3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20Small tan head very dark pour medium strong carbonation aromas hoppy dark fruit liquorice molasses fudge note dark chocolate burnt caramel mocha coffee the flavours lovely bitter burnt malt the coffee liquoricecaramel rich roasted chocolatestewed fruit saltiness in the bitter the finish lacks some sweetness in body main aftertastes the bitter it is an imperial coffee taste fruit caramel just a bit lopsided in taste
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from Cervezorama 2.0, Madrid, batch L 2381, bb 30/09/13
Black color, with small head. Very nice aroma; bread and leather, with some dark chocolate, roasted malt and tobacco; hint of Bourbon. The mouthfeel is quite round, although it’s relatively dry for this kind of beer; very good flavor of chocolate with some roasted malt, light leather, light grain sourness, liquorice; correct bitterness. In the final (bitter and dryish) there is also a light milky note.
Very good.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at Amundsen. Pours black with a short lived light brown head. Liquorice, raisin, coffe and booze on the nose. Full bodied and smooth. Pungent roasted bitter cocoa, coffee and dark fruits.
4.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Beer pours dark brown with a tan head. Aroma is full of notes of cocoa. Tastes of cocoa, roasted malts, and bitter. Has a nice long flavor on the tongue with bitter and finishes with a pleasant cocoa. Brewfist is fantastic yet again.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Black body, light brown head. Aroma has nice roasted malt, chocolate, some herbal hops and mint. Sweet toasted malt, chocolate and coffee on flavour. Smooth and high acidicity.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at Crowbar. Pretty much black with a small beige head. Aroma of dark malt, dark fruits, dark chocolate and roasty notes. Medium sweet with lots of dark flavours and a quite dry and bitter finish. Balanced and very nice.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Purchased at La Cave a la Bulles in Paris, FR; enjoyed at home on a cool spring Saturday while watching baseball. Appearance is a dark black with a thin white head that rims around the glass. Aroma of roasted, bitter chocolate malt, I’m also getting a very faint mint aroma, maybe a little bit of coffee, smell is very nice. Taste is lightly bitter and goes down dry with roasted chocolate malt notes, not much carbonation. Pretty good stuff!
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
In bottle. Smells like grass and endives. Tastes like endives and charcoaled biscuit. A bit hoppy. A very well-balanced and tasty porter.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Black. Loads of dry burnt rubbery salty licorice on nose. Body is full, salty roasty goodness. A bit oily, but bitter. Doesn’t pretend to be soft, easy, but rather agressive, handing out punches in all directions.
-- bb/h(n9)
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draught @ GEIB, Grande Esposizione Italiane della Birra 2012, Nuova Fiera di Roma, via Portuense 1645, Rome, Italy 00100.
Clear dark black brown colour with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, chocolate. english licorice. Flavour is light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, dark malt, licorice. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20121214]
4.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle from Rehills, Newcastle. A black brown-beer that pours with a thin tan head. It has very strong, rich liquorice flavours, milk chocolate notes, red fruit and coffee on the finish.
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