3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Medium tan head. Nearly opaque dark brown body with lots of
small floaties. Vague fruity alcoholic aroma with roasty soy
sauce and chocolate notes. Sweet-dryish chocolatey licorice
taste with earthy nougat notes. Full-bodied. Sharpish, hot,
fizzy mouthfeel. Dryish earthy nougatey chocolate taste with
alcoholic soy sauce notes. Interesting and balanced, but a bit
harsh, and could use more harmony. (0.375l bottle, Fish & Beer,
Copenhagen.)
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle@Home. Cacao, sweet fruit aroma. Brown, beige head, good lace. Very sweet (too sweet), cacao, rather bitter to too bitter in the finish.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: DEC 30, 2012 Bottle @ tasting. Aroma is molasses, caramel, sugars and some spices. Flavour is quite sweet again with bg molasses and caramel, some spices and a touch of fruit. Expected more. EDIT: tried an older bottle which was way nicer. +.6
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle, 09/11/2012. Pours deep brown, near black, thick frothy tan head. Aroma of dark malts, toffee, chocolate, dark berries, port wine and wood.
Taste is chocolate, dark fruitiness, plum prominent, vanilla and toffee, dark wine finish, some alcohol, not too sweet. Smooth, thick palate. Really dug this.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
38cl, Bottle 8811/9987, new exclusive Scottish brew Anno 2012, from The Bottle Shop Canterbury, very complex brew, woody/sweet and slightly vinous/roasted, not too heavy, balanced, hazy, nearly no head, very good brew, yet very expensive!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Sample at a tasting. It poured a dark brown liquid. Smel of chocolate, dark malts and booze.. whisky? Sweet malty taste with some caramell and roasted sugar. Chocolate and some sweet cake. Nice beer to sip at.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark brown, murky and beige head. Looks good. Not as rich as expected. Sticky dark fruit, dark malts, nutty. Oily palate, sticky and rich. Well developed. Nice.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Brown pour. Flavor is fruity, somewhat roasty, sugary, some wood. Flavor is quite sweet fruity, some sugars and a decent body. Not very outspoken and too sweet.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours a dark brown color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty spicy caramel aroma. Roasted malty caramel flavor with weak hints of chocolate. Has a roasted malty chocolate and caramel finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
375ml bottle. Pours black with a large head. Aroma is sweet, raisin, a little smoke and hints of wine. Taste is sweet and raisin. Dark fruits and red wine notes. Boozy aftertaste. Good stuff.
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