3.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
out of the bottle pours rich brown with a frothy tan head. smells of roasted malts and sweetness. tastes of chocolate (with alcohol in it), caramel and roasted coffee. velvety, light cream mouthfeel. delicious!
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 9/20
(12.7oz bottle) Clear dark brown body with hints of red, topped by a beige head. Aroma is moderately sweet, molasses, nutty, caramel, black cherry. Taste is medium sweet, caramel, some black cherry, when there is any flavor. Much of the time on the tongue, however, provides almost no flavor. Watery light-medium body makes it pretty drinkable, just a shame the beer itself is hardly worth drinking.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
This beer was about 5 months past exp. date. So I didn’t expect much. When poured, a lot of crap (sediment) poured in the glass. Not expected. The fizzy head faded quickly. There is a light roasted aroma. I’m not really sure about the flavor. A little roasted malt flavor with some residual sweetness. A bit of a slight after taste. If this wasn’t in the Costco 16-pack, I probably would not have tried it.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Looks good enough, with a dark dark brown pour and a short lasting, but frothy tan head. Aroma is sugary with some malt and milk chocolate. However, the ride stops there. Way too much carbonation, too thin. A somewhat attractive fruity type yeast taste, but no sign of the chocolate or nuttiness from the aroma. I’m not sure what this is trying to accomplish. Decent bitter finish... When warmed, a funky metallic/corn taste creeps in. Not that great, but it’s a crumby style anyways, in my opinion. Paid 8 bucks for the sixer... dissapointed.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Fizzy, brown appearance. Malty, roasted chocolate, hazelnut aroma. Light bodied, dark chocolate flavor, lightly nutty, lightish refreshing finish. For a "dark ale" or brown ale as classified here, this is pretty light, would have thought it was a dark lager on a blind taste.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
(12.7 oz bottle: Holiday Wine Cellar in Escondido, CA) Another blah beer from Coopers, this one is dark in color, but barely dark in flavor. It’s moderately sweet and sugary with a generic caramely, dark maltiness, and maybe a touch of roastiness. There’s just nothing here, I can’t generate any enthusiasm for this beer. The nose is sweet, sugary and malty. Light-medium body, and the beer is somewhat watery for the style, especially in the finish. Medium-dark brown color with lots of fine particles suspended in the beer. The inch of light tan head settles to a ring. Really boring, and with just about every other brown ale I’ve tried being better than this beer, it’s just not worth ever buying again.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
dark brown beer, no head. smells malty and sweet fruity. tastes completely different: roasted malt, bit coffee, bit licorice. ends dry, bitterish, port-like and nutty. thin bodied. not so great, but decent.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottled. Pours quite thick, dark brown color, greyish beige head, fair lace. Aroma is light fruity - do I smell some pear? - and skunky grain. Light sweet, light bitter, dark malts, hint of roastiness, hint of butterscotch, bit skunky in the finish. Medium to light body, little dry. As the bottled said ’best after’ I was hoping this was going to be something nice, but it’s quite disappointing.
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