1.2 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 4/20
11 ounce bottle in pint glass. Dark brown/black with minimal head. Mild coffee ice cream aroma. Gross fermented sugar with artificial chocolate flavoring. Medium body and carbo. Wretched. Made me want to brush my teeth.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
This is a VERY unique stout. I didn’t taste like any other stout that I’ve ever had before. It had a sweetness to it that I couldn’t place and a great smoothness.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Bottled. Black. Not so great. Way too sweet and just doesn’t work. Asian stouts are way better. and they’re not great.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled 284ml. Roasted malt, brown sugar, dark chocolate and banana in the taste. This beer reminds me a bit of Lion stout. Sweet. Slightly woody. Walnuts in the finish.
2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle in St Thomas. Pours fairly thick black color with a tan head. Unique aroma that I haven’t experienced before from a stout, very sweet with strong cacao and some notes of molasses and caramel malts. The taste is just odd, kind of like someone put a spoonful of nestle quik chocolate powder in a weak stout. Too sweet for my taste, definitely don’t think corn syrup should be in a beer.
2.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle. Pours black. Without tilting the glass, there is a burgundy glow about one centimetre from the edge. This is pretty dark. The abundant head is light-tan and lasts for some time. The aroma is a little weak, but very dry. It smells of cacao with hints of molasses, caramel, and bread. The initial flavour is cloying. I can definitely taste that corn syrup. Cacao and molasses is noticeable in the background. As the brew passes the tongue some notes of dried, caramelized plums become apparent. As the sweetness fades, hints of coffee and nuts manifests. And as you get into the finish... nothing. The sweetness fades and brings all the other flavours with it. I’m left with a somewhat tasteless dryness. I am, in no way, a sugarholic. This beer is, as I like to call, diabetes in a cup. It is unpleasantly sweet, cloying, and becoming somewhat of a chore to drink. That’s a pity because other than the sweetness, it’s not bad.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Dark brown pour with a medium frothy tan head. Aroma of chocolate and rum. Taste of raisins, rum, and coffee. Really sweet finish with fruit present.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Deep black with ruby hints. Complex nose of brown sugary molasses, Rum and raisin and other dried dark fruit, Coffee, roasted nuts and alcohol all complimenting well. The sweetness and fruit carry through into the flavour on an oily base. Coffee and chocolate happens in there swirling in warming alcohol. More like a roasty old ale bred with a stout. very nice indeed.
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