3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Interesting beer. Aroma is earthy, leather, chocolate, soy, and clove. Taste is mostly roastyness with an interesting earthy efforvescence. Taste also has some leathery burnt aspects that are strange but still good.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Poured on tap at Cigar City in a snifter glass. Poured dark black with little head, aromas of coffee, chocolate, and caramel. Flavors follow the aroma, but a hint of yeast, and dough.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
(12oz bottle, courtesy of blutt59) Pours a mahogany body with a medium tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, cocoa, caramel, and anise. Flavor of roasted malt, caramel, raisins, anise, clove, and chocolate.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle @ Papsø. Pours a dark ruby black color with a longlasting tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate hoppy aroma. roasted malty chocolate caramel spicy flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate spicy caramel finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
12oz bottle-big foamy tan-black with red tint. A-pine, then roasty/chocolate-med malt. T-dk fruit-cherry/plum/grape, pine hops,chocolate-med malt.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
12oz bottle. picked up a bottle of this at ccb during our visit....pours to the extent of a stout blackness. holding it up to the light yields more dark reddish brown shades while being topped with a rather thick creamy light beige head that reduces down to a thinner level... aroma is somewhat oddball with multiple layers it seems. roast and cocoa upfront, tangy dark fruit accents lay underneath, a little anise with a touch of yeastiness as well... flavors exhibit more of the same with mostly chocolate and roast initially
finishes on more of sweet dark fruity tinge with a dry bitterness finishing things up on the backend. nice smooth semi-creamy mouthfeel with a light prickly level of carbonation to round things off.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Samples from several bottles over the course of the GABF weekend. Pours with a black body with a small tan head. Aromas are spicy, rye, nutty, earthy and toasty. Reminds me a good amount of the Bruery’s Rugbrod from the nose. Light anise. Flavors are peppery, a bit spicy, dry and some brown sugar. Medium yeast notes. Moderate bubbles and finishes somewhat dry.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
12 ounce bottle thanks to Craig. Pours a dark brown color with a medium brown head. The aroma is sweet cherries and oak. A flavor of light coffee, roast, cocoa, licorice. Even some smoke. Very odd, hard to put down what it exactly is. Quite mellow despite a 8% bill.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Dark brown bear color with small tan head. Smells strong. Lots of carob, acidic chocolate, dark fruit, and booze. Light carbonation but a bit fizzy. Licorice is on the palate, then dark roast, mild acidic coffee, dried cranberry, chocolate cookies that are slightly burnt around the edges. Would benefit from a creamier palate, as it ends up seeming a little tart and even thin, but pretty good overall of course.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours black with a creamy khaki head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, baked bread, anise and spice. Flavor is rich chocolate, bread and roast. Bitter sweet chocolate finish. Not bad, was expecting a bit more.
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