3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a black color, nice medium brown head. Aroma is roasted malt, coffee and dark chocolate, roasted malt and peat moss lit on fire. Flavor is sweet chocolate and lots of it, smooth and balanced, very nice.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Poured with a black body and a dark orange and brown head. The aroma was sweet oatmeal and brown sugar. There was also chocolate and some brown sugar. The taste was sweet with pears and some light chicilate. There was also moss and dry wood. Boozy.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Black body, brown head. Roast, chocolate in the aroma with tart, dark red fruit. The flavor introduces stronger chocolate notes as well as some smokey wood. Rich, dry palate.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours black with a big frothy head. I noted sassafras, burnt malt, some sweetness and a bit of smoke in the aroma. Flavor is burnt malt, caramel, hints of ash, warm alcohol. Nice and rich. Creamy coating body. Good Stuff.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
black pour thick tan head great lace. Big roasted malt hints of chocolate and barley w/ a light grass aroma. Palate is well coated and thick. Flavor is odd tinge on tonge of dark roasted malt and chocolate. A good stout.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours opaque black with a good brown head. Aroma is mostly of coffee/roasted malt, with a hint of the alcohol. Feel is good and hearty, as you want in a stout. The taste is very good and complex, certainly one of my favorite beers. Not blow-you-away amazing like the Stone Imperial or the Dogfish Head WW; however, at "only" 7.45% alcohol, I can actually drink an entire bomber without feeling trashed. One thing I’ve noticed at least with the draft version: the quality varies. Sometimes it has been excellent and other times disappointing. That could explain some of the varience in the ratings here.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Sampled at the Labor Day gathering. Pour is dead on stout. Aroma is overly coffee but still represents some chocolate malt. Flavor is lots of coffee as well, and somewhat overshadows the rest. Pretty simple beer, but for a non-coffee-lover, this isnt too shabby.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle: Courtesy of Styles. Aroma is mostly roasted coffee and malt with light sweetness. Pours a dark brown with a small tan head. Lots of roasted coffee from start to finish. Only the slightest hint of dark chocolate. Finishes lightly bitter.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Why this is not a top 20 beer I dont know. Big dark beer that has a nice thick but not sludge like body. Deep, rich roasted flavors that still have a hoppiness coming through that is not hops for the sake of hops. Excellent balance in all aspects. Couldnt recommend this beer more. Thanks to LarryP(Andre) for this beauty.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
This a beer lover’s beer, the kind that makes the novices, ie labatt’s drinkers, cringe. Pours a fairly pitch black color with an off-white/caramel head. Some ashtray in the aroma and candy sugar. Taste is sweet and burnt, creamy and bitter. We got the figs and raisins, burnt molasses, some oaty velvet and bushel of hoppy bitterness to round it out. The mouthfeel and alcohol kick up a notch as it warms. A very nice brew. Thanks to André for the opportunity.
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