3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Sampled a "can aged" Very Noddy with the brewer and co-founder. Pours a medium brown color. Some whiskey notes at first. A skosh sour and fairly light overall.
5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
Sweet roasty and dried fruit aroma. Jet black liquid with tan head. Heavy body, lots of malt complexity, noticeable alcohol, amazingly smooth for such a big beer. Great balance, not too sweet, but clean, quick finish. No harsh notes at all. Fantastic cold weather sipping beer.
5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
This is the best 10+ ABV beer I have ever had. I typically shy away from high alcohol beers because they tend to burn when I drink them. I was blown away by the smoothness of this beer and would have never guessed that it packs a punch. No wonder it won a bronze at the World Beer Cup in 2010. It is such a full tasting, smooth brew, that I feel like I should sit in front of a fire place on a winters night smoking a cigar and sipping this lager. This is a must have beer!
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Can… Pours nearly black with a huge, creamy, lightly-tanned head. Fantastic retention. The bouquet is of deeply roasted malts, vanilla, oak, espresso and coconut. Full-bodied and milky with weak carbonation. The flavor is a good bit alcoholic with notations of chocolate, whiskey and oak. Sweet, warming, sourmash finish. Lots of barrel-aged features here, but the commercial description on the can doesn’t mention anything about this being a barrel-aged beer. Enjoyable. Can courtesy of jcwattsrugger!
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tap. Black pour with a small beige head. Smells of chocolate, caramel, some smokiness. Tastes of chocolate, caramel, smoke, vanilla. Pretty solid beer but a little bit muddled.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Brown pour with tan head and lace. Aroma of roasted malt and peat. Smokey malt, a hint of coffee, roasted malt, and a good malt bitter. Medium bodied just a tad fizzy.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
6oz bottle at the Pi Bar, San Francisco, 12th March 2010. Black with a line of head. Nose of malt, some milk chocolate, spirits and coffee. Taste is similar but smooth and it slips right down. Very nice. Doesn’t feel like 10%+!
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Can courtesy of jcwattsrugger. Pours black with tan head. Nose is smoked chocolate malts and funk. Taste is smoke, black coffee, chocolate and burnt caramel malts.
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