3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Thanks to bu11zeye for sharing this bottle. It came in a caged and corked bottle that was dipped in black wax.
Bottle No. 1 of 230. Bottled 10/30/2008.
The beer pours a hazy dark brown color with a tan head. The aroma is chocolate with some caramel, spices and oak notes. The flavor is oak, dark fruit, anise, roasted/burnt malts and chocolate. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle marked 3/10/2008 (bottle 001/230!) with black wax thanks to bu11zeye. Waxed corked and caged bottles are a bitch! Pours with a small tan head over a near black body. Aroma of alcohol, chocolate, pepper, fusel, nutty, grassy, spicy, oak. Taste is wine, nutty, apple, chocolate, licorice and tar. Somewhat watery for a 11.5% imperial stout.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
bottle pours black with a medium tan head. Aroma is smokey with some peat notes. Flavor is bitter chocolate, black patent malt and a nice silky smooth mouthfeel.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle shared by fata thanks Keith. Pours a dark brune body with a thin off white head. Malty with a mild bourbon wood character. Light vanilla malted milkshakes, creamy velvet texture with a modest warming kinda comes across like maple but not like oxidation. Sweet malty, woody very nice.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle… RBWG ‘10… Pours very dark brown with a mid-sized, creamy, beige head. Good retention. Nutty, chocolaty bouquet with heaps of oak and earth. Full-bodied with stinging carbonation. The flavor is chocolaty and scorched and provides notations of espresso and woody, funky tanginess. Crisp, chocolaty finish that dries out a touch. Bottle courtesy of fata2683!
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Sample at RBWG 2010. Reminds me of stout, but the aroma is also like food, some vegetal in there with roast, etc. The flavor is roast, chocolate, malt, sour, and more. I really like the flavor.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: SEP 7, 2010 (750ml, bottle #001/230) Pours a murky brown body with a medium tan head. Aroma of vinous, roasted malt, caramel, alcohol, and dates. Flavor of raisins, dates, chocolate, vinous, and caramel malt.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Name: Cuvee 2
Date: March 13, 2010
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, RBWG 2010
Appearance: muddy dark brown, wispy beige head
Aroma: roasted and dark chocolate aroma with a light mustyness
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, touch of winey tartness, light roasted, touch of oak, plenty of earthyness
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+ /4
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