4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Tap courtesy of Retorp. Pours a dark milk chocolate color with a thin tannish head. Aroma is malt, toffee, spice, some chocolate. Flavor is much of the same with some rip fruit and cinnamon notes. Medium to full body with a lingering malty finish. Nice ale.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Backlog dec 2011
Bottle from Vinomnopolet Vika
Dark brown, ok foam
Medium body & complexity
Sweet notes & malt
Ok, but not my favourite
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
bottle. Dark brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is sourness, hop, yeast, burnt sugar. Flavour is dry, yeast, sourness, hop, nuts, alcohol, roasted malt, caramel. Nice beer.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
750 ml. Bottle. Pors a brownish color with a thin tan head, caramel and toffee with a nutty finish. Nice complexity for a brown.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a thin brown with tan head. A decent slightly nutty brown. Not my favorite style but still a beer I was happy to try!
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at Leighton’s Beer, Bocce and Boozer tasting, thanks to jackl. It pours hazy deep ruby, with a decent beige head. The nose is roasted malt, caramel, nut and toffee. The taste caramel, roasted malt, toast, toffee, spice, chocolate, charcoal and nut, with a sweet finish. Medium-full body and moderate carbonation. Well balanced. Good work.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle at the Beer, Bocce and Boozer tasting, London. Thanks to Jack for this one. Pours black-brown with a creamy, tan head. Dusty cocoa nose. Big sweet flavor, dark malts, some booze, mild chocolate, some tangy earth. Medium to full bodied with fine to average carbonation. Sweet finish with dark fruits, cocoa and dark bread. Very good beer.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle @ Beer, Bocce and Boozer tasting. Deep brown color with a light tan head. The nose is brown sugar, hazelnut, some caramel and toffee. The taste is malty sugared nuts, a little vinous. Some notes of milk chocolate and caramel on the finish. Very sweet indeed. Full bodied. Very good, but I can’t imagine when someone in Tampa would ever want to drink this. It’s not exactly the kind of beer to unwind with after a hot day, is it?
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle, pours haxy brown with medium tan head. Aroma is toffee, caramel, nuts and roasted malts. Taste is sweet with toffe, caramel, almond, walnut and some medium roasted coffee notes. Some spice in the aftertaste.
Medium mouthfeel.
Really nice! CCB continues to impress.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
750mL bottle, pours an opaque reddish brown with a small tan head. Aroma of toasted nuts, toffee, dark fruits (raisins and plum), and brown sugar - a little chalk character. Flavour of plum and raisins, brown sugar, toasted nuts and toasted bread - basically a slightly sweeter Imperial Brown Ale. Well-balanced with a finish of raisins and brown sugar. Very nice.
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 13/20
Dark brown with a small, but lacing head. The aroma is very spicy and sour-funky for some reason - quite surprising given the style. The flavour is sweet, dominated by spices, roasted nuts and alcohol. Creamy texture, full-bodied.
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