3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle 500ml. @ ChrisO Snow Tasting.
Clear dark red brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, coffee, mocha, dusty coffee. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long to average duration, chocolate, mocha, dusty malt - mocha. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20130120]
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle shared from Jmgreenuk. Pours almost black with a beige head. Aroma of massive coffee, light chocolate, roasted malts. Flavour is moderate sweet and overdone rate bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines, Birmingham. The aroma is big smoke and malt. The flavour is big bitter, with lots of roasted malt, smoke and dark chocolate. A super beer from the BBF.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
50cl bottle courtesy of JmGreen UK.
Thin creamy off white head. Clear black pour. Lovely stout/.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
50 cl bottle.
Pours dark red-brown color with a small beige head. Aroma of espresso, roasted malts, caramel, faint hops, mild vegetable notes and toffee. Flavor of cocoa, dark chocolate, some coffee, toasted malts and caramel. Slick malty palate with a dry chocolaty finish. Decent.
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3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle @ Bruce’s. The pour’s deep brown with a small tan head. The aroma’s of strong coffee, hazelnut, a bit of toast. The taste is more of the same. Simple roasted coffee, rich chocolate cake. A bit of raisin. Medium body, fine carbonation. Overall, solid.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
500ml bottle from Ales by Mail
BBE 26.10.2013 - Pours pitch black with a bubbly brown head. Aroma of roasty malts, milky chocolate notes, coffee and hints of espresso, berries and vegetables. Taste is smooth, mildly roasty and chocolatey with notes of cocoa, espresso, coffee and berries. Finish is slightly watery but strong with espresso notes, hints of milky chocolate, berries and mocha. Okay, quite tasty, although a bit light bodied coffee stout.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle T Bruce’s, London - big thanks to Jack! Pours dark brown with a fine, creamy beige head. Yeah, tons of rich mocha in the nose, lots of Dunkin’ Donuts coffee, some milk chocolate. Medium sweet flavor, light tangy semi-dark malts, filter coffee, bit of milk chocolate. Medium bodied with fine to lively carbonation. Plenty of lightly dry mocha to finish, more filter coffee, light earthy bitterness, bits of milk chocolate, some dirt. Decent overall, lots of mocha character. Not too bad.
3.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
500ml bottle. ar: roasty, coffee. ap: typical stout. ta: light sweetness, medium bitterness. pa: medium bodycreamy texture, average carbonation. Finish: lingering as with most stouts. Overall: a dry stout, okay.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
A well made beer, poured black with a mocha head of course, and the aroma was as expected. It tasted of cold coffee and had an astringent dry finish.
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