3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at Cask Days 2011. Beer #22 of festival. Pours a very dark brown, almost black, with a small lasting bubbly off-white head. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, a bit of smoke and light leafy hops. Nice flavour of roasted malt and lots of leafy hops -- the hops really stand out and I love it. Huge bitter finish. Medium+ bodied. A very good Stout.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at Blind Tiger. Pours a dark brown color with a caramel soapy head. Aroma of citrus, earthiness, and caramel. Sweet chocolate taste with a nice bitter layer. Smooth and creamy. Some slight funkiness on the finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft at Blind Tiger with Andrew, Streets, Mark, Ben and Kyle. Pours a deep black body with barley any lacing. Aroma is smoked malts, and burnt chocolate. Mouthfeel is medium with notes of burnt coffee roast, bitter chocolate, and light vanilla flavors.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tap at blind tiger. Burnt cocoa and wood... Some chocolate as well. Supple and rich.. Nice foreign with sweet vanilla finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
[4068-20111030] Cask. Orange roast malt aroma. Black body with a quick foamy brown head. Chocolate-coated burnt wood flavour. Full body. Good, nice stout. (7/3/7/3/16) 3.6
(Cask Days 2011 @ Hart House; Toronto, ON)
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On cask at Cask Days 2011 at Hart House, served in an English pint glass. Pours black with a rocky, tan head that remains and leaves a small amount of lace. The nose has coffee and roast malts, with a touch of herbs and hops. The flavour is lightly sweet and moderately bitter throughout, with pine and roasted malts. On the palate, it is medium-full in body with a smooth, creamy texture and soft carbonation. Overall, this is an excellent stout as one might expect from this brewer. A very nice herbal accent throughout kept it interesting. 2011-10-30
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pint on tap at DDC. Pours jet black with a bubbly and dimpled mocha-colored head...quite formidable looking. If chocolate covered hops were to exist, this beer may very well represent that creation, a bold, earthy and resinous scent. Roasted and chocolaty malts vie for attention against a prominent hop character; finishes bitter and green with lingering pleasant hop aromatics. Smooth on the palate, the carbonation lends an ever-so-slight prickliness in the mouth. A hop-lovers stout for sure, while being balanced enough to remain sessionable.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
2011-10-30. Black body with a small frothy tan head. 3+ Fairly bitter, hoppy flavour, herbal-anise like flavour. Lingering green hop bitterness in the finish. 7+ Similar aroma, green leafy hop profile, very light herbal touche. 7+ Medium plus palate. Pretty decent. Cask Days 2011, Toronto
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask Days 2011, dark black pour, tan beige head, lots of bubbles. Lots of roast & lots of bitterness. Extremely balanced, smooth, Great stout
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask. Appearance: dark black, small brown head. Aroma: chocolate, coffee, quite milky, tanned leather. Flavour: toasty malt, lots of chocolate & leather. Black coffee & mocha. Simple & lovely.
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