 madsberg (4374), Bangalore, India
Nov 11, 2004
Bottled: Pitch black coloured. Light brown chocolatish dense head. Lasting is a bit dissapointing, but can be due to the glass. Fruit, molasses, light roast, alcahol and some coffee/toffee notes in the aroma. Delicious, delicious. Chocolate, loads of alcahol (but nothing compared to the strength), light coffee notes, prunes and plums in the flavour. Quite complex but also a bit overwhelming. Is very warming and has loads of alcaholburning on the lips and the palate in the end. Is light bitter and fruity. This is an extreme beer, which is a bit too much for me, and thats why the rating dosn’t hit the tops. I now have had the 18% and the 21%, and both are excellent beers without having the grandeur of the exquisite beers of my personal top 50 beers of my world. Many thanks to egajdzis for trading this.
KnN (320), Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Oct 12, 2008 2007 bottle. Poured a super deep brown color with a tan head. Aroma is sweet fruit, malt and alcohol and not much else. The alcohol is intense. The first sip made me cringe it was so strong. The flavor is super sweet and really boozy. I can appreciate what this beer was trying to be, but the alcohol got in the way and really destroyed anything subtle that may have been hiding here. glad I split a 12oz bottle three ways. A whole bottle of this would have been way to much.
NewBelgium5 (24), , Pennsylvania, USA
Oct 11, 2008 Pours dark brown and has an aroma of a homemade wine, very fruity but with an obvious alcohol smell. Small sips yielded a more alcoholic taste while larger sips gave a more complex dark coffee stout flavor. Went down much smoother than anticipated and the alcohol is very nicely hidden.
BelgianBeerGal (983), Sabbatical in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Oct 11, 2008 2007 bottle. Super dark brown pour with a thin tan ring. HUGE aroma of coffee, alcohol, soy sauce, molassas and rummed fruit. Big flavour of dark coffee with cream and sugar added. Definitely something to drink slowly and savor in small sips. Unique stout being this hot. Good but not really my favourite in the style.
KornDogg (31), Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Oct 8, 2008 2007 bottle. Got it for $10 which was the cheapest I could find around Pittsburgh at THE BEER STORE... Sharp Edge wanted $18...
Beautiful, Midnight Black color... strong alcohol aroma.. a little sweet with a strong coffee flavor... some said you would need to sip it slowly, I however thought the alcohol flavor was hidden nicely... so good I wish I would have bought 2 bottles to enjoy...
gameface23 (115), Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA
Oct 7, 2008 Updated: Oct 8, 20082007 bottle. Pitch black pour with a small-sized khaki head. Very alcoholic aroma. Smells like port wine, very sweet molasses, coffee and strong malted barley. With 18% alcohol, it would be hard to hide it, but it was like Dogfish didn’t even try to. Taste was similar: like a fortified wine. I would’ve enjoyed this more if the price wasn’t so steep ($8.95 for 12 oz).
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