturdily in the mouth, leaving a nice, pleasant finish, and an abiding sweetness, with hints of cherry, coming through in the middle. A very satisfactory stout, and an accomplished experiment from Kalamazoo
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
12oz bottle batch #9370. Pours dark duller brown, looks like cola, cola head, gray/tan fizzy bubbles. Aroma is meaty, a bit of smoke, spicy pungent rye, hard roast, coffee, light acidity. Taste is rye bread and chocolate syrup, dark chocolate, hint of fruit, oatmeal, slight twang, long oily slight soy sauce aftertaste and some lingering smoke. Medium/full body, smooth, creamy and oily with some fizzy fuller carbonation. I suppose some are saying this has age potential, and I can kind of see that... This is getting much much better as it warms up... will update rating...
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Hazy brown stout. No head. Quite thin body and a way too sour finish for a stout. Lacks power and sweetness.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from Party Source. Pours dark brown with diminishing off white head. Aroma of rye bread and dark roasted malt. Flavor of dark roasted malt, rye, vanilla, all nicely blended. A tad thin in the body, but not in a detrimental way. Some sweet rye bread comes out in the bitter finish, that is peppery on the sides of the tongue. Interesting beer.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
12 oz. bottle. Pours dark brown (deep copper when held to a light) with a small creamy beige head. The aroma was sweet with notes of caramel and dark chocolate, black coffee, and rye. The flavor is roasted malts, rye, coffee at times, and milk chocolate. This is not big in any way. Medium bodied with a creamy smooth mouthfeel. Enjoyable, I’m glad to see they are making this again.
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