3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 Archibaldo de la Cruz (842) - FINLAND - MAY 19, 2012
Bottle. Dark brown, almost black color with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malt, licorice and dark chocolate. Taste is quite dry with roasted malt, dark chocolate, licorice and outmeal. Medium-bodied, some bitterness in the finish.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 tiong (1301) - Espoo, FINLAND - MAY 16, 2012
330ml bottle from Alko
Pours pitch black with a smooth head. Aroma of roasty malts, licorice and chocolate. Taste is roasty with some salty licorice, chocolate and oatmeal. Finish is smooth and slightly salty. Nice, well balanced and tasty stout.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 rosenbergh (3486) - Helsinki, FINLAND - MAY 13, 2012
330 ml bottle. Finland. HHOKXI.
Dark brown almost black colour with tiny grey head.
Roasted malt, coffee, strong maltiness, mild hops, mild berries but most of all hell of a lot liquorice in aroma. Strong maltiness, hops, liquorice and mild berries in flavour. Thinnish for a Imperial Stout. Still very enjoyable. Nice one!
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 BeerBaboon (967) - FINLAND - MAY 13, 2012
Musta olut vaalean ruskealla vaahdolla. Tuoksu on kaurainen, lakritsinen ja paahtunut. Maultaan olut on lakritsinen, kahvinen, paahtunut ja taas kaurainen. Suutuntuma on melko paksu ja keskihiilihappoinen.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20 Brandman (1067) - Helsinki, FINLAND - MAY 12, 2012
Black body light brown head. Aroma has liqourice l,.ash, coffee, very good burned stout without of a trace of alcohol
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20 kingstoni (215) - FINLAND - MAY 12, 2012
Bottle. Very dark brown, almost black. Thin brown head. Aroma is coffee, roasted malt and chocolate. Much coffee in flavor. Medium bitter, dry finish with some sweetness.
2.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20 tlind2 (839) - Helsinki, FINLAND - MAY 11, 2012
Bottle. Black color, tan head. Roasted malt and coffee aroma. Dry, bitter espresso flavor. Long, dry finish. Medium body, medium carbonation. Like drinking cold coffee: a bit one-dimensional for the style.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 Kavu (1081) - Jyväskylä, FINLAND - MAY 10, 2012
Pours very dark red with a low head. Aroma is roasted malts. Flavor is roasted malts, coffee, liquorice and some hops. Splendid.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20 laiti (1675) - Tampere, FINLAND - MAY 7, 2012
33 cl bottle @ home, BBE 05/2013
Aroma has cocoa, vanilla, some oat, roastiness and hints of sour notes. Flavour has some roasted malt and hints of metal. Coffee in the finish. Creamy palate. Not very ’imperial’, but decent stout anyway.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20 TBone (9414) - Pori, FINLAND - MAY 6, 2012
Bottled 330ml (Arkadia, BB 05/2013)
Opaque black color, small brown head. Toasted aroma, some black coffee, not very strong. Medium-bodied. Chocolate, roasted flavors - espresso, some soya sauce, lingering bitterness in the aftertaste. Nothing fancy here but steady good standard imperial stout.
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