3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
2011-09-25. Black body with a modest creamy brown head. 4+ Rich dark malt core, mild roasty accents. Not quite fruity touches, rich "imperial stout" character. Aroma is fairly mild considering, modest dark malt, light roast. 6+ Very smooth medium to full bodied palate. Simple but very very good. Bottle about a year old, from England trip
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
50 cl bottle from Utobeer (2010 vintage).
Rated on 20110723.
Pours pitch black color with no head, high viscosity. Aroma of mocha, chocolate, peat, red wine notes and dark roasted malts. Flavor of smooth chocolate, coffee, dark roasted malts, bilberry and some distant red wine notes. Full-bodied and very balanced brew.
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4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
From a bottle at home in Skövde. Black, small headed. Licorice, Dried fruits (figs, raisins) aroma. Tastes chocolate, licorice and some hops. I liked it a lot :-)
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Black beer, small beige head. Roasted malt aroma, licorice, figs, raisin notes, some chocolate. Chocolate flavor, licorice, figs, some hops, some alcohol. Very nice imp stout.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from Pig’s Ear Festival 2008, vintage 2007, 3 years old
Completely black color, with very small head. Aroma of molasses, tar, dark malts, some liquorice and old wood; oxidized probably. Good body structure; the roasted malt and chocolate are well blended together; there is a late impression of liquorice, tar and leather, also un underlying acidity. The bitterness is not very high. The alcohol is very well hidden. Quite elegant.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
330ml bottle. Pours jet black with a small head. Aroma is tar and thick coffee and chocolate. Taste has some roast malt and soy sauce to start. Tar and soy in the finish. Could be thicker but hides the booze.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask @Angleterre 14.6.2011. Poured black with a thin head. Aroma is roasted malt, and dark fruits, even some chocolate. Cough medicine, alcohol and roasted malt, also liquirice in flavor. Finish is dry, with a salmiakki (salty liquirice) taste. Quite complex and heavy brew.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask @ GBA @ Gallows Bird. Pours black. Aroma is liquorice and dark fruits. Taste is dark fruits, liquorice, chocolate with warming notes of alcohol.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at Angleterre, Helsinki, during the Great Baltic Adventure. Poured black in colour with foamy tan head. Roasted and dark chocolate in aroma. Liquorice, roastedness and some peppery notes in flavour. Quite smooth with alcohol well hidden. Leaves a quite strong roasted liquorice aftertaste. Quite hoppy also in aftertaste with a slightly bitter finish.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
(Cask at Great Baltic Adventure/Gallows, 20110611) The beer poured pitch black. Its head was light brown. Aroma had alcohol, liquorice and roasted malts. Palate was full bodied and warming. Flavours were liauorice, sea water, alcohol, mildly chocolate, hops and bitterness. Aftertaste had liquorice and bitterness. Nice and quite well balanced imperial stout with a little bit too much of alcohol burning.
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