 madcow75 (425), Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 24, 2006 Bottle. Pours like your typical stout except for a thinner light brown head. Aroma is like cold chocolate milk and a little smoke. Not big, but pleasant. Taste is bigger than I would’ve expected from the aroma. Taste is bitter coffee, chocolate and toffee. Somewhat acidic and plastic aftertaste that lingers, don’t care for that, got better as it warmed, but a solid brew otherwise.
KAggie97 (2424), Ugly, Hot, and Humid Spring, Texas, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Oct 19, 2006 Bottle. Pours deep, mysterious... the perfect complement to midnight. Aroma is smoky/chocolaty malt. Pleasant, fluffy mouthfeel of coffee, chocolate, and roasted malt. Nice brew.
nolankowal (850), Columbus, Ohio, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 18/20 |
Oct 12, 2006 Bottle courtesy of Dubbercody, thanks again Jaime! Pitch black pour with a nice somewhat fizzy tan head. Nice aroma of coffee, roasted chocolate malt, some hints of smoke...very full and inviting. The flavor is roasty malts with somebitter chocolate and coffee and a bit of toffee. Nice carbonation and a somewhat creamy mouthfell with a roasty almost warming finish. Nice stuff, I wish we had it around here.
Marsiblursi (1634), Göteborg, Sweden
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 5, 2006 Updated: Oct 10, 2006(Bottle) Pours dark to black. Dry cocoa and coffee in aroma with a light smokeyness. Roasted malt and hints of rubber. Salty, well balanced flavour with dry cocoa and light smokey, anise aftertaste. Medium bitterness and body.
joergen (8465), Frederiksberg, Denmark
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Oct 4, 2006 Bottle at Stockholm Beerfestival.
Black coloured with a beige head.
Roasted aroma of coffee.
Roasted flavour of coffee and chocolate.
Lumpy (1802), Carrollton, Texas, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Sep 26, 2006 Bottle from mystery beer swap V2.0. Opaque body with red edges and a half inch reddish brown foamy head. Nose-chocolate malt and toffee. Taste-toffee, malted chocolate, bittersweet, a bitterness I can only describe as burnt orange zest, unroasted coffee beans, slightly lactic. Pretty damn good. BTW, Obsidian is not necessarily volcanic. I’m just saying.
OStreetBrewery (100), Wellington, New Zealand
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Sep 24, 2006 Tasted 10/9/06 from BrewNZ . Nice interplay of powdery cocoa and stone fruit aromas. Big chocolate notes continue on the palate with hints of roast and toast. Very nice warming stout. I wish it was imported here so I could get some more.
DYCSoccer17 (2189), Davis, California, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Sep 21, 2006 Bottle, best by June 28th, 2006. This is a couple of months too old, but it is still damn tasty. Molasses, coffee, milky chocolate, slight anise, roasty malts all grace the nose of this stout. Amazingly aromatic and pleasant. Gorgeous silkly dark brown body that is opaque, with an even more attractive, nutty brown head that is large and long lasting. A beautiful beer. In a word, this beer is very rich. Tons of roasty nuttiness with a fair amount of coffee flavors present as well. Finishes with nice grapefruity bitter hops. This is extremely well-crafted and a delight. This will be my go-to beer in California so long as it is available.
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