3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Hgih fluffy and long lasting light brown head. Just a bit of ligtht through the bottom shows that the beer is actually not black but very dark red. Alcohol is pretty overwhelming in the aroma apart from that it is quite vineous, roasted malt coffee, cream. Flavor unfortunately likewise alcohol dominated with notes of dried fruit, coffree and caramel. Low carbonation and a long aftertaste. Too bad the alcohol is so dominant.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
50 cl bottle. Rated on 30.03.2010
Pitch black colour. Aroma has vegetables typical to Danish ales and some licorice. Flavour has burning alcohol, some licorice and salmiac. Decent, but I expected much more from a 14% imperial stout. This one gave me a headache for the next day.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark brown with a fine head. Sweet aroma, some alcohol flavor with much residual sweetness.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle @ Home. Pours black with a small tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, dark chocolate, caramel. Taste is roasted malt, sweet caramel, coffee, light fruit. Full body, soft carbonation. 070210
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours pitch black with a beige/brown head. Aroma is sweetish with chocolate and notes of oxidisation (madeira) and dark fruits. Intense. Flavour is sugary sweet with dark fruit notes. Finish is sugary sweet as well, with slight smoked/cigarette notes lingering. Soft, creamy palate. Overall maybe a bit too sweet, but it still works. 17.03.11.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Black with a light brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt and alcohol. Flavor is very sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet finish with burning alcohol. Too much alcohol and not enough bitterness to balance the sweetness. 021010
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Black pour with a small tan head. Sweet aroma of dark fruit, chocolate, smoke and roast. Overly sweet flavor. Interesting.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
2008 bottle from dakine on 6/6/2010.
fairly dark pour.... not thick just dark with nearly no head to speak of.
it smells super sweet, roasty and smoky with lesser notes of bubblegum and raisin-like fruitiness. alcohol leaps out to numb my sinus.
the flavor is full of ashiness which amplifies as this thing warms up. otherwise the flavor is the same as the aroma with an odd bitterness on the finish and a lingering smoky molasses taste. this is probably the single sweetest IS i have ever tasted... ick. combine that with a sticky mouth feel and very low carbonation and i can’t finish the sample... 7/3/5/2/13/3.0
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Red dark brown colour with a tan head. Aroma is alcohol, coffee, roasted malt. Flavour is alcohol, apple, coffee, roasted malt, licorice. Nice beer, but a little bit extreme.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle, 2010-07-20, Göteborg
AR: carmell, coffey and chocolate
AP: pitch black, 4 cm dark brown heavy & steady head (fine curtians appears after some minutes)
F: deep and filling chocloate flavour, very warming - must bee the 14%
that are speaking. This one could have been stored for a very long time!
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. A reddish, very dark brown beer topped by a small, tan head. Alcohol, some licorice and roasted, coffee-like aroma. Too much in a way, but also quite nice. Some meaty scents too. The flavor has a touch of acetone, but is mostly roasted, with chocolate and cooffee. Full-bodied and warming, finishing with a lasting but not intense alcohol burn and burnt malts. Some sugary sweetness too. Overall, definately not bad, but too alcohol focused and a bit out of shape it seems. 100326
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