3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draft. Black beer with a tan head. Big roast coffee aroma with light chocolate and malt. Toffee and malt flavor with light chocolate and light roast. Medium-plus bodied. Toffee and chocolate lingers with light coffee.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draft. A pitch black beer with a lazing brown head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt and soy sauce, leading ot a dry roasted finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask Stillage from the Jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 24/09/2009
Roast aroma. Small beige head. Black strong in alcohol and hoppy with a little dryness and bitterness in a fruity coffee roast finish.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
A lovely nutty and smoky black stout. Lots of flavor. Could have used a little more hop backbone - I think that would have added to the complexity.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On-tap at the brewpub. Pours dark brown/black with a nice sized light brown head and good lace. Smells roasty malty and sweet with some slight chocolate as well. Tastes of roasted malts, slight chocolate, slight fruit and some toffee. Ful body, good carbonation.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Black with a creamy brown head. Chocolate and grain aroma. Dark chocolate drip coffee taste with a dry bitter finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap. Black and opaque with a light brown head. Hard roasted malt aroma with some alcohol showing. Quite full-bodied, hard roasted sweet dark malts and some vanilla. Has a light malt bitterness in the finish. 080709
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
From tap at the brewpub. Pours dakr brown to black with a small tan head. Roasted and light coffeish malt aroma. Sweet and chocolate malty flavoured with a mild vanilla touch. Smooth and roasted malt flavoured. Sweet and roasted solid malt flavoured finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Sample at the brewery gave a dark brown black color with a small tan mocha head. Oaky, smoky aromas. Full bodied but not syrupy. Flavors of coffee, cocoa, molasses, and hops. Alcohol not over the top. Very smooth beer. Very solid RIS even though not off the charts in complexity. Likes it for sure.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Sampler at Breakwater.
Was told "Vladimir" was the potential name for this RIS.
Pours pitch black, mocha head.
Aroma, lots of malts, coffee chocolate, nose is just covered with nice coffee roast.
Taste, toasted malts, chocolate malts, finish is still chocolate, not overly bitter remains smooth. Some toffee, boozy and stays very easy to drink, dry finish with some faint hops that can be noted here and there.
This is some pure goodness.
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