 austinpowers (2827), New York, New York, USA
Apr 11, 2008
Bottle. Bought in Macau. I notice that sugar is one of the ingredients. That’s pretty unusual. It tastes pretty sweet and isn’t all that bocky. It’s only 5%abv. Sticky with lots of malt - it’s more like a dunkel or porter. Very enjoyable. Didn’t detect much hops. Enjoyed while wandering around Macau’s Fortress de Guia.
lithilorn (86), Covilhă, Portugal
Jul 18, 2008 very dark brown body and light brown head. sweet milk coffee and chocolate aroma. sweet and a little bitter flavor. watery. a good dark portugues beer.
azlondon (463), Greater London, England
Jul 1, 2008 Appearance: Very dark brown, almost black. Dark head, not too much of it, though.
Aroma: Roasted, burnt. Malt, some chocolate.
Taste: Malty, a bit burnt. Bit boring, not much to it. Slightly bitter.
Info: 330ml bottle, 16/4-2007
DruncanVeasey (1533), Burbage, Croatia
May 13, 2008 Cloth bag, Hunstanton. Almost pitch with clinging tan suds. Genuine sweet charcoal, burnt malt, slightly curranty aroma. Milky coffee, chocolate, a chew of dark fruits. The most rounded and serious Iberian interpretation of a dark beer I’ve tasted. If it was a roasty smooth chocolatey English mild I’d give it at least 3.5, so that’s exactly what it’s getting. Against all expectations, a really tasty, well-conditioned beer.
JoeinUccle (624), Brussels, Belgium
Jan 25, 2008 This was not a bad beer at all, but I can’t say I’ve had anything else from this brewery. Found it at Penafidelis, a Portuguese cafe around the square from Moeder Lambic in the Brussels neighborhood of Saint-Gilles. Poured a nearly impenetrable black with a tall, tan head. Faint, sweetish, roast-malt nose with some fruity notes. Lightly sweet flavor (again, those dark fruit notes) with a thin layer of dark-roast bitterness (weak, black coffee) that carries the finish. Thin for a stout, but thick for a dunkel. Average carbonation. Quaffable, in the end.
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