3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
330ml bottle from Cotteridge Wines.Very black pour with small tan head.Immediate aroma of chilli and coffee with roast chocolate too.Flavours of chilli,chocolate and coffee all there as aroma suggests and some alcohol too.Really complemented the hot Indian spicy snacks which we were eating at the time.Lovely beer for a cold winters night at the end of a good tasting session.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle 330ml.
Clear dark black brown colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light brown to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, artificial, sweet chili fruit. Flavour is light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, chocolate, roasted, chili. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. Chili beers is diffently not me .. proved again. [20130126]
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
330ml bottle - black body, thin tan froth on top. A nose of smoke, liquorice and a piquancy of the chilli kicking in. The heat of the chilli is evident straight away, warm... ouch... still burning. Excellent. Never expected it to be that spicy! Liquorice and blackcurrant, burnt chocolate and... chilli. Can’t fault the taste at all, it is everything it threatened to be. A bit of a thin mouthfeel, but that is a small price to pay with this. I love spiciness in food, so to have this is superb.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
330ml bottle. Pours black with a thin, frothy head. Aroma is oily roast coffee with a little chilli warmth. Taste has dry roast and coffee, but the chilli wins, a fair amount of burn.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Jet black with a thinnish, but decent mid-tan head. Nose is a malt dream - chocolate, coffee, coca-cola and other things beginning with c. Can’t quite pick out the chilli though... oh there it is! It makes it’s presence once it gets into the mouth... and moreso once in the throat. There’s more chocolates and coffee and a mild alcohol burn helped along with that chilli. It surprises the throat first, then you feel it in the mouth, and a nice tingling along the teeth. A hint more and this would have been undrinkable. Right now, it’s rather nice and you feel like you’re "controlling" the beer, rather than letting IT control YOU. Another Durham triumph, if a little gimmicky. I’ll see how this one ages, I think :)
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