3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Dark brown with a cocoa foam head. Aroma is raisiny with some roast. Taste is the same, with a mild acrid bitterness into the finish. $7/22
Earlier Rating: 12/30/2008 Total Score: 3.6
Cola brown black with a thin whitish brown head. Aroma is caramel with spicy cola notes and roasty undertones. Clean, powerful roasty taste with well balanced bitterness that fades without ever becoming cloying. $12/750
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle shared by Lee. Thanks bro! Dark brown with a small tan head, decent legs and lace. Nose is light roast, lemon, salt, caramel, cocoa, hops. Flavor is lightly bitter, light sweetness, some booze. Pretty understated for a Brewdog beer and really not thick enough to really be considered a RIS or a regular stout for that matter.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours black with a large, brown head. Aroma of roasted malts, coffee, chocolate and a bit of salty licorice. Flavor is the same with a hint of hops towards the finish. A little thin and a little chalky but overall pretty good.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
22.4 oz. bottle from Total Wine in Chesapeake, VA (Batch 406, best before September 14, 2021). Pours dark brown with a creamy tan head. Aroma of rich roasted malt, light smoke, coffee, and faint dark fruit. Flavor of dark chocolate, coffee, and smoky malts with faint notes of dark fruit. There is a lasting impression of bitter, charred malts that linger on the tongue but do not overwhelm. This is a really nice offering.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Vinmonopolet. Pours dark brown, almost black with a small light brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, dark fruits and hops. Nice stout with a good balance. Dry and a bit bitter finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
1/15/12. 660mL bottle (I apparently have a penchant for weird bottle sizes lately). Opaque black pour with a big brown head that lasts forever. Strong aroma of saltiness, a bit of sour, roasted malts, and coffee. The flavor shows more sourness, creamy milk, chocolate, coffee, a bit of soy sauce, and more. Not bad.
Earlier Rating: 7/30/2010 Total Score: 3.4
7/30/10. Thanks to darn1207 for sharing! Black pour but lots of red, not jet when held to the light, basically no head. Sweet molasses and brown sugar aroma with a hint of roast. Sweet syrupy flavor with a finish of roast and charcoal - tastes like I’m chewing on the grain itself. Not bad.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours thick and black, very little head. Aromas of dark roasted malt, huge chocolate and coffee flavours and quite sweet. One of Brew Dog’s best.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
660mL bottle, capped. Purple and white label. Batch 406, Best by 21-09-14.
Jet black pour. Light brown rocky foam, sexy porridge-like lacing now the glass. Aroma of charred grains, mocha, burnt cereal, and molasses. Tastes of burnt sugar and licorice root and some distant dark fruit. Wooded bitterness and bitter licorice. Lingering bitterness of the palate blends well with residual sugar left on the lips. Soft and ABV well hidden. After just one sip, I feel like I am ancient royalty reincarnated.
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