2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
OK, but IMHO too thin for an oatmeal stout. Coffee flavour as expected, not very complex. Nothing terribly wrong with it, but quite a few exits away from Exquisite, Beerland.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Roasted malts on the nose backed with solid oat sweetness. Little char as well. Pours black tan head. Flavors start roasty with a little bitter char and finish smooth and sweet with nice oat aspect providing balance and drinkability. Smooth.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Sample at the pub is just about black with creamy tan head. Aroma is gentle roast, espresso, toast. Taste is similar, and its very, very smooth. It’s a very gentle stout - could be drunk in volume.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
5 ounce sample draft at the Swans bar at $10.00CAD for 6-samples. Very good.
2.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Nice black body with a faint ruby hue; okay bit of beige, the darker variety, sitting on top. Aroma is roasted barley, roasted enough to provide some spicy notes and no apparent sweetness. Flavour is a bit over-roasted for barley, almost turning into ash and not converting into some of those nicer stout flavours; alas. Mouthfeel is a little weak too. It’s a below average porter.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bought two 650 ml bottles of this a couple of years ago at the brewpub. Drank one and did not really like it at all. Forgot the second one that has been in the cellar since, bottle labeled "freshest before 11 2009". This rating is for the cellared bottle.
Pours beautiful dark brown to black, with an everlasting, big, creamy head. Aroma of chocolate, toast, a bit of sour dough. Medium sweet and bitter, a little salty and just a hint of lactic sourness. Taste is chocolate, caramel. Feels almost creamy in the mouth, soft carbonation.
Tasted the thick foam, and wow it was good, sweet caramel candy.
Glad I forgot about having this for a while.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
650mL bottle, pours black with a small beige head. Aroma of roasted malt and oat. Flavour follows similar with a slight sweetness. Solid oatmeal stout.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft at "Beer Wars" in Vancouver 31/01/10. Cola brown with a thin head. Aroma is roasted malts with some coffee notes. Medium to full bodied taste. Smooth, not watery, lingering flavour that offered some bitterness and some sweetness. Not bad.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Poured into a snifter. Coffee-colored with tan head. Pleasing aroma of coffee, chocolate and roasted oats. Flavor is medium bitter coco, mild sweet caramel in the mid-palate, light lactic character, nutty finish. Palate is smooth and creamy good balance between body and carbonation. Not bad.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Enjoyed right at the source, i.e., the bar at Swan’s Hotel on a damp, dark Victoria day (less than 30 minutes walking after downing another stout at Spinnakers!). Not much head with this one, what head there was being a tan in hue. Aroma was delicate and featured some roasted/toasted malts and coffee, but (sadly) no dark chocolate. The taste was primarily of burnt coffee and the aforementioned malts. Nice and all that, but not as good as Spinnakers. Mouthfeel tended to be on the thin side, with a small sweet note at the finish.
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