3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Sampled at the Arundel Mills location. Pours a dark brown color with a large head. Fair head retention and good lacing. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, bitter coffee and nicely balanced sweet raspberry. Taste us raspberry, roasted malts and chocolate. Medium to full bodied.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
This one reminded me of how much I hate chocolate and raspberry together. That said, it delivered on the flavor. It tasted just like a chocolate raspberry cake. Not very bitter or roasted, smooth. Almost a tad watery, flavor does not persist.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
nitro pour is dark brown/black with a reddish tint. loads of coffee, raspberry and chocolate. taste is dry, pleasantly bitter baker’s chocolate and loads of raspberries. had this on my wedding night!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: MAY 1, 2009 Draft @ Bel Air location May 2008. Very flavorful and unique. Strong dose of of raspberry and coffee plus bitter, roasted malt notes underneath. Nitro pour is velvety smooth. Not much chocolate flavor. Could have a fuller body, but still a very good beer.
4.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
This beer is made with coffe from California. It’s a Chocolate Raspberry coffee which they get in specifically for this beer. Upon visiting the brewery I sampled the coffee and it really lends a great impression to the beer. It starts off a bit dry and pours with a great amount of head. The stout doesn’t have a lot of aroma per say but combining a roast character and the coffee make for a terriffic beer. I can easily drink a growler of this in a sitting and go back for more.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
2/26/08 notes: from Growler. Aroma is of strong milk chocolate, cherry liquor, and raspberries. Pours a dark brown, settles a brown-black with two fingers of head. Palate is a little thin, and features toasty notes of cherry/raspberry syrup, chocolate, and cream. Flavor is fairly “shallow”, in the sense that it doesn’t linger; as this beer sits, it develops a slightly smoky flavor that is adds complexity. Overall, I found this an interesting beer. Also, rather ambiguous style: not thick, roasty or alcohol, and no real trace of malts or hops in flavor. I can see why ratebeer calls this a spice beer.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Black body, foamy beige head, no lacing. Aroma of raspberry syrup, roasted malt, baker’s chocolate in the background. Flavors of raspberry truffles, bittersweet chocolate and some smoke in the finish. Thin bodied. The raspberry appears almost artificial.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Only had a small sample of this from a growler but it seemed a little thin bodied for the style.
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