3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draught at Bishop’s Arms Folkungagatan, Stockholm. Clear mahogany colour, small head. Resinous grapefruity hops covers a solid, sticky, malty body with deep layers of caramel. Mild warming alcohol stays in the background. Long resiny bitterness. An intense rainy days beer.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle 332 from utobeer. It pours very dark brown, decent beige head. The nose is caramel, raisin, prune, plum, coffee/roasted malt and some beef jerky. The taste is roasted malt, coffee, plum, prune, blackcurrant, cherry, bubble-gum, some meatiness, varnish, charcoal, with a dry-roasted finish. Medium-full body and moderate carbonation. Well balanced and flavoursome. Great stuff.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
#1 issue bottle! Black-red, creamy tan head. Lovely aromas of sticky toffee, caramel, beautiful. Rich, christmas pudding flavours, delicious toffee and caramel again, with a slight dairy edge and even a little bitter coffee edge (though very subtle). Really nice, thick-but-not-too-thick mouthfeel. Good stuff.
3.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Dart ruby body. Thin tan head. Prickly carbonation. Decent hop swell lasted to the finish with a comforting milky malt linger on the palate. Impressively hungry finish for such a high ABV. (Keg, Nobles, Black Isle Night)
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
330ml bottle 337 of 1481. Aroma: treacle, black cherries, slight alcohol. Pours dark brown, long soapy off-white head. Taste: Cherry notes, treacle, marmite(!), dark plain chocolate. Palate: Smooth, easy. Soft ’cloudy’ feel, gentle, slightly rubbery - in a nice way. Good smooth finish with a mild bitter burnt wood kick around the back of the tongue.
Overall: Easy drinkability when you consider the abv. Easily the best offering from Black Isle.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours cloudy brown. Lots of alcohol sweetness with a berry fruit note. Pretty gid likes.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at The R-Kelly tasting. Murky red brown with white head. Sticky sweetness with a reassuring hit of alcohol. Ripe fruits n’that. Delicious.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle from Black Isle Brewery
Dark brown ruby...clear...off white frothy head...good lacing
Aroma - soft rich dark caramel malts...hint of dark fruits and port wine....bit of bready yeast...bit musty..no hops
Taste - rich dark caramel malts...lots of smooth malts..some soft roasted malt..dark molasses..dark fruits...soft bitter plain chocolate...big emphasis on malts..bit treacley.....touch of toffee...bit of hop bitterness....yeasty.....complex...quite belgian in a way
Palate - medium carb...full bodied....mouthcoating rich silky dark malts...rich sticky gloopy texture. Finish - soft rich dark malts..dark molasses...tail of sweet roast...
Overall - This is way way better than their standard fare - what a cracking beer - more of this please
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark brown.Dry and spicy, hint of rum, hedgerow fruits, treacle, liquorice. At first quite dry and fruity, wood, sultanas, tobacco, leather, smoke, molasses and kola in the long finish. Quite sticky but also prickly carbonation. Its pretty challenging but enjoyable.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
#63 of 1481 bottles but according to sources there were actually fewer than half that actually made.
Nice retro label introduces a deep dark brown beer with reddy highlights. Superly tight but rich, bitter firm and fortunately not at all sappy. Amazingly restrained and ends with some lovely dark choclate. A grown up sweetness is tightly balanced by a thick lingering after taste. Very well made.
Could esasily go toe to toe with SKellsplitter in the Octagon.
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