3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Sampled at C’est What’s Spring 2005 Festival of Small Breweries. Colour is dark ruby-brown. Aroma is chocolate & roast malt, slightly medicinal, oddly a little salty. Body is thinner than I generally like from my stouts. Flavour has a nice roastiness, some tartness from the cherry, and a well bittered finish. Some others at my table were turned off by the cherry, and grumblings of "cough syrup" were heard, but I didn’t mind it. I just wanted a bit more body to heft things up a bit.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Aroma has chocolate, malt, some coffee and a hint of molasses. Darkest brown, red at the edges, and a small toffee head. Flavour has cherry, subdued roast coffee. Light bodied, with some mild bitter notes. Pretty good. I think I’d like to try this without the cherry.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
draught. deep black body, tiny mocha head. subtle chocolate, roasted malt aroma. a little bit of cherry peers through, moreso as it warms up. starts out milk chocolatey with a small amount of cherry tartness. finish seemed to be just a little bit on the thin side. A nice surprise from Black Oak.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: JUL 28, 2007 July 2007. Bottle, 2007 vintage. Black body with a small tan head (3+). Sweet-tart cherries in the aroma are paired with chocolate notes that are of moderate magnitude, but are dark and rich. Sweet chocolaty malt in the flavour is accent by sweet cherry that is just a bit tart. Average to medium palate. Enjoyed this more than previous samples. Quite pleasant. 7-7+/3+/7+/3+/15? - 3.5-3.7
<P>April 2005. Draft. Black brown tinged body with a small mocha head. Slightly muted aroma of mild roast a light notes of cherry. Flavour is pleasantly mild roast and malt, with the cherry making brief appearances throughout, lingering just a touch longer Slight touch of something I can’t quite place, akin to chocolate or cocoa perhaps is a touch distracting. Enjoyable. 6/3/6/3/14 - 3.2
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