2.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
This looks like a cola-drink rather than a beer. No bubbles on the top, no head at all. Sour, pungent aroma,filled with cocoa, roasted malts and even some caramel. Its terribly sweet, nearly like a cola! I guess since its made with corn syrup, this makes sense, but it doesn’t make for a tasty beer IMHO.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle from beastiefan2k (thanks!) - pours a dark brown with an off-white head that vanishes rather quickly - very sweet aroma, with the corn syrup being fairly apparent in the form of an "I smell coca cola" kind of sensation, with background anise and plum - very sweet flavor - once again, apparent corn syrup in the form of an "I TASTE coca cola" type sensation - some blueberry notes and a kind of burnt sugar flavor - finishes even sweeter than it starts, with a karo pancake syrup flavor and lingering burnt/char notes and some chocolate - far too sweet, and a little artificial-tasting.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark opaque blackness. pinky high head doesn’t really fade. GREAT STICKING! Sweet sweet jesus this is gonna be a sweet stout! You can taste the sweetness. Nice fruity sweetness not just sugary. It’s got some molasses and some cane sugar. Not to thick and not thin. just right for a stout! Better than many stout but still not running woth the tops dogs. O MY GOD at 7.5% I guess 6 would be great but I was pretty happy after 4. I would pick this one up again. There are other ptions but this one is flavorful and it’s not your run of the mill garbage (AKA GUINESS)
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Licorice, chocolate aromas, sweet. Pours black very dark brown. Sweet, and syrupy, not at all what i was expecting. Malty and roasty, but sweet syrup. Not very good.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle, at RBESG 2007 in Glasgow, Grand Tasting. Black colour, ruby in the highlights, brown head. Malty and roasty aroma, hints of tobacco and liquorice. Sweet, malty and roasty flavour, quite nice.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Date: 07/06/2000
Mode: Bottle
Source: Ale Atlanta
rich malt flavor, lots of complexity, lots of sweetness
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Date: 04/15/2007
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Score: 2.7 to 3.1
black, wispy tan head, light roasted malt aroma, sweet roasted flavor, lots of sweet milk chocolate character, very low bitterness, very light tartness in the finish, all about the sweet chocolate and roasted malts
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *4
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
a difficult stout to compare with other stouts since Dragon is by far the sweetest of the sweet stouts... that said, I still love this brew despite its overly sweet nature
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Thanks to Eugene for the gift. Poured black with a golden brown edge and medium sized beige head. The aroma is chocolatey and roasty with doughy yeasty notes. Mild tartness. The flavor is roasty and milk chocolatey with some mild tartness again. The flavor had some fruity character as well. Nice warmth. Good example of a tropical FES.
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