2.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
(Bottle) Pours a dark brown with a medium creamy tan head. This beer just did not do it for me.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Blackish brown color, tan head with lacing. Excellent sweet caramel aroma. Sweet creamy flavor of caramel and chocolate. Small hop finish. nice beer
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Dark brown but not totally opaque, little head. Aroma centered around roasted malts, with a curious touch of smoke and soy sauce. Fuller in the mouth than I expected based on appearance. Some chocolate, roasted malts, and a nice tangy finish. I would consider this more along the lines of a dry stout actually.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Not much of a head over this dark brown brew. Aroma had a bit of a vegatative edge to it. Medium-bodied flavor, nicely hopped, with a taste that took on characteristics of coffee, tobacco and bittersweet chocolate. Minimal sweetness in the dry finish. Not a one dimensional beer, but not very complex, either.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Nitrogen Draft - Opaque balc in color with a typical creamy nitrogen head. Aroma is roasted malt and subtle hops. The flavor is roasted chocolate with some hops. Thick and creamy body, quite smooth. Decent but not outstanding.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
UPDATED: NOV 7, 2003 #6 of my Stouts of November: Brown hue with some reddish highlights. Small off-white head with little lace. The aroma had an interesting hoppy character which is too much for a sweet stout. Hints of molasses, mild coffee, twnmagy fruitsm floral hops, hint of smoke and vanilla. The taste was acidic with the sweetness and bitterness a background presence, wierd. Mild finish with some bitterness and a chalky feel. A bit too thin body for a stout. Just a average brew, okay to try once.
2.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
One of my least favorite stouts. Dark but very thin, small head. Roasted coffee aroma that has hints of what seems like vinegar. Somewhat weak flavor starts roasted but gives way to a slightly bitter sourness, improves as it warms as sour diminishes and coffee comes through, but still below mediocore.
2.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Pours with a black body with reddish tinting topped by a medium thick quickly disappearing tan head with good lacing. Slighlty sweet yet bitter and smokey malt aroma with a touch of chocolate and anoff aroma that I can't quite pinpoint, maybe rubber. Slightly sweet malty flavor with strong roasty notes and an unusually strong hop bitterness that doesn't mesh well with the roasty notes. The finish is bitter and slightly hoppy with a touch of roastiness. Full bodied and relatively smooth.
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