4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20Bomber from Craft. Pours oily, thick, and jet black, with minimal head. Nose is heavy rich dark malt, cacao, oaky bourbon, molasses, anise, hazelnut. Tastes thick, rich, complex, with dark malt, cacao, and anise up front, mid-palate hazelnut, prune, port and a thick complex finish. This one is great. I didn’t like it quite as much as the regular version, but enjoyed it greatly.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
750mL bottle, aged in oak wine barrels. Poured deep brown with a fairly short-lived dark tan head. The aroma was delightful.. warm vinous notes, oak, and a kiss of tart cherry over warm chocolate, espresso, and vanilla bean.. peppery alcohol on the very edges of the nose.. a touch more base beer substance and this was a "10". The flavor held serve.. tangy vinous notes and oak on the tip of the tongue, with rich mocha and coconut following.. the dry, oaky edges picked up black pepper and more wine character.. finished on the tangy side with a lot of mocha, complementary wine barrel, and belly warmth. Medium-bodied with low carbonation on the palate.. a tad slick on the middle.. OK feel.. very good overall.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Backlog. Bottle split Dad and Annie in 2011. Pours brown with not much head or lacing. Aromas and taste are cocoa, Pinot barrels, cheese, fig, coffee, and dark fruit. Smooth body with lighter carbonation. Very nice.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
This one poured a medium to darker brown color with a biege head. Aroma was of a good bit of red wine, with some light roast and dark chocolate. Flavor owas oak, red wine, medium roast and chocolate covered cherries. Red wine and stout blended to perfection in this one.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Aroma of licorice, tart dark chocolate, and caramel. Pours black with very little film. Taste is smooth and roasty. Mostly cocoa and coffee coming through. Great ris.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle... Pitch black ale with a small, creamy, khaki head that doesn’t stick around for long. The bouquet furnishes a medley of fudge, nuttiness and lightly acidic, vinous red wine. Full-bodied and super creamy with soft carbonation. The flavor is deeply roasted, offering loads of scorched, carbonic, charcoal-like notes. Burnt, bitter, tongue-numbing finish that dries way out.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle thanks to ericandersnavy, about a 1 year old bottle. Pours deep, dark black with a rich chocolate head. Aroma is very big dark roasted grainy bitter chocolate malt. Flavor is a bit mellow but still intense dark roasted grain, malty, espresso and dark chocolate with a strong dark roast/chocolate bitterness, alcohol blends in well. Heavy mouthfeel with low carbonation. Overall, excellent brew!
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
750 ml from TheEpeeist. I have been holding this for a good long while. Opened with friends. Pours a rich blackish thicker pour, inky opaque dark qualities. A frothy brownish head sits atop, dies to a film, laces small. Aromas are rich cocoa and roasty barley. Healthy red wine barrel, oak, spirit, and vanilla. Kisses of cocoa grow as it warms, coffee, more roast, sweet caramel, molasses, and barrel kisses. A gentle spirit with kisses of dark fruit, red wine, some gentle tannin play. Initial is fuller bodied, up front offers roast and toasty, creamy sweetness, and a good kick of barrel. Cocoa, spirit, and vanilla. Gentle heat, some dark fruit, cocoa and roast, caramel. Full, sweet, and roasty. Biscuits, caramel, more fruity nose. Finish is lingering pretzels, biscuits, and coffee. Cocoa, dark but with a lean towards sweetness. Gentle barrel, roast, and a rich vanilla that starts to grow with touches of red wine tannins sticking and drying a bit. Overall, it’s a solid beer but a bit all over the place.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Black pour hardly carbonated thin orange head ... aroma is of licorice, wine, oak, tobacco .... taste is of licorice, oak, tobacco, red wine, chocolate, roasted malts, lightly sour and dark fruits .... mouthfeel is flat oily ... interesting and complex with a bitter hop in the end that flows into a dry oaky bitter spicy licorice finish ... abv hidden throughout ... interesting brew lots of flavors
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours unclear dark black in color with a dark tan head. The aroma of the Pinot Noir comes in really nicely in a winey berry way. The flavor has roasted malt notes with the pinot noir flavors blending well on top of a smooth body. The dry bite from the wine barrels is prevalent for sure with a bit of a spicy ending!
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