 oh6gdx (8798), Vasa, Finland
Aug 31, 2007 Bottled@GBBF2007. Dark ambery brown color, mediumsized brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, parfume, fruity hops and some caramel. Flavour is mildly roasted malts, caramel, some hops and wood. OK, but the flavour was a slight disappointment.
M0RHI (1067), Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Aug 14, 2007 Cask, GBBF 07. Very dark ruby, thin off-white head. Nose is massive roasted coffee malt, some chocolate. Mouth is roasted, slightly burnt maltiness. Some hops and winter fruit. Finish is slightly dry and sweet malty. Quite nice.
harrisoni (6703), Ashford, Kent, England
Aug 3, 2007 Cask at Duke of Wellington, Norwich. Gravity. Very deep ruby colour, off white head. Very roasted aroma, vergining on charcoal. Some dark fruits. Juicy in mouth, no real sourness, fairly good brambly fruit, lacks a little condition. Bit of powdery coffee on end. Nice fruit too.
greenmanalishi (294), Leicestershire, England
Jun 24, 2007 500ml bottle conditioned. pours a very dark brown with a big, frothy, light brown head. aroma of chocolate with a hint of that blackberry. strong taste of dark chocolate, roasted malts, some coffee, a slight hint of fruit. very smooth, dry, bitter, chalkiness to the finish.
Sigmund (2197), Hafrsfjord, Norway
Jun 17, 2007 500 ml bottle, bought in Scarborough. ABV is 5.0%. Bottle conditioned. Pitch black colour, large tan head. Lovely aroma of bramble (blackberries) with vinous notes, also notes of chocolate and a mild roastiness. The flavour has a roasty and hoppy (Challenger) bitterness throughout, notes of coffee and berries (the latter are fairly subdued). Bitter aftertaste. Good beer!
DruncanVeasey (2690), The Penguin’s Arms, Europe, Warwickshire, England
May 24, 2007 Glugs from the bottle a satisfyingly thick and tar-like pitch. Chocolate, barrelwood and a hint of fruity sourness in the nose I wouldn’t have picked out as blackberry. There’s almost a lemony edge to it. Big, roasty and chocolatey with a distinctly sourish sharpness as it warms. Puckeringly bitter charred malt finish. Proper, grown-up, roastily bitter and full-bodied stout with an intriguingly fruity tang. A pint is plenty, mind.
cgarvieuk (4159), Edinburgh, Scotland
Mar 3, 2007 Deep Black.Smokey and biscuity with a vey slight blackberry hints. Cask was more ambery in colour
tomthompson89 (1459), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dec 26, 2006 black no head, lotsa malts some slight berry nose. good roasting, kinda bitter not alot of bramble flavour. ok...
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