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RATINGS: 192   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.57   EST. CALORIES: 219   ABV: 7.3%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Deep and malty. Large quantities of specialty malts give this ale such depth of flavor. Caramel, brown, and chocolate malts, and black barley are all included. Magnum hops are added during the boil to balance the substantial maltiness and Willamette hops provide a nice spicy finish. Our house yeast ferments this beautiful black beer.


3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
hopdog (7043) - Lansdale, USA - OCT 14, 2007
12oz bottle. Poured a dark brown color with an averaged sized tan head. Aromas of roast, chocolate, light coffee, and a trace of caramel. Tastes of roast, chocolate, and caramel.

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
maekchu (167) - Hirakata, JAPAN - APR 1, 2012
Bottle from KyotoLefty. Thank you. Very sweet and malty with Belgian yeast nose. Dark, slightly translucent brown. Taste is very sweet, perhaps a bit cloying; like a freshly unwrapped Tootsie-Roll. More like a Belgian double than a stout.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
KyotoLefty (3752) - Kyoto, JAPAN - MAR 30, 2012
Bottle. Nose of chocolate, fruit, Belgian yeast character, a touch of oxidation. Very sweet and fruity, berries, chocolate, wood in the finish. Nice but a bit too sweet. I would have guessed it was a Belgian Dubbel if it was blind.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
curly (2352) - Seattle (Newcastle), Washington, USA - MAR 20, 2012
Black with a creamy tan head. Aroma of chocolate, and sweet and toasted malts. Taste is a bit nutty, light cocoa bitterness. Nice texture, overall a solid beer.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
blutt59 (4928) - Dallas, Texas, USA - FEB 13, 2012
bottle, thanks to bitbucket in trade, black brown color , malty whiskey, pecans and waffle house

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
jkwalking05 (2018) - Arlington, Texas, USA - FEB 1, 2012
Brown with an average beige head. Aroma is of cocoa, licorice, and chocolate. Taste is of roasted malts, chocolate.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
PapaSkeetSkeet (588) - Corvallis, Oregon, USA - OCT 29, 2011
Dark brown, light brown head, decent carbonation for the style. Aroma/Flavor of lots of cookie dough, a bit of sap, milk chocolate, and roast. medium-heavy body. Nicer than I was expecting.

4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 16/20
p1meatloaf (208) - California, USA - SEP 10, 2011
UPDATED: SEP 24, 2011 Bought in Eugene and opened the 12 oz in san diego into Pint glass. Looks pure black. Light brown thinish head. Smells like super chocolate. tastes like a bunch of chocolate with a bit of bittersweetness kinda like dark chocolate. pretty thick on the palate also kinda crisp on the tongue. Overall 8.5 of 10. Very tasty beer!

2.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 8/20
adnielsen (3755) - Fort Collins, Colorado, USA - AUG 7, 2011
Bottle @ bros house. Brown/black appearance with a tan head. Roasty, anise, dark chocolate malty nose. Quite strong, roasty, charred, black licorice, chocolate malty flavor. Too much char and licorice for me.

2.7
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
bpreo (992) - Eugene, Oregon, USA - AUG 2, 2011
Kind of nauseating to be quite honest. I don’t know why, but I am not enjoying this beer at all. Sad day apparently.

4.5
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
Cybercat (1904) - Georgia, USA - JUL 18, 2011
Strong, smoky aroma has tones of chocolate and molasses with coffee, nutty and licorice hints. It pours a dark chocolate brown with a fairly thick and fine-bubbled light tan head. Semi-sweet chocolate dominates the smoky flavor, which includes molasses, caramel and nutty hints. Texture is quite smooth and pleasing, not very fizzy but still good. Look for this one!


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