4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20Black, no head; aroma of coffee, black chocolate, raisins, dark fruit - smells lush; thick, soft, milky chocolate flavour builds slowly then equally slowly melts away into a piney hop finish; coffee there too, but it tastes more chocolately to me; pehaps some balsamic notes too; oily and full mouthfeel; long, dry finish; great beer on a cold evening ahead of the forecast snowstorm.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle 330ml. @ ChrisO Snow Tasting.
Clear dark black brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige to light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, brown sugar, light alcohol. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long to average duration, dark roasted, dark chocolate, english licorice. Body is medium, texture is oily and sticky, carbonation is soft. Very nice ;O) [20130120]
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Bottle 330ml. @ GBBF 2012.
[ Courtesy of reakt ]. Clear dark black brown colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, beige to light brown head. Aroma is heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, coffee, moderate hoppy. Flavor is heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, dark roasted, coffee, chocolate, hoppy. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. Very very nice ... good work reakt ;O) [20120807]
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3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle @ Papsø. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate and licorice aroma with hoppy hints. Roasted malty chocolate and licorice flavor with hoppy bitter hints. Has a roasted malty chocolate, licorice and hoppy bitter finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at Birrasana 2013. Black colour with brown fizzy head. Roasted and dark chocolate aroma. Roasted taste, with a little coffee taste. Full body
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Black with visible fizz on the surafce and no head (coca cola). Aroma of licorice, coffee and chocolate, licorice and coffee dominates. Similar taste, licorice and coffee with some pine. Some sticky sweetness and light bitterness. Nice enough
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Botella. Black colour, small nicely creamy light brown head. Coffee chocolate roasted maltiness in the sweet aroma. Very nice. Good filling mouthfeel. Coffee roasted maltiness with chocolate in teh flavour along with dark fruits. Yummy indeed!
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
25-MAR-2013, bottle @Papsø tasting.
Dark, dark brown with low tan head.
Coffee aroma with roast and cocoa. Taste the same, just much bigger. Very fruity and hoppy. Sweet bourbon-like roast with coffee and chocolate. Medium carbonation and full body.
This is really a fine porter. Hoppy and roasted:-)
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle at Papsø.
Pitch blacl coloured with a medium sized beige head.
Sweet and roasted aroma of dark chocolate, hops and pine needles.
Sweet and roasted flavour of dark chocolate, cocoa powder, hops and pine needles.
Roasted finish.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
33 cL bottle. Pours hazy dark brown to almost black with a small tan head. Aroma is thicik chocolate, light coffee and mild liqourice. Bitter, fruity, dense coffee and rich dark chocolate to almost overripe fruity. Solid bitterness and light citrusy to peachy note into the finish. Lingering coffee into the far finish.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottled. Black coloured. Dense dark brown head. ARoma: Roast, sweetness, coffee, light liqourice, light brown sugar. Flavour: Roast, light molasses, brown sugar, coffee, liqourice. Medium to full bodied. Ends heavily roasted and bitter. Nice.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of madmitch76. Pours a pitch black with a small light brown head. Greasy British hops dominate the aroma (which is odd since the hop bill seems to be all American! - the yeast then? - smelly feet style - atop some subtle roast. Rich body, lowish carbonation, sweet hard roast and ashes with some dark, dried fruits and even some coffee notes chiming in late. Roasty subtle bitterness. 250313
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