3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: JUL 31, 2006 Silk Tork and I agreed that this is an odd beast, and a rather disagreeable one. As well as the medicinal spirity notes on the nose, there was an underlying rather sickly aroma that did not appeal at all. It put me in mind of rose water and was floral in a perfumed, rather than hoppy way. All this carried through on to the palate, if slightly more subdued, and leaves an nasty aftertaste. Still, I did manage to finish it, so I can’t be too condemnatory. Cask, Pigs Ear Beer Fest, East London, December 2003. (4/3/5/2/9 = 2.3). RE-RATE: Bottle, June 2006. Far better than the cask version previously sampled, which I can only assume was not right. Plenty of spice in evidence which, on this occasion, meshed well with the Stout elements, although the mouthfeel was quite light.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
[500ml bottle, gift from my wife - cheers!] Deep brown-black with a large beige head. Creamy smooth mouthfeel, flavour dominated by milk chocolate with raisins nestling behind, and just a vague hint of spiciness (ginger?). There’s little bitterness; it’s more like a mild than a stout and if you think of it as a mild it’s rather a good one. Maybe just a tad thinner than I’d like, but enjoyable nevertheless.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
500ml bottle - at ChrisO’s - thanks!
7 Sharp nettley aroma sitting above a rich roasty backdrop.
4 Dark reddy brown
7 Sharply hoppy, and with a whole kick of christmass spice too
4 Hoppy bite to teh palate, and very crisp. Possibly too crisp in some ways
13 Goes down well though.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Dark brown with a small tan head. Perfumed spice aroma with cardemum and coriander dominating. Sweet and spicy flavour
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Pours brown with a beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, spice and chocolate. Flavour is roasted malt, chocolate, green hop and light coffee.
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle @ Papsø-Grand-Tasting, September 2010. Pours dark brown with a small creamy white head. Yeast, cocoa, spice and roast. Medium bodied. Weird . .
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle at Papsø.
Clear red brown coloured with a medium sized beige head.
Sweet aroma of caramel with notes of dried fruits and roasted notes.
Roasted flavour of caramel and spices.
Spicy finish.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle at Papsø’s - Thanks. Clear brown - white head. High spicy, fruity, burned, malt bolcher, high malty, dark bread, sweet candy. Wierd - too spicy.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled. A hazy deep red beer with a tan head. The aroma has notes of straw, ginger, malt, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of ginger, malt, caramel, and straw, leading to a bitter finish. The body is light.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of Ungstrup. Pours a reddish brown with a dense beige head. Gingery hard roast nose. Medium body, sweet hard roast malt with quite some gingery spice - lovely actually. Subdued bitterness. Nice actually. 110910
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
From the Bottle at Chris O’s, Kensal Rise 06/08/2010
Spiced aroma. Dark coloured and smooth on the palate with spicy ginger and nutmeg flavours. A hint of dryness in the finish.
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