3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
courtesy of jdubfl.
pours ruby/brown, with tan head.
Aroma is malty with faint notes of smoke.
Taste has plenty of dark fruits with chocolate malts. With light bitter hoppy finish. Light and easy to drink.
3.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at Coventry Beer Festival 08. Very dark brown, almost black. Small brown head. Despite the opinions of others, I think the aroma is wonderful; ginger cake, alcohol and dates. Smooth oily taste has a sort of iced coffee tang, and soon plunges into a deep, slightly brutal hoppiness. Yes, the aroma is the stand-out feature.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Deep dark brown, almost black with a small beige head. Vanilla, chocolate and espresso nose. Earthy notes as well. Nice woody chocolate, earthy character, good balance. A great complex brew, for dedicated beer dogs!
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
12oz bottle. Spidery loose head. Very dark beer. Thin alcohol, molasses and soy aroma. Body like silk. A drinkable IS but not a lot of depth. Smooth flavour of alcohol, molasses, soy and ginger cookies.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Opaque blackness with a medium, frothy mocha-colored head. Aroma is rather sweet with dark chocolate notes, roasted malt, cocoa, and creamed-and-sugared coffee notes. Taste ups the bitterness quite a bit. Roasted malt, bitter coffee, big hops, bittersweet chocolate, and light licorice. Body is medium-full with a creamy, bubbly carbonation. Finishes with more bitter coffee and bitter hops, blended with chocolate, cocoa, roasted malt, burnt caramel and cocoa.
Earlier Rating: 2/25/2010 Total Score: 3.1
Bottle. Black pour with not much head. Only packs of tan bubbles on top. Nose is soy sauce, dark chocolate and coffee. Perhaps some sea salt as well. Taste is strong roasted malt, light chocolate, soy sauce, light licorice and soft coffee. Body is rather light for an imperial stout and the carbonation still lacking. Finishes with more roasted malt, light salt water, dark chocolate, watery coffee and light smoky notes.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
0.33 l bottle. Reddish black color with small creamy head. Sweetish aroma with soft roastedness, soya sauce, rum, smoke and flowery american hops. Malty flavor with soft roastedness, licorice, chocolate and firm bitterness. Fairly bitter and roasty towards finish. Low carbonation. This beer has lots of going on, perhaps too much and I feel that the beer needs a firmer backbone.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Very black. You look at this and say ’’How much more black could this be?’’ and the answer is ’’None. None more black’’ Any way, smells like chocolate and coffee, with cofee being slightly more prominant. Flavor is coffee and chocolate, but also nuances of plum, fig, and red wine. As it warms, the red wine becomes more noticable.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle shared by beerboxer. Pours black with a massive light brown head and a strong treacle aroma. There is a hearty coffee and chocolate flavor with a slightly bitter treacle finish.
Earlier Rating: 10/10/2009 Total Score: 3.8
This opaque nearly black stout poured with a thin layer of beige colored bubbles and a fruity malt aroma. The flavor is chocolate and plum with a treacle chaser and, yes, a little coffee. It’s very tasty. I used half a bottle to make a batch of beef and beer, and it was delicious.
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