4.6 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20On tap at the Firkin. Pours very black, oily dark, with a chocolate brown head. Aroma has chocolate, sweet vinious fruit and coffee. Lovely. Taste brings cherry/chocolate with a heavy layer of brown sugar and our group said anise plus more bittersweet coffee, bakers chocolate. Almost too layered. Finishes long and silky. Creamy smooth and very textured.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draught @ CBC 2013. Pours pitch black with a good lacing and fully lasting frothy tan big head. Aroma is dark fruit, licorice, dark sugars, cocoa, coffee, dark fruit and flowery hops. Taste is medium sweet and medium+ bitter. Body is medium, texture is smooth, carbonation is moderate.
Finishes dry with light astringent roasted malt and with some alcohol.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Sample @ CBC. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are rich roast malt, licorice, coffee, chocolate, wood, vanilla and hops. Nice and smooth.
4.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Pitch black, motor oil, wonderful. Had on tap at Churchkey DC during CBC. Excellent beer
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Good beer a little more on the sweet side for me. I’ve heard that 2 years is the sweet spot for aging this beer. I’ll definitely be trying the beers that I’ve been aging at year 1 and 2. So far a little more overrated but that’s okay it keeps us beer nerds wanting to collect.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
On tap @ CBC 2013. Very dark brown with a small brown head. Fruity and malty tones. Fruit, malt, coffee, caramel and hops. Full body with a long bitter sweet after taste. Very nice !
4.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Pours a deep black. Head is a nice tan color. Smell is of roasted coffee, sweet molasses, roasted malts, chocolate. taste is very much the same as the nose. Nice and bitter roasty flavors. This has aged well for three years!
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Tap @ CBC 2013.
Pours utterly, completely opaque black with a small, creamy, beige rim of foam. Aroma has roasted malts, chocolate, vinious, cocoa and white chocolate. Very little soy sauce. Medium carbonation, lovely dry and oily mouthfeel. Flavour is sweet, light sticky, some chocolate, coffee and a bit of smoke. A very dry finish balances the sweetness very well. Cocoa, coffee and light peppery bitterness with a slight vinious touch.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
From tap at CBC. Reddish dark brown with a lasting frothy dark brown head. Aroma is sweet roasted malt with notes of licorice, ground coffee, chocolate and dried fruit. Flavor is medium sweet and medium to heavy bitter. Medium bodied, soft carbonation. Dry and roasted lingering bitter finish. Good and packed with flavor, but not as spetacular or unique as rumoured.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
CBC. Black with a lasting dark brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, coffee, chocolate and dried fruit. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and roasted rather bitter finish. 040513
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Almost black, thin tan head. Potent aroma of chocolate, licorice, roasted malt, molasses, ripe cherries and other berries. Sweet malts compete with bitter hops. Exceptionally smooth and creamy, with a little lively carbonation. Finish is long, bitter, astringent, and moderately boozy.
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