3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle... Pitch black ale with a mid-sized, creamy, khaki head. Good retention. Cola, chocolate and dark fruit esters in the nose. Hearty flavor with chocolaty sweetness, charcoal bitterness and a pinch of salt. Full-bodied with a silky mouthfeel and lively carbonation. Roasted, chocolaty finish with another pinch of salt at the wee end. Cheers to henrikb for shipping this bottle across the pond!
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle (rated sometime in 2008, BB Apr 09).
Head is mostly lasting.
Body is dark brown to black.
Aroma is moderately malty (caramel, chocolate), lightly hoppy (apricot), with notes of vanilla and alcohol.
Flavor is heavily sweet, lightly bitter.
Finish is moderately sweet, lightly to moderately bitter.
Medium to full body, creamy texture, soft carbonation, moderately alcoholic.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Almost black of color with a brown head. An aroma of menthol, liqurice and bitter. A flavor of bitter coffee, bitter, chocolate and oily.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours dark brown with a brown head. Aroma is minty liquorice, roasted malts, dark fruits and lightly oxidized. Taste is minty liquorice, roasted malts, light medicine and dark fruits.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Black with a dark brown head. Aroma is sweet, plenty of roasted malt, chocolate and hoppy. Flavor is rather sweet and moderate bitter. Full bodied, soft and almost creamy. Finish is roasted bitter. Very nice. 311209
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Deep dark pour witha foamy head. Roasty malt aroma with some chocolate and dark fruit. Lots of dried fruit, molasses, roasted malt and chocolate in the flavor. Nice.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from either fiulijn or Papsoe, whoever it was HUGE thanks! Poured a black body with a small off white head. Coffee, peach, sweet rubber gum, sweet but relatively fresh. The taste kicks out really bitter, crudely so in the beginning, showing some vaguely aromatic herbal hints and grinding into dust a nice sof roasty maltiness. Slightly yoghurty. Overall a pretty good stout but too hopped.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
sweet looking bottle via dakine on 6/6/10. the last of the night. bb9/4/10.
orange shade of black.
smells of green peppers, black peppercorns, roast, sweet grain, molasses, mud and wet wood.
the taste is a mix of the aroma... a little salty, muddy, twigs, tar, molasses, smoke and a spicy finish. it is far sweeter than need be...
thick full body is aided by hop and alcohol dryness. 7/4/7/3/14/3.5
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Nearly black with a nice foamy tan head. Aroma is roasty with some chocolate and light molasses notes. Flavor is loaded with prunes, molasses and coffee. Nice beer.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours darkbrown with a lightbrown head. Aroma is dark malt, fruity, blackberry, chocolate and raisin. Flavour is dark malt, raisin, blackberry and chocolate.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
From notes. Black/dark brown, small off white head. Roast, smoke, chocolate, old wood, dried dark fruits, subtle oxidation. Tastes a little over the hill, but still very nice. Medium body, smooth, a bit thinned by age. Would have loved to try a fresh bottle.
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