3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle at the Christmas beer testing 2009-11-27
AP: cola body, wee head
AR: american hops (as usuall)
F: smokey, licorice root and traditionaly nothern american hoppy flavours
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: MAR 3, 2012 Bottle. Dark brown colour with a beige head. A lot of roasted barley aroma. Sweet fruity flavour with a lot of roasted barley.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle.
Almost black with a small brown head. Aroma of coffee, fruit, chocolate and some roasted malt. The taste was sweet with coffee, fruit and malt. Finish was rather long with a mild bitterness. Descent beer.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
500 ml bottle. Raisin, fig, overall sweetness in a dark ale. Not heavy like a porter but very much a winter seasonal with spices. Nice.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle: thanks to VsXsV
Medium to small light brown head, changes pretty quick into a light brown lacing on top of a murky dark brown colored beer.
Smell oatmeal, liquorice, roasted barleys, something soapy.
Taste toffee, roasted malts and roasted barleys, oatmeal, hint of coffee, darker herbs and candy, caramel, medium bitter, not sweet at all.
Roasted herrby light roasted barley light coffee aftertaste.
Low carbo, soft mouthfeel, medium to fuller body, watery texture.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Thanks to blomster my Secret Santa for this one!
Pours very dark brown with a beautiful red garnet color where the light can get through. Tall tan head. Red nosed reindeer on the bottle for the Christmas season.
Sweet nutty aroma, some cocoa powder.
The flavor is sweet on the front with a roast malt bitterness that comes in next. Some dry chalkiness in the finish.
1.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 5/20
Bottle. Deep near-black brown body, small egg shell-hued retention. Nose is dark chocolate, rum pralines, strong boozy notes and hints of licorice. A bit hard on the booze here. Taste is more into the territory of dark malts, nuts, hints of cocoa and coffee. A bit washy mouthfeel, and the flavors seem oddly placed, as if going in too many differing directions at once. This is a very undefined brew that lacks a clear purpose. Is it a Christmas ale? A traditional? Porter? Sweet Belgian? All? Neither? Don’t make no sense to me. Try again Dugges.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
bottle(thanks to Blomster) at my leaving FL throwdown(17Dec10)pours dark brown with a medium light tan head. Aroma is peated malts with mild roast and leathery wood notes. Flavor is peat, rye and smoke. Reminded me of a watered down scotch with some roast.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Deep brown, off white head. Aroma is malty, lightly roasty and toasty. Taste is lightly warming, caramel, toasted.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from Systembolaget. It poured a pitch black liquid with a medium sized light brown head. Sweet smell with a waft of milk chocolate. Taste of chocolate, toast, biscuits, malts and a hint of smoke. Smooth mouthfeel with a thick and creamy body. Nice and malty beer that should work great with food.
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