4.7 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Tasted from the bottle at Kelly Ryan’s Thornbridge Tasting at the Malthouse. I haven’t been able to stop thinking about this beer since I tried it. Undoubtedly the best honey beer I have ever had. A massive rich full complex aroma of dark chocolate, espresso, spicy deep heat, resinous rose petal notes, warm nutty chestnut, a touch of Christmas spice and toffee malt. In the mouth the beer rich with the perfect balance of chocolate roast malt, nutty flavours, chestnut but also hazelnut and almond, floral esters and a rich solid malt backbone. I wish I had a couple of cases of this in the cellar!
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle @ The Euston Tap. Can’t believe I hadn’t rated this! Deep reddish brown color with a medium tan head. The nose is deep cherry, light smoke, plenty of oak wood. Hints of whiskey, chocolate, and roasted coffee. The taste is nicely nutty, with accents of soft, sweet honey and more cherries, nice bouncy full malty body. Sugary and playful bubblegum. Coffee and earthy dirt. Light chocolate and toasted grain. A bit hot and fat. Soft carbonation. Overall, a fantastic beer.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottled:
Black with a rich head. Roasted, peaty, smoked aroma with honey in the background. Smooth and creamy mouthfeel. Flavour is loads of salty licorice with some notes of honey and spices. Long bitterness. Some alcohol heat in the back of the throat.
4.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Bottle at home, 2008
Pours a viscous, thick black with sweet nose, sticky rich, sweet sugar, molasses and honey body. A touch of smoke and roast barley at the back. Proper dessert beer/ digestif. Fantastically complex, should have got a second bottle.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
50cl bottle. Pours a dark brown / almost black colour with a huge brown head. Creamy lasting foam. Aroma is coffee upfront. Loads of espresso notes, then wood, honey, and some whiskey hints. Taste is sweetish upfront with hints of honey and cappuccino. Then a roasty bitterness comes through, with coffe beans and wood. Finish is bitterish with some booze. Texture is oily and thick and carbonation is good, nice for a 10% ABV beer. Overall, complexity and balance are the main highlights here, and make a superb beer. Highly suggested if you like coffee.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle.
Very dark with a creamy light brown head.
Aroma: leather, some smoke/cigar, old library, roasted, earthy.
Taste: chocolate, salt, leather, honey, licorice, a cellar earthiness, and something towards liqueur.
Full-bodied, smooth.
Very nice and quite different, in some ways reminds me of Mikkeller Black Tie.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle from Systembolaget sampled on May 6, 2012
50 cl, BB 27.02.17
Black color, thick brown head. Honey, spicy, sweet, fresh scent. Sweet, vinous, spicy taste, very tasty. Full mouthfeel, medium high bitterness.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled. Near black, small head. Erathy licorice aroma. Dry and salty with near full bodyand clean rounded mouthfeel. Plenty of licorice and coffee. salty resiny bitterness in a mildly warming finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle: Poured a dark brown color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some good lacing. Aroma consists of dry fruits with dry toffee notes are quite unique and quite strong. Taste is a strange mix between some dry toffee notes with caramel malt with some molasses notes with some light fruity ester and some chestnut. Body is quite full with good carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Very complex beer with maybe a tad too much going on.
4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
500 ml. bottle sampled @ ACBF 2012 // black with a small mocha head // s: sweet caramel blended with dark malts, molases, honey, milk chocolate // taste is sweet, moderate & balanced molasses, brown sugar, wild honey, thick caramel, sweet dark nuts, hint of milk chocolate, hint of fruitiness, sweet berries // b: slick, creamy // damn, this is good
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottled from Systembolaget
Black with a medium, beige head.
Aroma from linement; Jenka chewing gum.
Loads of honey in the flavour along with leather. Medium bitterness. Too much spiciness for me.
Thick and oily mouthfeel.
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